Tag: zero tolerance
No Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
When Doug and Catherine Snodgrass shared the story of their autistic son’s arrest for drug sale charges this past February, they put a face to the very real problems perpetuated by zero tolerance policies in schools. On September 12th, the parents joined four experts in a teleconference on improving drug education hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) to once
Eric Holder Announces Changes in DOJ Drug Sentencing Policy
Attorney General Eric Holder announced news yesterday suggesting a major change in the way the Department of Justice (DOJ) handles low-level, non-violent drug offenders and federal mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines as part of a greater effort to reduce the US prison population and reform our criminal justice system. It’s no secret that the US hosts about 5% of the world’s
UMW SSDP ends a zero tolerance drug policy
Last December, the University of Mary Washington Bullet reported on a meeting of the Board of Visitors where the campus “one-strike” policy was discussed: Searcy wanted to reassure the board that the university’s devotion to upholding and enforcing the one-strike policy was still strong, but a few members of the board expressed some concern over the message that the policy
