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Justice Reform Should Begin with Drug Laws - Times Union [8-24-07]

Balance Scales of Justice For People of Color - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle [7-30-07]

The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medic - New York Times Magazine [7-22-07]

Treatment Trumps Jail For First-Time Offenders - Chicago Sun Times [7-10-07]

Want to End the Drug War? Ditch Unreasonable Laws - USA Today [7-9-07]

Lessons Learned from Al Gore III - Los Angeles Daily News [7-6-07]

Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head - AlterNet [7-6-07]

Forgiveness at the Heart of Change - TimesUnion Albany [6-21-07]

Web: Letter of the Week - DrugSense Weekly [6-16-07]

A Bronx Restaurant With a Drug Problem - New York Times [6-9-07]

Editorial: Unfinished Business - The Post-Standard [5-23-07]

Set Free Prison Politics in New York State - Times Union [5-22-07]

Web: Hot Off the Net - DrugSense Weekly [5-19-07]

New York Must Reform Its Racist Drug Laws - AlterNet [5-5-07]

Spitzer Right on Prison-Call Fees - Newsday [4-23-07]

Unequal Justice for All - The Day [4-8-07]

The War on Drugs' War on Minorities - Los Angeles Times [3-24-07]

Drug Law Reform, Now - Times Union [3-19-07]

Protestors: Drug Laws Hurting Minorities - Newsday [2-26-07]

You See, Texas Isn't Only State With Prison Problems - Houston Chronicle [2-20-07]

Fit Punishment - The-Post Standard [2-13-07]

Spitzer's Call The Right One - Newsday [1-17-07]

Drug Court Judge Sees "Power of Recovery" - Journal News [1-14-07]

America's Longest And Deadliest Conflict: The War on Drugs and Communities of Color - Black & Brown News [1-10-07]

Put Drug Laws On One Day Docket - Times New Union [1-2-07]

Policy Shooting Reunites Circle of Common Loss - New York Times [12-2-06]

Time To Reform Severe Drug Laws - Poughkeepsie Journal [12-1-06]

We Need To Reform Rockefeller - AM New York [11-21-06]

Should Drugs Be Legalized? - Buffalo News [9-17-06]

35 Years After Attica, Prisons Are Still A Crime - Hartford Courant [9-13-06]

Barred From the Ballot Box - Village Voice [8-24-2006]

We're a Long Way From Real Democracy - Newsday [8-25-2006]

Women Drug War’s Silent Victims - Peoria Journal Star (IL) [8-06-2006]

Hard Time Won’t Lessen Drug Crime - Newsday [8-3-2006]

The State Should Target The Real Drug Kingpins - Newsday [7-26-2006]

As Drug Laws Relax, This Prosecutor Tenses - New York Times [6-30-2006]

Drug War Targets Women - Las Vegas City Life [6-29-2006]

Drug Sentences, Case By Case - New York Times [6-23-2006]

A Crusading DA And Drug Reform - Gay City News [6-22-2006]

Revised New York Drug Law Free Kingpins, Study Said Anemona Hartocollis - New York Times [6-27-2006]

Giambra Is Right; New Approach Needed to Drug War - Buffalo News [6-15-2006]

Beyond the Conflict, Common Goals Emerge - Albany Times-Union [5-20-2006]

The Legislature Must Take Up Where It Left Off On The Rockefeller Era Drug Laws - Times Union [5-18-2006]

Confront Real Issues Facing Law Enforcement - Times Union [5-18-2006]

Soares' Comments On Drug Laws Are Hypocritical - Times Union [5-17-2006]

Efforts on Drug Reform Earn Kudos for Soares - Times Union [5-16-2006]

District Attorney Is Worthy Of Appreciation - Times Union [5-15-2006]

Time To Count The Costs Of Failed Drug Policies - Times Union [5-14-2006]

Soares' Drug Comments Deserve A Fair Hearing - Times Union [5-13-2006]

When The Law Is A Loon - New York Post [5-10-2006]

Prosecutor Urges Political Reform - Times Union [5-5-2006]

Prosecutor's Drug Talk Raises IRE - Times Union [5-4-2006]

Albany DA blasts Law Enforcement Fiefdom - Times Union [5-4-2006]

Break Addiction to Senseless War on Drugs - New York Daily News [4-24-2006]

