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The ‘war on drugs’ continues as ever, though you might not hear much about it anymore. The new issue of CLI looks at its advances and setbacks — and who’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2009

A Nurturing Network Grows In Bushwick

Amid a citywide plan to support a new model for child welfare, a foster parent serves as a recruiter and role model in her neighborhood.

ByNekoro Gomes 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Government Justice

Today's Drug War: Marijuana and Mass Arrests

Despite the extraordinarily low crime levels and the near total absence of drugs from the city’s public discourse these days, nearly a quarter of a million people in New York…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Government Justice

A Cop’s Death Accelerates the City’s War on Crack

On Feb. 26, 1988, members of a drug gang murdered a 22-year-old rookie police of?cer named Edward Byrne, who was sitting guard in a patrol car outside the home of…

BySean Gardiner 3Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Cocaine: A Club Drug Becomes Enemy No. 1

Sometime in 1975, Colombian drug dealers, who were already well established in the world’s marijuana market with their high-grade Colombian Gold, wrested control of the cocaine importation business from Cuban…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Heroin: From the Civil War to the 70s, and Beyond

The heroin story of the 1990s was ignored, by and large, until it became so popular that some among the white celebrity set developed addictions that subsequently received a good…

BySean Gardiner 2Comments

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Jun 2009

Justice

Ecuadorians In NYC Mull A Migration Home

Ecuadorian immigrants living in New York weigh incentives to return home amid the city’s economic downturn.

ByAndrew Silverstein 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Government

Second In Command: The Veteran's Case

In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2009

Economy

After 'Rock' Reform: System Still Needs Help

The state’s drug laws are improved — but prisons still have ‘a huge feeder system called the criminal justice system in the state of New York,’ says John Jay Prof.…