America's #1 Policy Disaster
* Peter McWilliams *
Before Americans consider a new direction for U.S. drug policy, we
should take a long hard look at where we've been. Not another dollar
spent, government official corrupted, prison built, innocent shot, war
waged, right repealed, drug test taken or drug raider deployed, until
someone, somewhere, somehow, outside the halls of the government
created anti-drug industry, takes a long, hard, unbiased look at what,
just may be, nothing more than a hysterical witch-hunt run amok.
Do the ends justify the means? Have we actually accomplished one
tangible thing of note, besides enriching drug dealers and those who
espouse and implement these Draconian measures, as we've wasted
hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayers' resources, while increasing
death, disease, and crime, due to these same misdirected policies?
It's time Americans revisit the whole issue and begin to realize
what we've done to our fellow citizens, their families, and our
legacy, in the name of the "War On Drugs". Do we continue the hysteria
and failures of complete prohibition, while destroying every vestige
of our Constitution and corrupting everything American, or is it time
we critically review the current scheme, while, at the very least,
considering cheaper, more effective, less harmful approaches to
America's drug "problem"?
It's never too late to reconsider.
"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably
by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for
the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot
be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime
in this country is closely connected with this."
* Albert Einstein *
* I SUPPORT *
1) Hemp for Colorado's farmers.
2) Medical marijuana and 0-4-287 - ARTICLE XVIII - Section 14.
3) An end of marijuana prohibition for adults.
4) The end of drug testing of Coloradoans, the repeal of 8-42-112.5, and the ending of all related subsidies.
5) Proven harm reduction approaches for harder drugs.
6) Treating all substance abuse as a medical problem, not a criminal justice issue.
Useful Links
Sheriff Bill Masters - Telling The Truth About Drug Prohibition
Libertarian Drug War Task Force
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Police Officers for Drug Law Reform
Marijuana Policy Project
Media Awareness Project
Cannabis News
NORML
Common Sense for Drug Policy
Drug Policy Alliance
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Marijuana News
American for Safe Access
The November Coalition
Fully Informed Jury Association
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