Marijuana, Law Enforcement and Young New Yorkers | the New School
Marijuana, Law Enforcement and Young New Yorkers | The New School – Study non-profit management, urban and environmental policy, human resources, and international affairs at the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, a part of The New School in New York City. | www.newschool.edu According to the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services, 70 percent of the 50383 arrests for possession of marijuana in New York City in 2010 were of young people under thirty, and 86 percent of those arrested were black and Latino. The debate on the classification of marijuana possession as a crime is heating up nationwide, even as the number of arrests in New York has risen. Many substance abuse professionals, public officials, and community anti-crime activists support a drug enforcement strategy that includes “broken windows” policing and drug treatment. Others question whether this is worth the cost, including the criminal convictions that can damage young people’s prospects for education and jobs. Is it time for change, or not? THE NEW SCHOOL | www.newschool.edu Panelists Dan Donovan, Staten Island District Attorney; Oma S. Holloway, director of career services, The Door – A Center of Alternatives; Noah Kass, LMSW and clinical director, Realization Center, Inc; Jenay Nurse, staff attorney, Bronx Defenders; Gabriel Sayegh, New York State director, Drug Policy Alliance. Moderated by Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC This event is supported by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation. Presented by the Center for New York City Affairs …
Bioethicist: We need to treat violence as public health issue
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We hope to see something in all the stories, analyses, commentaries, Facebook postings and Twitter speculation that gives us the reason behind what happened and thus a guarantee that if we understand and act on it then no 6 year old or her parent need …
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AP News in Brief at 4:58 am EST
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Getting a gun in Japan
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Do your country a favor, join the army, the national gaurd whatever. Do the country some good. If you need to protect your home with something more than a shotgun then you're either a drug dealer or paranoid. Either way you should not own any weapon.
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