The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. now exceeds 2.3 million, due in part to the increasing criminalization of drug use: over 25% of people incarcerate
It has become almost accepted knowledge within international policy circles that efforts against drug trafficking and drug abuse violate human rights, and that
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After decades of the American “war on drugs” and relentless prison expansion, political officials are finally challenging mass incarceration. Many point to
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