Sentences with phrase «draconian drug»

Some states have authorized the study of industrial hemp as an industry, while others have simply asked the Feds to relax draconian drug laws.

Though better known for the draconian drug laws they supported, the Rockefellers helped to transform Albany into a modern city that can serve as an example for other cities trying to find their voices in the new century.

A higher minimum wage and less draconian drug crime punishments are some of the results of the new political realities for Bruno.

Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Leader Sheldon Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (all Democrats) reached an agreement behind closed doors to repeal much of what is left of the draconian drug laws that govern the state — ones that were passed in the seventies during a heroin epidemic in urban areas and are commonly called the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

And she did this despite a report from her own department showing its already draconian drug policy wasn't working.

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The development is a further sign that civil society is increasingly turning against the more draconian responses to drug law and searching for alternatives.

He was also part of the Paterson team that brought about long - overdue reform of the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Equally dramatic was action Paterson took in overhauling the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws that for 35 years had deprived judges of sentencing discretion and doomed tens of thousands of low - level drug offenders to long prison sentenDrug Laws that for 35 years had deprived judges of sentencing discretion and doomed tens of thousands of low - level drug offenders to long prison sentendrug offenders to long prison sentences.

* A draconian law denying government grants and loans to people with even a minor drug offense should be repealed, the New York Times Editorial Board writes: http://nyti.ms/1p4r1De * A coalition of community groups is asking for more money to help cover college costs for youths who have been in New York's foster care system,...

In August 2013, US Attorney General Eric Holder admitted that mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences were «draconian» and that too many Americans had been imprisoned for too long for no good law enforcement justification.

Addiction experts say that drug users and dealers wouldn't be deterred by the threat of execution years away — and that similarly draconian policies haven't worked in other parts of the world.