US Public Ready To End ‘Devastating’ War On Drugs

National poll finds growing numbers favor decriminalization, treatment, and shift away from mandatory minimum sentences.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare

U.S. attitudes towards the War on Drugs appear to be shifting away from prosecutions and incarcerations, towards decriminalization and treatment. This is according to a Pew Research Center national survey conducted February 14 to 23 among 1,821 adults and released Wednesday. According to the poll's findings, 67 percent of U.S. respondents say

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Holder Endorses Proposed Drug Sentencing Changes

“This overreliance on incarceration is not just financially unsustainable, it comes with human and moral costs that are impossible to calculate,” -Eric Holder

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Eric Holder

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder is endorsing a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for many nonviolent drug traffickers, saying the change would rein in bloated federal prison costs and create a fairer criminal justice system. Holder was to appear Thursday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission, where he was scheduled

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