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Book review of “Halfway Home”. What happens after jail

Posted on January 22, 2022 by

Preface.  This book is about what happens to released prisoners. Many of the homeless you see on the street were prisoners who are on the street because landlords won’t rent to them, and their family won’t let them move in … Continue reading →

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The war on drugs. A book review of “Chasing the scream”

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

Preface. The founder of the War on Drugs in the U.S., Harry Anslinger, wanted to build as large a bureaucracy as possible. But a war on narcotics alone—cocaine and heroin, outlawed in 1914—wasn’t enough. They were used only by a … Continue reading →

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