Drug Policy Reports
Bearing Witness: Baltimore City’s Residents Give Voice
to What’s Needed to Fix the Criminal Justice System
4/1/09
Author(s): Collaboration of organizations listed on report page.
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections, Maryland, Public Safety
Judging Maryland: Baltimore Judges on Effective Solutions to Working with Substance Abusers in the Criminal Justice System
3/4/08
Author(s): Scott Ehlers and Kevin Pranis
Topic(s): Maryland, Drug Policy
The Vortex: The Concentrated Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
12/4/07
Author(s): Phillip Beatty, Amanda Petteruti, and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s):Adult Corrections, Drug Policy
Maryland's Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing Laws: Their Impact on Incarceration, State Resources and Communities of Color
2/26/07
Author(s): Timothy Roche, Nastassia Walsh, and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Maryland, Adult Corrections, Drug Policy
Progress and Challenges: An Analysis of Drug Treatment and Imprisonment in Maryland from 2000 to 2005
09/01/06
Author(s): Kevin Pranis
Topic(s): Drug Policy
Proposition 36: Five Years Later
04/01/06
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg & Scott Ehlers
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections
Disparity by Design: How Drug-Free Zone Laws impact Racial Disparity-and Fail to Protect Youth
03/01/06
Author(s): Judith Greene, Kevin Pranis and Jason Zeidenberg
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparity
Efficacy and Impact: The Criminal Justice Response to Marijuana Policy in the United States
08/01/05
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg and Jason Coburn
Topic(s): Drug Policy
Treatment or Incarceration: National and State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings of Drug Treatment Versus Imprisonment
01/01/04
Author(s): Doug McVay, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Drug Policy
Cost and Benefits? The Impact of Drug Imprisonment in New Jersey
10/01/03
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Drug Policy Alliance
Topic(s): Drug Policy
Drug Policies in the State of Michigan—Economic Effects
04/01/03
Author(s): Nancy E. Walker, Center on Youth, Policy, Research; Francisco A. Villarruel, Thomas Judd, Jessica Roman
In partnership with: Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, Michigan State University
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections
Community Corrections in Ohio-Cost Savings and Program Effectiveness
12/01/02
Author(s): Nancy Marion
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections
Poor Prescription-The Cost of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States
07/01/00
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi, Barry Holman, and Phillip Beaty
Topic(s): Drug Policy
Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: The Obama Administration’s 2011 Budget:
More Policing, Prisons, and Punitive Policies
2/17/10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Adult Corrections, Books vs. Bars, Drug Policy
Fact Sheet: FY2010 Department of Justice Budget:
More of the Same
05/12/09
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Adult Corrections, Books vs. Bars, Drug Policy
Fact Sheet: Effective Investments in Public Safety: Drug Treatment
02/02/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Public Safety