Congress Narrows Gap in Cocaine Sentences

Published July 28, 2010

Congress Narrows Gap In Cocaine Sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug. The House, by voice vote, approved a bill reducing the disparities between mandatory crack and powder cocaine sentences …
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SurModics, Inc. , a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry and EGEN, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing nucleic acid therapeutics for the treatment of human diseases, are pleased to announce they have executed a continuation of their feasibility collaboration focused on long-term controlled release of …
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Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug. The House, by voice vote, approved …
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