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Working to end drug war injustice, the November Coalition, a non-profit grassroots organization, was founded in 1997.

Members educate the public about destructive, unnecessary incarceration due to the U.S. drug war, and advocate for drug war prisoners.

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The drug war does not reduce drug use. Choosing to wage a 'war' on drugs stimulates a violent, underground economy, an economy which would collapse if drug prohibition ended. Our country and our world should be safer, not simply less free.

Prisoners of the drug war share stories of injustice:

Marc Emery
Will Foster (update)
Clarence Aaron (update)
Ryan Frederick
Terry Clark
Tony Cartwright
Bertha Burleson
Carlos Hendon
Forest Niemeyer
Jesse Jerome Dean Jr.
Scott Day
Tracy Ingle
Cory Maye
Eugene Fischer
Carlos Cuevas-Morales
Sgt. Patrick Lett
Bernard Sherrill
Stephanie Nodd
Richard Paey: Pardoned!
Bryan Epis (update)
Mark O'Hara
Darryl M. Smith
George Martorano (update)
Alva Mae Groves (update)
Namat Rahman
Moscow Activists
Lawrence Mitchell
Peter Ninemire
Andrea Asch (update)

Read about it at
www.appalshop.org/h2h/projects.htm
Listen online and participate at
www.appalshop.org/wmmt

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 01:36 AM PST

Audio Interview: Robert Field, President of Common Sense for Drug Policy; from DrugTruth Network / Century of Lies, celebrating 8 Years On The Air, 10/11/09 (mP3)

The latest issue of The Razor Wire, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Autumn 2009), is now online

New Local Scenes: Drug War Propaganda Project, Spring 2009, Colville, WA

Federal Sentencing Resources; from US Office of Defender Services (DC)

• Sen. Webb Lays it Out! S 714: The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009; Introduced in the Senate by Sen. James Webb (D-VA), March 26, 2009
• Why We Must Fix Our Prisons, by Sen. Jim Webb; from Parade Magazine (US), 3/29/09

After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation; from Transform Drug Policy Foundation (UK), Nov 2009
AMA Report Recognizes Medical Benefits of Marijuana, Urges Further Research; from Americans for Safe Access (US). 11/10/09
Veterans Incarcerated and Ignored When They Could Be Getting Help, Report Finds; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/6/09 -- More Studies and Reports

Informants: Walking Thin Line In Village Of Attica; from Buffalo News (NY), 11/8/09
Immigration Agents Mishandle Informants; from ABC News (US), 10/26/09
Snitch Blog: A Comprehensive Resource On Criminal Informants, hosted by Layola Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff
Tools For Lawyers: Resources For Tackling Informants In Court; from The ACLU Informant Project -- More Snitch News

Jailhouse Blues: Inmates Stacked To The Walls; from Arkansas Times (AR), 11/5/09
LAPD Officers Charged With Lying Under Oath; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 10/7/09
Americans For SWAT Reform, a project of DRCNet. Sign the Petition for Responsible Use of SWAT -- Watch the Video: SWAT Raids: No One Is Safe. May 2009 -- More Abuse News

Going Underground; from Pacific Northwest Inlander (WA), 10/30/09
Needing A (Funding) Fix; from Pacific NW Inlander (WA), 10/14/09
Wash. Medical Marijuana Law Sparks Confusion; from Associated Press (US), 9/20/09 -- More WA State News &Activism

Recession Raises The Bar On Inmate Work Release; from MSNBC (US), 10/27/09
Study Could Ease Concerns Over Hiring Ex-Offenders; from USA Today (US), 6/24/09
The Released: What Happens To Mentally Ill Offenders After Prison? from PBS Frontline (US), 4/28/09 -- More ReEntry News

New Crack Cocaine Bill Leaves Thousands Behind Bars; from New America Media (US), 10/21/09
Bill Targets Sentencing Rules For Crack And Powder Cocaine; from Washington Post (DC), 10/16/09
Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Bill Passes Key House Subcommittee, Heads for Floor Vote; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 7/31/09 -- More on Crack/Powder Cocaine

Wabash Valley Woman Didn't Realize Second Cold Medicine Purchase Violated Drug Laws; from Tribune-Star (IN), 9/3/09
New Meth Formula Avoids Anti-Drug Laws; from ABC News (US), 8/24/09
Methland vs. Mythland; from New York Times Blog (NY), 7/20/09 -- More Meth News

7th Circuit Chief Judge Calls for Loosening of Sentencing Guidelines; from National Law Review (US), 9/14/09
Two Judges Target Cocaine Penalties; from Washington Post (DC), 6/29/09
OpEd: Retired Judge Says It Is Time To End War On Marijuana; from Bellingham Herald (WA), 3/21/09
Judge Quest To Decriminalize Minor Drug Use Gets Support; from Houston Chronicle (TX), 1/15/09 -- More Dissenting Opinions

Attorney General Holderís Remarks From Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act Symposium; from USDOJ (US), 6/24/09
2nd Circuit Clarifies Consecutive Mandatory Minimum Sentencing; from Law.com (US), 3/11/09
US Supreme Court: Guidelines Are Really, Truly Advisory; from Sentencing Law and Policy, 1/29/09 - More Sentencing News

CNN's IReports: Prison And Your Family. Share your stories of Drug War Injustice here! from CNN, 2009

Read the Transcript of Bureau of Prisons' Director Harley Lappin's Summer 2008 Testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, with statistics and a litany of problems facing the BOP you won't find anywhere else. To publicly comment on this transcript visit: State of the BOP from Nora's Blog

Visit The Thousand Kites Project Today! -- Video: About The Thousand Kites Project; from YouTube, 9/26/07

Drug War News - Don't Miss:

• Fired Up in Albuquerque -- The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/20/09
• California's Medical Marijuana Law -- Just a Smokescreen? from TruthOut (US), 11/18/09
• Mexico's Juarez On Path To Anarchy; from BBC News (UK), 11/17/09
• Mexico Under Siege: Marching The Police Off To Jail; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 11/17/09
• The State of Play -- Federal Drug Reform Legislation in the Congress; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/13/09
• Society in Jail (Or How I Came to Love The Warrant); from Ludwig von Mises Institute (US), 4/10/09
• Businessman Looks For Needle-Exchange Program Sponsor; from Lancaster New Era (PA), 11/13/09
• Ease State Budget Woes By Closing More Prisons; from Newsday (NY), 11/12/09
• U.S. Commission To Assess Mandatory Sentences; from Wall Street Journal (US), 11/12/09
• Drug War News Archive

Meet Barbara Fair, New Haven, CT; Fr. Tom Hereford, New Haven, MO; Chrystal Weaver, Pembroke Pines, FL, and Other November Coalition Staff and Volunteers.

The US Sentencing Commission's Assessment of How Well the Federal Criminal Justice System is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing Reform warrants study. View the Executive Summary and Download the Report -- Read a Layperson's Assessment of the Assessment, by Nora Callahan

Meet the People Behind The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines -- Read More About Guideline Sentencing

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