Drug Policy
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CJCJ in the news: Black People Twice As Likely To Be Arrested For Pot In Colorado And Washington — Where It’s Legal
- Mar 22, 2016
- Think Progress covers Mike Males's data findings that racial disparities in marijuana-related…
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CJCJ in the news: More Blacks Still Going to Jail for Marijuana Despite Legalization
- Mar 22, 2016
- High Times looks at various reports, including data from CJCJ's Mike Males, finding racial…
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CJCJ in the news: Weed Legalization Can’t Seem to Fix One Thing: Racial Gaps in Drug Arrests
- Mar 22, 2016
- Mic picks up data analysis from CJCJ's Mike Males showing a continued racial disparity in…
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CJCJ in the news: Pot legalization hasn’t done anything to shrink the racial gap in drug arrests
- Mar 21, 2016
- The Washington Post reviews findings by CJCJ's Mike Males which show that, despite the huge drops…
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CJCJ in the news: Why a 'smoking age' of 21 is a bad idea
- Mar 14, 2016
- Mike Males writes an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times showing that the implementation of these…
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CJCJ in the news: San Francisco Criminal Justice Leaders Push for Change at Race Summit
- Apr 30, 2015
- CJCJ Senior Research Fellow Mike Males discusses his latest findings on racially disproportionate…
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CJCJ in the news: African Americans cited for resisting arrest at high rate in S.F.
- Apr 29, 2015
- SF Gate highlights CJCJ's study on the disproportionate arrest rates of African American women in…
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February news from CJCJ
- Feb 27, 2015
- CJCJ cautions against leaving youth out of marijuana policy reform; Implementing Prop 47: Helping…
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Why Teen Drug Use Surveys Are Meaningless
- Mike Males, Feb 24, 2015
- After California decriminalized marijuana, teenage behaviors improved dramatically. Pay no…
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Where do black teenagers and white middle-agers get busted for drugs at equal rates?
- Mike Males, Oct 21, 2014
- In Los Angeles, huge declines in drug arrests of black teenagers and skyrocketing arrests of white…
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CJCJ in the news: After California decriminalized marijuana, teen arrest, overdose and dropout rates fell
- Oct 16, 2014
- The Washington Post's Wonkblog highlights CJCJ's recent report on the impact of marijuana reforms.
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CJCJ in the news: Marijuana legalization doesn't solve racial disparities in the criminal justice system
- Oct 2, 2014
- Vox highlights a recent CJCJ report on the impact of marijuana policy reform.
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Proposition 47: Estimating Local Savings and Jail Population Reductions, Summary
- Sep 25, 2014
- Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act of 2014, could generate costs savings for…
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Reforming marijuana laws: Which approach best reduces the harms of criminalization?
- Mike Males and Lizzie Buchen, Sep 24, 2014
- A new CJCJ report shows marijuana decriminalization across all ages could result in more harm…
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Is California Finally Figuring Out Drugs?
- Mike Males, Aug 7, 2014
- " No state has embraced both illegal drugs and the official wars thereon like California," writes…
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Clearing the Path Ahead: One Step Towards Improving Reentry in California
- Aaron Juchau, Aug 5, 2014
- California recently lifted the ban on access to welfare for people with felony drug convictions.…
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Cracking the Racial Disparity for Cocaine Sentencing
- Antonia Cartwright, Jul 1, 2014
- By equalizing treatment and punishment for crack and powder cocaine, Sen. Mitchell's SB 1010 r…
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Whatever Happened to the Ad War on Drugs?
- Mar 24, 2014
- CJCJ's Mike Males is featured in Advertising Age and highlights the problems with commercials…
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Is "Child Prostitution" the Real "Epidemic"?
- Mike Males, Feb 18, 2014
- There are much larger, unmentioned "epidemics" behind what we call "child prostititution"…
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Philip Seymour Hoffmann and the middle-aged drug epidemic
- Feb 4, 2014
- Celebrated actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death at age 46 from an apparent heroin overdose is…
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OP-ED: Pretending to “Care About Kids”—But Really Caring About Pot
- Jan 29, 2014
- Mike Males discusses the scapegoating of youth to promote the national drug policy dialogue.
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Legalizing Marijuana in California: Considerations for youth and beyond
- Caitlin Chappelle, Dec 3, 2013
- California’s next step in drug policy reform needs to be towards nondiscriminatory…
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Weed More Likely Than Rape or Murder to Get an Undocumented Immigrant Detained
- Oct 9, 2013
- The Drug Policy Alliance's Amanda Reiman discusses a recent CJCJ report on Immigration and Customs…
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Four Reasons Californians Need Fair Drug Sentencing Reform
- Brian Goldstein, Sep 24, 2013
- This year, Governor Jerry Brown can take a bold step to reform drug sentencing for individuals who…
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Is there an end in sight to the War on Drugs?
- Selena Teji, Sep 5, 2013
- As so many drug-related reforms move forward, there is still a need for a comprehensive examination…
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