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Thurs: Elected Officials, Community Members to March to Mayor Bloomberg’s House to Protest Out-of-Control Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC
Drug Policy Alliance. Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives. VOCAL NY 03/28/12
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New Data Released: NYPD Made More Marijuana Possession Arrests in 2011 than in 2010; Illegal Searches and Manufactured Misdemeanors Continue Despite Order by Commissioner Kelly to Halt Unlawful Arrests
Drug Policy Alliance 02/01/12
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Low-Level Marijuana Arrests Rise for Seventh Straight Year
New York Times 02/01/12
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Marijuana Arrests Drop Only 13% Since NYPD Commissioner Tells Officers to Stop Arresting People for Marijuana Not in Plain View
Drug Policy Alliance. Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives. VOCAL NY 12/07/11
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Former NYPD Detective Testifies that Police Regularly Plant Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest Quota
Drug Policy Alliance 10/13/11
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NYPD Commissioner Calls on NYPD to Stop Improper Marijuana Arrests
Drug Policy Alliance. Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives. VOCAL New York. 09/23/11
DPA in the News
Young Men's Initiative: The White Mayor's Burden
The Village Voice 09/21/11
Press Release
City Council Members, Community Groups Call for End to NYC's Racially Biased, Costly Marijuana Arrest Crusade
Drug Policy Alliance. Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives. VOCAL 08/17/11
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Governor Andrew Cuomo Signs 911 Good Samaritan Law to Reduce Drug and Alcohol Overdose Deaths in New York
Drug Policy Alliance 07/21/11
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First Quarter 2011 NYC Marijuana Arrest Numbers Released: Marijuana Possession Arrests Up 20 Percent from Same Period in 2010
Drug Policy Alliance 06/15/11
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