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Addicted to the Drug War
November 10, 1999
Listen/download helpThe U.S. government has been waging its so-called war on drugs for the past three decades. So far, our prisons are filling up, but drugs keep flowing into our communities. On this program, the National Radio Project's Prison Desk takes a look at the effects of U.S. drug and sentencing policies.
Featuring:
Olivia Woods and Rosemary Lyons, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the CIA and the U.S. Department of Justice; Katya Komisaruk, attorney; Virginia Resner, Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation; Mikki Norris, Human Rights and Drug War Exhibition Project; Chris Conrad, Family Council on Drug Awareness.
For more information:
Prison Activist Resource Center
PO Box 339
Berkeley, CA 94701
510-893-4648
www.prisonactivist.org
"Shattered Lives: Portraits from America's Drug War"
The November Coalition
795 South Cedar
Colville, WA 99114
www.november.org
Mikki Norris
Human Rights and the Drug War
PO Box 1716
El Cerrito, CA 94530
510-215-8326
www.hr95.org
Eric Sterling
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20009
202-312-2015
www.cjpf.org
Chris Conrad
Family Council on Drug Awareness
PO Box 1716
El Cerrito CA 94530
(510) 215-8326
www.chrisconrad.com/fcda.htm