prodding government to treat it not as a crime, but as a disease

In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/us/heroin-war-on-drugs-parents.html?ref=health&_r=0 NEWTON, N.H. — When Courtney Griffin was using heroin, she lied, disappeared, and stole from her parents to support her $400-a-day habit. Her family paid her debts, never filed a police report and kept her addiction secret — until she was found dead last […]

FBI: Animal cruelty a Class A Felony… cruelty to pts with subjective diseases ???

FBI Upgrades Animal Cruelty to Class A Felony http://www.allgov.com/news?news=854546 Animal rights advocates have applauded the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) decision to upgrade animal cruelty crimes, putting them in the same category as murders. Going forward, anyone caught abusing animals will risk being charged with a Class A felony. That’s the same grouping of felonies […]