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	<itunes:summary>Prohibition Has Failed - It&#039;s Time for a New Drug Policy!</itunes:summary>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs Day 21: Getting the Message &#8211; Hip Hop Reports on the Drug War</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/03/10/29-days-on-drugs-day-21-getting-the-message-hip-hop-reports-on-the-drug-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironically, some of the most successful and well-known hip-hop moguls were involved in the illicit drug economy early in life. Many leveraged the proceeds from illegal drugs to finance their start in the music industry. 
This path, followed by Russell Simmons, Jay-Z, Master P, Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, Suge Knight, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and countless others, has led generations of hip-hop fans throughout America to believe that if you are smart and lucky, selling drugs can be a step towards establishing a successful music career.  <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/03/10/29-days-on-drugs-day-21-getting-the-message-hip-hop-reports-on-the-drug-war/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 20: Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/03/09/29-days-on-drugs-day-20-blind-eyes-and-deaf-ears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newdrugpolicy.com/?p=1086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I started writing this post about one week ago and didn&#8217;t finish it because I don&#8217;t want to come off like an angry black woman and yet in fact that&#8217;s what I am. I thought if I waited a while &#8230; <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/03/09/29-days-on-drugs-day-20-blind-eyes-and-deaf-ears/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 18: The Forgotten Children</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/26/29-days-on-drugs-day-18-the-forgotten-children/</link>
		<comments>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/26/29-days-on-drugs-day-18-the-forgotten-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newdrugpolicy.com/?p=1051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A national study found that almost 70 percent of children who were present at a parent's arrest watched their parent being handcuffed, and nearly 30 percent were confronted with drawn weapons. When researcher Christina Jose Kampfner interviewed children who had witnessed their mothers' arrests, she found that many suffered classic symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome--they couldn't sleep or concentrate, and they had flashbacks to the moment of arrest. If an arrested parent later returns home on parole or probation, officers often have license to enter the house at will--meaning that children may relive that trauma in their living rooms as well as their imaginations. <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/26/29-days-on-drugs-day-18-the-forgotten-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs-Day 17: No Place for Children</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/22/29-days-on-drugs-day-17-no-place-for-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newdrugpolicy.com/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, juvenile justice is another concept - like rehabilitation - that's fallen victim to the profit motive that dominates the prison industrial complex. Last year two judges in Pennsylvania were prosecuted and sent to prison when it was uncovered they had colluded with a private juvenile detention facility to remand kids to their facilities (for even really minor offenses) in exchange for kickbacks. The scheme dubbed 'kids for cash' netted more than 1.5 million for one judge and generated outrage from one local mother whose son committed suicide after his wrongful incarceration. <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/22/29-days-on-drugs-day-17-no-place-for-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs-Day 16: Prison Nation &#8211; Occupy4Prisoners!!</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/20/29-days-on-drugs-day-16-prison-nation-occupy4prisoners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You Can&#8217;t be a black man in America and not have a criminal record&#8230;..&#8221; Malcolm X The statement, made by Brother Malcolm more than 50 years ago is more true today than it was then. It is an astounding fact, &#8230; <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/20/29-days-on-drugs-day-16-prison-nation-occupy4prisoners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 15: Prison Nation &#8211; Our Sisters in Bondage</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/20/29-days-on-drugs-day-15-prison-nation-our-sisters-in-bondage/</link>
		<comments>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/20/29-days-on-drugs-day-15-prison-nation-our-sisters-in-bondage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newdrugpolicy.com/?p=953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not suggesting that Whitney Houston should have been subject to arrest and prosecution for her drug involvement. I don't think that would have helped her, I think it would have only made a bad situation worse. No, I believe Kevin Costner got it right when he obliquely acknowledged the deep well of insecurity that lived inside Whitney Houston - for which drugs can offer a brief respite. If anything, Whitney Houston represents one of those rare cases where the public is able to look beyond the 'illicit' behavior to the whole person and make the correct judgement that punishment would cause more harm than good. If only we would do the same for the thousands of women who've been caught in the net of our criminal justice system because of their drug abuse or the drug involvement of someone close to them. <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/20/29-days-on-drugs-day-15-prison-nation-our-sisters-in-bondage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 14: Message to Prisoners &#8211; You&#8217;re on Your Own!!</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/17/29-days-on-drugs-day-14-prisoners-abandoned-and-forgotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, through no fault of your own, you find yourself locked up in a severely overcrowded jail with thousands of others, lacking adequate food, water and basic sanitary facilities. It's hell but you console yourself with the belief your innocence will eventually win your release. You're lying in your cell thinking of your family and suddenly you smell smoke and hear people yelling, "FIRE". You search for an exit, but there is none......You realize that you're trapped........is this how it ends for you?  <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/17/29-days-on-drugs-day-14-prisoners-abandoned-and-forgotten/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 13: Slavery by Another Name</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/16/29-days-on-drugs-day-13-slavery-by-another-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newdrugpolicy.com/?p=894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As it turns out, that simple phrase <em>'except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted'</em> is an exception that has come to include so many people, that in many ways it can be argued slavery never really ended in the United States.  I believe the abolitionists and their radical Republican representatives could not have anticipated that this non-controversial exception for convicted felons would end up putting more black men into penal servitude than had lived under chattel slavery when the Civil War began.  <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/16/29-days-on-drugs-day-13-slavery-by-another-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 12: Addiction &#8211; a Good Relationship Gone Bad</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/15/29-days-on-drugs-day-12-addiction-a-good-relationship-gone-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newdrugpolicy.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We often underestimate the importance of feeling good. It doesn't matter if you have everything, if you don't feel good about yourself - on the other hand feeling good about yourself makes it matter less if you don't have everything......... Drugs can fill that void, the one people often feel inside that can't be filled with things.....Sometimes, it can be filled with love, but that depends on how big the void is......... <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/15/29-days-on-drugs-day-12-addiction-a-good-relationship-gone-bad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>29 Days on Drugs &#8211; Day 11: The Performer is not the Person</title>
		<link>http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/14/29-days-on-drugs-day-11-the-performer-is-not-the-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've seen a similar pattern with so many artists and celebrities. The ability to maintain the distinction between the person and the performer is inversely related to the artist's celebrity and fortune. It seems in our culture the price for fame and riches is having to trade the person you are for the performer the world wants you to be. Think about it, even the most dedicated and prolific performer is in that mode only a few hours a day - compared to the many hours spent pursuing one's personal interests and desires - with friends, with family, with self. How would you feel if you had to spend the majority of your time pretending to be someone you're not, dressed up in a costume (no matter how fabulous) and hanging out with people you either don't know or don't particularly like?  <a href="http://newdrugpolicy.com/2012/02/14/29-days-on-drugs-day-11-the-performer-is-not-the-person/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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