April 19, 200520 yr Congressman James Sensenbrenner has launched his next assault. The full House Judiciary Committee is set to vote as early as next week on H.R. 1528, which creates a new group of mandatory miniumum penalties for non-violent drug offenses, including a five year penalty for passing a joint to someone who's been in drug treatment. That's right: Passing a joint to someone who used to be in drug treatment will land you in federal prison for a minimum of five years. The "Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005" (H.R. 1528) was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) on April 6, and it has already passed out of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. http://www.rense.com/general64/fdei.htm And anybody who is interested in the topic -- I highly suggest "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About Them: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs" by Judge James Gray
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