East Bay Express, May 13, 2010 by David Downs
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“Their incarceration rate is down 28 percent and their crime is down 80 percent. So we now know that you don’t need mega-imprisonment policy to have substantial decline in crime…. The second article of faith in America is that you can’t get crime control without winning the war on drugs. But when you take a look at New York City’s drug overdose death rate, and it’s down 15 or 20 percent, but their drug killings are down 90 percent. All of a sudden you realize that drug violence and illegal drug use may be two different problems.”