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These young people are the victims of the Drug Free Student Loans Provision of the Higher Education Act. This law denies all forms of federal financial aid to any student who has been convicted of possessing or selling illegal substances. Conviction of possession carries with it a one-year ineligibility...
Yet, to say that our politicians simply don’t realize the harm done by the law would be naive. The reason why this law remains on the books has nothing to do with ambiguity over its injustice or inefficiency. The Drug Free Student Loans Provision is patently and...
To be sure, the Drug Free Student Loans Provision remains law not because its injustice is debatable, but rather because of the quagmire into which debate over drug policy has sunk. Rhetoric has eclipsed logic as politicians come down with an iron fist knowing that it will win them votes...
A few courageous souls have spoken out against approaching drug policy as a war on American citizens. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has sponsored a bill that would strike the Drug Free Student Loans Provision. His bill garnered over 60 co-sponsors in the last session of congress. Thus far...
Despite the fact that Harvard’s financial aid office counteracts the HEA drug provision by guaranteeing that all accepted students will have their need met, the University administration, as a model for other institutions, must openly decry this unjust law. To this end, the Undergraduate Council will be...