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Congress Misses Another Chance to Correct Blatantly Unjust Crack Penalties: The Legal Distinction Between the Smoked and Snorted Forms of Cocaine Never Made Sense Dec. 21, 2022
As a senator in 1986, President Joe Biden wrote the bill that established an irrational sentencing d... Read More
Trump's Vague Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform: The President's Daughter Says 'We're Just Getting Started,' but His Campaign Has Not Offered Any Details Sep. 02, 2020
Alice Johnson's appearance at the Republican National Convention last week was a rebuke to Democrati... Read More
We Need a Smarter War on Drugs Feb. 08, 2020
Did we learn nothing from the so-called crack-cocaine plague of the '80s and '90s? For those with f... Read More
The President Is Right That We Must Clean Up America Oct. 03, 2019
The liberal media is once again taking off at breakneck pace to condemn President Donald Trump. The ... Read More
Reader Offers a Clever 'Why's Crack?' Sep. 04, 2019
Q: Why is the adjective "crack" used to describe someone who's good at something, as in a "crack sho... Read More
Crack Is an Extremely Addictive, Dangerous Drug Mar. 07, 2019
DR. WALLACE: Please give me the straight story on crack cocaine, as I do not know anything about it.... Read More
Need I Say More? Nov. 10, 2018
DR. WALLACE: I'm not involved in the drug scene. I've never taken a drug and never will. I've dated ... Read More
Coffee, Cultural Shifts and Sadness Nov. 27, 2017
Coffee is what the cigarette used to be. In 1963, if you asked a guy, "You want a cigarette?" he sai... Read More
A Fragile Hope in America Apr. 18, 2017
FORD HEIGHTS, Ill. — He doesn't want to talk. The middle-aged black man is walking past the sh... Read More
Long Story Short
Aug. 16, 2014
Freed Prisoner of the Drug War May. 04, 2014
MOBILE, Ala. — "That situation didn't define who I was," Clarence Aaron, 45, told a group gath... Read More
Phil, Jim, Bill and I Feb. 05, 2014
My father and I relapsed from our chronic illnesses at almost the same moment in 1994. With his hear... Read More
Would You Trust the System if Your Kid Were On Trial? Jan. 19, 2014
Clarence Aaron described his time in federal prison serving life without parole for a first-time non... Read More
Demon Rum and Other Excuses: The Year's Highlights in Blame-Shifting Jan. 01, 2014
We've all been there, perhaps as recently as Tuesday night. You have a few drinks, and the next thin... Read More
No Mercy From Obama This Thanksgiving Dec. 03, 2013
Another Thanksgiving has passed without a presidential commutation for Clarence Aaron, who, at age 2... Read More
