SAM applauds DOJ, U.S. Sentencing Commission call to reduce sentences for some drug offenders

June 11, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Justice Department’s support for a reduction in sentences for nonviolent drug offenders is a step in the right direction — and one that shows marijuana legalization is […]

Vermont is 17th state to decriminalize

June 20, 2013

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a bill that decriminalizes marijuana, making possession of less than an ounce of the drug punishable by a small fine rather than arrest and possible […]

Meet Project HOPE in Hawaii

January 29, 2013

A radical program in the Pineapple State is shattering myths about how to deal with drug offenders who violate probation. If only the rest of the country would catch on. […]