Obama Pardons More Non-Violent Drug Offenders & Calls for Reform

742 views · Published 20 July 2015 · 6:00 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: The Humanist Report · 2015 · News & Politics

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Obama commuted the sentences of 46 more non-violent drug offenders and recently called for criminal justice reform. This will hopefully help to circulate the idea that the drug war just isn't effective and does not reduce the number of drug users.

Source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-commutes-sentences-of-46-non-violent-drug-offenders/2015/07/13/b533f61e-2974-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html

Drug War Facts & Statistics:
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons_and_Drugs#sthash.YV6Q15VF.dpbs
http://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp

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