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News
Archive 1999
On December
14, 1999, CJPF President Eric E. Sterling was featured
in "Snitch," a PBS Frontline documentary about
the use of informants in federal drug cases. More information
about the program is available at the
Frontline website. For information about your
local PBS station,
click here.
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On December 6, 1999, The Los Angeles Times published
an op-ed, "Legalize Drugs or Expect More Mass Graves,"
by CJPF President Eric E. Sterling. In the op-ed, Sterling
argues that our current drug policy fuels violence because
it is the only means that drug traffickers have of resolving
business conflicts. The op-ed is available here.
The op-ed also appeared in the Houston Chronicle
on December 8 and in several other newspapers across the
country.
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On November 3, 1999, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
co-sponsored a press conference, releasing a letter to
"drug czar" Gen. Barry McCaffrey by distinguished American
and Latin American leaders who reject U.S. export of the
failed "war on drugs" to Latin America. The CJPF press
release is available here.
The letter is available in
english and in
spanish. CJPF President Eric E. Sterling's statement
at the press conference is available here.
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On October 24-25, 1999 CJPF President Eric E. Sterling
was featured on This
American Life, hosted by Ira Glass and produced
by Public Radio International (PRI). The hour-long program
discussed mandatory minimum sentencing. An audio file
of the show is available at www.thislife.org.
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On September 3, 1999 The Washington Times published
an op-ed, titled The
untold drug bust, by CJPF President Eric E. Sterling.
The op-ed discusses how reporting of the airline drug
bust in Miami on August 25 is reminiscent of Vietnam-style
"body count" journalism, and how such reports come at
the expense of reporting on the more effective policies
of drug prevention and treatment. A similar op-ed was
published in the Salt Lake Tribune on September
5, p. AA5, and a shorter version was published as a letter
to the editor in USA Today on September 13, p.
26A.
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