Nearly 100 Civil Rights, Policy Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Biden's Harmful Sentencing Proposal
October 23, 2021
October 23, 2021
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (TNSPol) -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021:
Nearly 100 leading civil rights organizations, community organizers, and policy groups issued a joint letter to congressional leaders opposing President Biden's proposal to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs. A permanent classification would worsen racial inequities in the criminal justice system while failing to reduce overdose deaths or . . .
Nearly 100 leading civil rights organizations, community organizers, and policy groups issued a joint letter to congressional leaders opposing President Biden's proposal to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs. A permanent classification would worsen racial inequities in the criminal justice system while failing to reduce overdose deaths or . . .