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	<title>WillBrownsberger.com &#187; drug policy</title>
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	<description>State Senator -- 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex -- Democrat</description>
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		<title>Support on drug bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9450</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahLockett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will, This is such an important issue and I am so glad your are taking it on!! We have two family members who continue to be negatively affected by prescription pain killers which makes me very aware of the tight line one walks, starting from the very first presciption. Not that your bill addresses this but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Limiting drugs to those who really need them</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9451</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9451#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lweissmann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will &#8211; while I appreciate the severity of this issue, as a practicing oncologist this bill would place significant constraints in terms of managing my patients. oncology patients frequently require long term narcotics, and I usually write several of these prescriptions daily. To stop and have to review each patient, every time, would be onerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription Drug Legislation</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9442</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9442#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eacorsini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that addressing the problem of adequately treating pain, while at the same time trying to stop misuse of prescription pain medications, is something that the legislature can try to solve, but I am afraid legislation is more likely to cause harm than help.  Currently, health care providers are very worried about the consequences of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>buprenorphine</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9413</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9413#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pmnorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescription drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buprenorphine is an essential drug for me. Before I found a doctor who could prescribe it, I lived in constant pain. Please don&#8217;t make it even harder to get. I don&#8217;t get high on it. It just makes my life bearable.]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription Bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9408</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9408#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>judysullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescription drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will, while I agree that prescription abuse is a problem, this bill will likely compound the problems faced by patients dying of cancer and their physicians, nurses and families.  These are the people with intractable and unimaginable pain, usually in the last stages of life who are trying to die with dignity and some comfort. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Prescription Drug Legislation</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9374</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescription drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Senate passed a bill to strengthen the state's response to prescription drug addiction.  The bill now goes to the House for consideration.]]></description>
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		<title>Move probation to the executive branch?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/5948</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/5948#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patronage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the problem of patronage in probation may have been substantially addressed by changing leadership, it still may make sense to reorganize the system.]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana, Cocaine and Heroin</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/1893</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/1893#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I've been hearing from a number of constituents who are calling for full legalization and taxation of marijuana.   I think that it is much more useful to focus on reducing mandatory minimum sentences for the harder drugs and I'm hopeful that our financial crunch will create the conditions for responsible movement on sentencing policy.]]></description>
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		<title>Policy research</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/376</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/376#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links to drug policy publications, reports and presentations by Will Brownsberger. Studies on drug use and drug dealing Prevalence of frequent cocaine use in urban poverty areas (peer reviewed article) Profile of anti-drug law enforcement in urban poverty areas (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded report) Criminal justice strategies for reducing substance abuse and related mayhem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question two &#8212; marijuana decriminalization</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/200</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/200#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question Two on the November ballot purports to enact a &#8220;Sensible State Marijuana Policy.&#8221;  So packaged, the proposal is likely to pass. But the truth is that the anti-marijuana hysteria of the 1930s gave way to a sensible policy long ago.  Question Two is poorly conceived and would likely do more harm than good. Possession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Policy Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/370</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/370#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I believe that there are three major reforms that we need to pursue in Massachusetts drug policy: (1) moderation of our sentencing policies; (2) improvement of substance abuse treatment quality; (3) expansion of screening and brief intervention.]]></description>
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		<title>Coerced drug treatment &#8212; perspective</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/372</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/372#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coerced treatment has great appeal for parents, judge and prosecutors.  But, now that it has become widespread, it is damaging the treatment system and making all treatment less effective.]]></description>
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		<title>Drug policy &#8212; part I</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/177</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/177#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 15:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we send people to jail because of their addiction, when
treatment would be much less expensive?]]></description>
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		<title>Basic positions on controversial issues</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/533</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drug policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brief statements on freedom to marry, death penalty, choice, sex education, stem cell research, criminal justice issues, affordable housing]]></description>
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