Lindsey McLendon
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Lindsey McLendon is a senior fellow for Criminal Justice Reform at the Center for American Progress.
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The War on Drugs taught us that once a certain behavior is criminalized and incarceration is accepted as the solution, it’s extremely difficult to change course — no matter how devastating the consequences.