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"Tough on crime" rhetoric sees a revival at Sessions' DOJ

Hosted by Warren Olney Apr. 12, 2017 National

The pendulum swings between treatment-focused approaches to drug abuse and tough law enforcement. Now, after years of Obama-era "reforms," President Trump’s Attorney General, Jeff Sessions wants local police freed from federal restrictions to fight another "war on drugs."

Photo: Attorney General Sessions delivers keynote remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Midyear Conference in Litchfield Park, Arizona, April 12, 2017

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Luke Vander Ploeg, Andrea Brody, Yael Even Or