Criminally insane

Decriminalization-One Percent Of Drug Users Ask For Treatment-Overdose Deaths Soar

Highlights In Oregon, only 1 percent of people who received citations for possessing hard drugs asked for treatment. Half showed up for court. State health…

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Coronavirus And Crime

Coronavirus-Violence May Increase When Criminals Don’t Get Their Drugs

Highlights Most offenders are drug and alcohol dependant. Eighty percent of state inmates have considerable drug histories. Add mental health concerns, and we come to…

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Do Longer Prison Sentences Reduce Recidivism? Federal Drug Trafficking Recidivism is Much Lower Than State Returns

Observations A new report from the United States Sentencing Commission examines a group of 10,888 federal drug trafficking offenders released from US prisons and examines…

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More Americans Using Drugs. Marijuana Increases. Use by Kids Grows. Baby Boomers Record Large Gains.

 Crime in America.Net Gentlereaders: Drug use continues to increase. Criminology 101—increased drug use means more crime.   Criminology is filled with endless references to drug…

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New cocaine users continue to decrease to the lowest number since 1973. Marijuana and ecstasy increase.

Crime in America.Net Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Remains Stable Our analysis: The news on first time use of cocaine is wonderful considering the connection…

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