During the height of voter fear generated by the crack cocaine epidemic, state and federal lawmakers dramatically increased both prosecutorial power and criminal sanctions in drug cases. ... Twenty three years later, these policies have had significant effects on the criminal justice system, most of them negative. ... It must be noted that even these reforms are handicapped to varying degrees by the continued involvement of the criminal justice system in treatment programs. ... This study found high rates of criminality among users during periods of active drug use and much lower rates during...

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Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... However, marijuana is illegal, turning the people who use it as medicine into criminals. ...

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Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... However, marijuana is illegal, turning the people who use it as medicine into criminals. ...

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There has been an association between intoxicants and music probably since time immemorial and certainly since the illegal speakeasies in America's prohibition era. Different drugs are popularly associated with different cultures and subcultures within Britain: Mods and amphetamines, hippies and LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethyl amide) amongst others, Rastafarians and Cannabis and most recently Ecstasy and Dance Music. Is there something specific about the culture, which then chooses the drug it adopts, or does the presence of a particular drug shape the music and culture? Techno music develop...

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