Check out this episode of This American Life on federal and state drug sentencing in the US. Though a bit dated, it provides some good background on how we got to the strong legal response to non-violent drug offenses from the policy side of things. It also gives you a little context to the whole debate over drug charges, especially the significant proportion of blacks being incarcerated for drug crimes, despite national statistics on drug use, suggesting the inverse- one of the topics that keynote speaker Paul Butler will be focusing on.
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