Giambra Advocates Legalizing Drugs - Buffalo News [4-20-2006]

Awaiting Real Rockefeller Reform - AlterNet [3-30-2006]

ACLU Fights Gov't Aid Rule - Washington Square News [3-27-2006]

War on Drugs: Is It Really Right? - Newsday [2-12-2006]

The High Cost of Public Information - New York Times [2-4-2006]

Police Swoop Down on Drug Dealers - Victoria Times-Colonist [1-19-2006]

Treatment And Punishment - Salt Lake Tribune [1-19-2006]

Anatomy of a Drug Craze - Village Voice [1-18-2006]

Few Prisoners Are Freed Under New Drug Laws - Watertown Daily Times - [12-16-2005]

Naloxone The Shot That Saves - New York Times [8-21-2005]

War on Drugs: A Foul Tragedy -- In These Times [12/06/05]

New York County Votes for Rockefeller Reform -- Drug Policy Alliance [11/15/05]

War on Drugs Fails Black Americans -- USA Today [10/19/05]

OPED: Time To Legalize Drugs -- New York Daily News (NY) [9/1/05]

Pataki Signs Bill Softening Drug Laws -- New York Times (NY) [8/31/05]

Why Is The DEA Hounding This Doctor? The Feds Are Cracking Down On Pain Specialists, And Doctors--And Their Patients--Are Crying Foul -- Time Magazine (US) [7/25/05]

Editorial: Small Step on Reform -- Albany Times Union (NY) [6/30/05]

Lawmakers Agree To Amend Drug Laws -- The (NY) Daily Star [6/25/05]

Editorial: Sentences Must Make Sense -- Poughkeepsie Journal (NY)[6/18/05]

Senate Democrats Push Drug Law Reform Measure -- Albany Times Union (NY) [6/17/05]

War on Crime, Not on Drugs -- AlterNet (US Web) [6/17/05]

Rockefeller Family Calls for Repeal of Rockefeller Drug Laws -- New York Times [6/04/05]

Some Stay in Prison after Drug Law Revised -- Times Union (Albany, NY) [5/20/05]

Casualty on the Home Front: A Rockefeller Drug Law Story -- Drug Policy Alliance [5/12/05]

One Mother's Story -- AlterNet [5/06/2005]

A Kinder, Gentler, Cheaper Way To Deal With Drug Offenders -- Chicago Tribune (IL) [4/17/05]

Rethinking the War on Drugs -- Daily Record, The (MD) [4/8/05]

Judge Reduces Former Student's Rockefeller Drug Sentence -- Newsday (NY) [3/31/05]

Lost Time: Freedom's Just Another Word for Power-Mad Parole Officers -- Village Voice (NY) [3/31/05]

Michael Blain, The “Quiet Storm” Behind Drug Law Reform-- F.E.D.S. Volume 3 Issue 14, (NY) [Winter 2005]

OPED: Forced to Go Home Again -- New York Times (NY) [2/27/05]

Editorial: Ideology and AIDS -- New York Times (NY) [2/26/05]

Legislators Race to Update Laws to Stem Meth Lab Growth -- Watertown Daily Times (NY) [2/21/05]

New Law, New Lease on Life for Convict -- Newsday (NY) [2/18/05]

The Ending of the Rockefeller Drug Penalties is not an Open Door-- New York Times (NY) [2/9/05]

Did You Hear the One About the Drug Laws?-- New York Times (NY) [2/1/05]

Editorial: Building Unnecessary Jails -- New York Times (NY) [1/30/05]

Rockefeller Reforms Free Inmate After 19 Years -- Newsday (NY) [1/21/2005]

Thanks to High Court, Drug Defendant Gets 2nd Chance -- Buffalo News (NY) [1/20/05]

Inmate’s Seeks Freedom Under New Drug Laws -- New York Times (NY) [1/20/05]

OPED: Prison Inmates, Republican Constituents -- Times Union (Albany, NY) [1/19/2005]

Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Take Effect -- Newsday (NY) [1/14/2005]

Editorial: Letting Judges Pass Judgment -- New York Times (NY) [1/14/2005]

Editorial: Justice Pendulum Swings -- New York Post (NY) [1/14/2005]

Easing of New York Drug Laws Takes Effect -- New York Times (NY) [1/13/2005]

