On the recordMarch 22, 2015
If you're non-violent drug offender, in other words, your basic crime is you're addicted, there's much smarter ways to deal with that than to put you in prison forever.
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transcripts.cnn.comVan Jones: “If you're non-violent drug offender, in other words, your basic crime is you're addicted, there's much smarter ways to…”
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Van Jones argues for alternative solutions to incarceration for non-violent drug offenders, highlighting the need for smarter approaches.
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