D.C. Joins States on Synthetic Drug Ban

D.C. joins states on synthetic drug ban

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While voters in Colorado and Washington state decided this month to legalize small amounts of naturally growing marijuana, an increasing number of lawmakers have decided in recent years to ban drugs that incorporate a hodgepodge of man-made ingredients …
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This Week in Poverty: A Wake-Up Call on Housing and Homelessness

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Ninety percent of the funding would be used for the production, preservation, rehabilitation, or operation of rental housing, and 75 percent of those funds must benefit extremely low-income households. The only … It now has affiliates in Washington …
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Federal 'Compassionate' Prison Release Rarely Given

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The federal prisons house more than 218,000 inmates but, on average, they release only about two dozen people a year under the program. By contrast, the state of Texas, … He was convicted of selling drugs to an undercover officer back in 1984, went …
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Alan Whiteside and Jamie Cohen

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It may signal a shift in the momentum towards 'ending the epidemic' that began at the International AIDS Conference in July, 2012, in Washington, DC. All people everywhere deserve access to lifesaving treatment and care. Sadly this is now more …
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