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Related stories: MORE LINKSBirmingham (Al) News Teenager busted for marijuana gets 26- year sentenceAn Alabama teenager and first-time offender has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for selling four ounces of marijuana -- about $350 worth -- to an undercover agent
Houston Chronicle War on drugs nets small-time offendersTexas' war on drugs punishes few major importers and dealers but imprisons thousands caught with less than a sugar packet full of cocaine or other illegal drugs The battle rages most fiercely in Harris County. Of the 58,000 drug convictions won by local prosecutors over the past five years, 77 percent involved less than a gram of a drug, according to district court data analyzed by the Houston Chronicle. Harris County sent 35,000 of these small-time offenders to jail or prison. The numbers suggest that these men and women are collateral damage in the war on drugs, arrested because they were easy targets rather than objects of a grand strategy. The impact is felt most harshly in black neighborhoods.
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PERSON PROFILEJohn P. WaltersMay 11, 2001 Movement Tough-Guy John P. Walters named Drug CzarNominee pledges "All-out effort to reduce illegal drug use"Is the War On Drugs going to be raised to a new level?George W. Bush has selected John P. Walters, "who has long argued for jail time over voluntary treatment for drug offenders" to be his new drug czar. Walters was formerly president of the Philanthropy Roundtable. In his introduction to Walters, Bush said that he would lead "an all-out effort to reduce illegal drug use." Walters served in the previous Republican administration's Department of Education as the head of the Schools Without Drugs prevention program, then served under William J. Bennett when he was drug czar. Walters also was president of the New Citizenship Project, which (according to the New York Times) "promoted the role of religion in public life," and was co-author with John J. DiIulio and Bennett of the hysterical and wildly inaccurate 1996 book titled Body Count, which predicted a wave of young "superpredators" would soon terrorize the nation, and was used to spur a new wave of juvenile incarceration. This appointment looks to be another blow to civil liberties, as another New York Times report says that "Walters has stressed the importance of criminal penalties for drug users" and that the new effort will focus (to a greater degree than in the past) on the demand side of drug use.
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MORE LINKSDrugWar.com No Patient is Safe- the War on Pain ReliefUS Drug Czar John Walters attacks pain patients and their doctors The U.S. federal government has launched yet another facet of its War on Some Drugs and Users, this time against those who depend upon pain medications. While there are a few who do abuse strong prescription pain medications, most rely upon these medicines to live a complete life unencumbered by debilitating agony
Slate Blowing SmokeRead how White House Drug Czar John Walters grossly exaggerated the potency of today's cannibis while campaigning against marijuana ballot initiatives
Mother Jones America's Lonely Drug WarWith the confirmation of John Walters as the new drug czar, the US is committing itself to a punishment-based War on Drugs -- even as most of its allies are declaring cease-fires
Salon.com Bush's new drug czar?John Walters, a hard-line drug warrior, is the leading candidate to replace Barry McCaffrey. Advocates say he's a throwback to the bad old days of Bill Bennett.
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