Texas legislators have a chance to make the state's prisons more humane — and to save...
Lawmakers should also act to remove some of the, allowing more people to make an emergency call to help someone who is overdosing without fear of being prosecuted.
More broadly, how can it be said that our current strategy to combat illegal drugs is working when thousands of people with substance use disorder die and many who survive end up with a felony record that haunts them long after they get clean? Even as we put more resources into prosecuting kingpins and intercepting drugs coming across the border, Texas should rethink giving people — especially young people — felony convictions that could stay on their record for life simply for possessing...
Finally, there is a sensible way to address the collateral consequences of a criminal record that often frustrate those seeking
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