Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (03/29/2013)

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (03/29/2013)

Filed under: Drug Addiction New Mexico

Missouri is considering HB 210, a rewrite of the criminal code that includes sentencing reform, such as raising the felony theft threshold, reducing some drug penalties and reducing the "school zone" for drug-offense enhancements. New Mexico's House …
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Contraband drug found hidden in legal papers sent to prison

Filed under: Drug Addiction New Mexico

Investigators said a drug-sniffing dog discovered 26 strips of Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction, hidden with the papers sent to Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility. A director with the New Mexico Department of Corrections said …
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Christopher Knafelc, Philadelphia Man, Jumps On Train Tracks To Save Fallen

Filed under: Drug Addiction New Mexico

PHILADELPHIA — The recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who had just sat down on the bench at a north Philadelphia train station often wondered if he was a good person, and perhaps never considered that anyone thought he was a hero to anybody …
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