Race and the War on Drugs Endnotes
1 "Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison," Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. Internet. Available: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/llgsfp.htm
2 "Summary of Findings from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse," Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (2001).
3 "Punishment and Prejudice in Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System." Human Rights Watch Report Vol. 12, No. 2 (G) (May 2000).
4 Ibid.
5 "Summary File for states, Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States: 2000," US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce (2000), Table 1. Internet. Available: http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t1/tab01.txt
6 "Summary of Findings from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse," Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (2001).
7 "Federal Drug Offenders, 1999, with Trends 1984-99," Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (1999). Internet. Available: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fdo99.htm
8 "Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison," Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. Internet. Available: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/llgsfp.htm
9 Mike Gray, Drug Crazy, New York: Random House (1998).
10 Richard J. Bonnie and Charles H. Whitebread, "The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition," Virginia Law Review Vol. 56, No. 6 (October 1970). Internet. Available: http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/vlr/vlrtoc.htm
11 Mike Gray, Drug Crazy, New York: Random House (1998), pgs. 84, 85.
12 "Cruel and Unusual: Disproportionate Sentences for New York Drug Offenders," Human Rights Watch Vol. 9, No. 2 (B) (March 1997). Internet. Available: http://www.hrw.org/summaries/s.us973.html
13 "Race of Drug Offenders for Each Drug Type," 2001 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics (2001), Table 34. Internet. Available: http://www.ussc.gov/ANNRPT/2001/SBTOC01.htm
14 "Report to the Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy," United States Sentencing Commission (May 2002). Internet. Available: http://www.ussc.gov/r_congress/02crack/2002crackrpt.htm
15 "Operation Pipeline," Executive Summary, Task Force on Government Oversight (September 1999). Internet. Available: http://www.aclunc.org/discrimination/webb-report.html
16 David Harris, "Driving While Black: Racial Profiling on our Nation's Highways," An ACLU Special Report (June 1999). Internet.
17 "Operation Pipeline," Executive Summary, Task Force on Government Oversight (September 1999). Internet. Available: http://www.aclunc.org/discrimination/webb-report.html
18 Ira Glasser, "American Drug Laws; The New Jim Crow," Speech Delivered at the 1999 Biennial Conference of The American Civil Liberties Union (1999).
19 Ibid, see note 16.
20 Eric Blumenson and Eva Nilsen, "Policing for Profit: The Drug War's Hidden Economic Agenda," Chicago Law Review (Winter 1998).
21 "Backlash Emerges as Texas Drug Task Forces Run Amok," The Week Online with DRCnet Issue 223 (August 2002). Internet. Available: http://www.drcnet.org/wol/223.html#texasbacklash
22 "Gender and Justice: Women, Drugs, and Sentencing Policy," Executive Summary: The Sentencing Project. Internet. Available: http://www.sentencingproject.org/policy/9042smy.pdf.
23 "Orphaned by the Drug War," AntiRacismNet: Quote from Sociologist Dorothy Ruiz (September 2002)
24 Graham Boyd, "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow," NACLA, Report on the Americas (July/August 2001).
25 "Position Paper: The War on Drugs is a War on Women of Color," The Campaign to End Race Discrimination: Drug Policy Alliance. Internet. Available: http://www.drugpolicy.org/race/womenofcolor/
26 "¿Donde Esta La Justicia?," Executive Summary: Building Blocks for Youth (July 2002). Internet. Available: http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/latino_rpt/exec_eng.html
27 2000 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report Vol. 12, No. 2: Center for Disease Control (December 2000). Internet. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1202.pdf
28 "Basic Statistics," HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Centers for Disease Control, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (June 2001). Internet. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm
29 "Closing the Drug Abuse Treatment Gap," A Report to the President of the United States: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
30 "National Drug Control Strategy: FY2003 Budget Summary," Office of National Drug Control Policy: Washington, D.C., Executive Office of the President (February 2002).
31 Life Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses: The Sentencing Project (October 2002). Internet. Available: http://www.sentencingproject.org/policy/lifesent-execsum.pdf
32 "Injustice 101," ACLU website. Internet. Available: /features/f082101a.html
33 "Entire Families Can Be Kicked Out of Public Housing for One Member's Drug Use, According to Today's U.S. Supreme Court Decision," Press Release (March 26, 2002): Drug Policy Alliance. Internet. Available: http://www.drugpolicy.org
34 "Losing The Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States," Human Rights Watch (1998). Internet: Available: http://www.hrw.org/reports98/vote/