DA Hynes Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Lighthouse Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program
DA Hynes Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Lighthouse Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program – MANHATTAN BEACH, JUNE 5 – Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Lighthouse Alcoh…
Marijuana decriminalization: Proceed with caution
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As this newspaper and other media outlets have reported, I strongly support measures that keep nonviolent offenders charged with possession of marijuana not only out of prison but also out of the court system and free from the burden of a criminal …
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Jail's organic garden cultivates change
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She's finishing her fourth week at Inverness for a probation violation, and pledges to enter a drug treatment program once she's released. Tyffani Zirk, another inmate working at the garden last week, says it's a great transitional assignment for …
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The Fight for Black Men
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Finally, facing a five-year prison sentence for drug possession, Joe argued and cajoled his way into an in-patient treatment program instead. He told me: “There was a six-month wait for the program, but I knew I needed to get in now. The only way you …
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