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Congress reforms cocaine convictions

The US House of Representatives has reformed a law that subjected tens of thousands of black people to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to mainly white people caught with the powder form of the drug.

Internet sellers of illicit substances and so-called "legal highs" are undercutting street drug dealers by mailing their wares direct to homes, circumventing drug controls.

Current drug policies are repressive and firmly rooted in prejudices, fears and ideology. The way forward is clear: to safeguard human rights, security and health.... please join us in signing the declaration [Cardoso 201]
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User's News Issue No. 61

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Congress reforms cocaine convictions

Internet increasingly used to import "legal highs"

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