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Drugs and the Law: Race, Politics, Prisons and Justice in New York State

Over the past year and half, the state legislature and Governor Pataki have modified New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws. How effective have thosechanges been? Is further reform needed? What else could be done to improve the state’s drug policies, increase access to treatment for offenders and make alternatives to incarceration more meaningful and effective?

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Krameraddiction, communities, Criminal Justice, drug policies, drug treatment, drugs, Governor Pataki, New York State, NY State, policies, politics, public policy, reform, Rockefeller Drug Laws, state government, state legislature, treatmentComment