A top federal drug official is calling for the government to move “away from criminalization” under the drug war, saying that the country’s failure to offer drug treatment to incarcerated people only exacerbates the ongoing opioid overdose crisis. “It remains a common belief that simply stopping people from taking drugs while in jail or prison […]
Damn, too bad they couldn’t have done this before chevron was overruled. Now if treatment works, the private prisons will sue and win because treatment wasn’t something that congress specifically contemplated when drafting drug laws.
Damn, too bad they couldn’t have done this before chevron was overruled. Now if treatment works, the private prisons will sue and win because treatment wasn’t something that congress specifically contemplated when drafting drug laws.