Bulging Prisons Bring Political Power, Cash to Upstate Region -- Watertown Daily Times (NY) [12/31/2004]

Why Some Politicians Need Their Prisons to Stay Full -- New York Times (NY) [12/27/04]

Web: A Law and Order Kind of Guy (Soares) -- AlterNet (US Web) [(12/23/2004]

Editorial: State’s Drug Law Reform a Wise Move -- Saratogian, The (NY) [12/19/2004]

The Soros Factor -- New York Sun, The (NY) [12/21/04]

Column: For Safer World, Legalize Drugs -- New York Daily News (NY) [12/13/04]

Drug Laws And Lives Revisited -- New York Times (NY) [12/12/04]

Oped: Rockefeller Drug Laws -- New York Times (NY) [12/12/04]

Editorial: A First Cut At Sentencing Reform -- New York Times (NY)
[12/11/04]

Election Fears Seen Behind Drug Law Shift -- New York Law Journal (NY)
[12/9/04]

New York State Votes to Reduce Drug Sentences -- New York Times (NY) [12/8/04]

BREAKING NEWS: Rockefeller Reform Bill Passes Assembly and Senate -- Real Reform Press Release [12/07/04]

Democrat David Soares Completes Stunning Upset in “New York State’s Most Important Election” -- Drug Policy Alliance Press Release [11/03/04]

Drug Policy Alliance Network Vindicated: Frivolous Lawsuit Filed by Republicans, Supporters of Albany D.A. Paul Clyne Dismissed -- Drug Policy Alliance Press Release [10/14/04]

Backer of Changes in Rockefeller Drug Laws Says Judges Should Get off the Sidelines -- New York Law Journal (NY) [10/14/04]

The People's Prosecutor -- Village Voice (NY) [9/21/04]

Democratic Stronghold Jolted in Albany -- New York Times (NY) [9/16/04]

Warning: Oppose Rockefeller Reform at Your Own Risk -- Drug Policy Alliance Press Release [9/15/04]

Editorial: Getting Rid of Rockefeller -- New York Post (NY) [9/14/04]

OPED: Census' Cell Count Steals Voting Power -- Newsday (NY) [9/8/04]

Editorial: A Plea for Justice -- Times Union (Albany, NY) [7/5/04]

A Question of Justice -- By Jennifer Gonnerman, Village Voice (NY) [6/29/04]

Legislators in Albany Accomplish Very Little -- Daily Star, The (NY) [6/21/04]

Editorial: Albany: Twice As Bad This Year -- Newsday (NY) [6/20/04]

Drug-Law Reform Sought -- Journal News, The (NY) [6/18/04]

Editorial: Drug Law Reform -- Watertown Daily Times (NY) [6/12/04]

Selling Us a Dream -- By Anthony Papa, Alternet (US) [6/10/04]

Editorial: Welcome Dissent -- Times Union (Albany, NY) [6/9/04]

Drug Law Debacle -- Times Union (NY) [6/9/04]

ARISE Clergy Demonstrate Support for Real Reform of NYS Drug Laws -- ARISE Press Release [6/1/04]

End the Rockefeller Drug Laws -- By Barry R. McCaffrey, Wall Street Journal (NY) [5/25/04]

The Reluctant Activist -- Village Voice (NY) [5/25/04]

Prominent Maryland Legislators Make Historic Trip to Albany To Talk Drug Law Reform with N.Y. Lawmakers -- Press Release [5/24/03]

Republicans, Democrats Clash On New York's Drug Laws -- Watertown Daily Times (NY) [5/23/04]

Editorial: Rocky Drug Laws Still Lack Reform -- Times-Herald (AR) [5/9/04]

Editorial: A Rocky Reform -- New York Times (NY) [4/26/04]

A Catch-22 for Ex-Offenders -- New York Times (NY) [4/6/04]

Ex-Prisoner Tells Her Story, Hoping To Change Drug Laws -- New York Times (NY) [3/23/04]

Book Review: 'Life on the Outside': The Other Lockup -- New York Times (NY) [3/21/04]

Editorial: New York Drug Laws -- Watertown Daily Times (NY) [3/19/04]

New York Drug Reform Activists Visit Argentina -- Drug War Chronicle (US Web) [2/6/04]

Proud Of The Name, Not The Laws - New York Times (NY) [11/5/02]

 

 

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