This list is by no means comprehensive, but it is an attempt
to show how complicated and broad the drug policy reform issue
really is:
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Read Operation California Grass
Set in the Watergate era, this novella explores political manipulation.
Sex and drugs are heavily involved.
LEAP. Law Enforcement Against prohibition
Current and former members of law enforcement who support drug regulation rather than prohibition.
The Independent Institute conducts research in economics, law, political science, history, sociology and other fields. The following links are just of few of the Independent Institute's articles on the failures of the drug war:
"Illicit Drugs and Crime," by Bruce L. Benson and David W. Rasmussen:
http://www.independent.org/tii/content/pubs/policyrep/p_bensonipr.html
"American Drug War, The: Anatomy of a Futile and Costly Police
Action," by Bruce L. Benson and David Rasmussen:
http://www.independent.org/tii/news/000710Benson.html
"The Drug War on Trial: Two Judges Speak Out," with James P. Gray and
Vaughn Walker:
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/010905ipfTrans.html
"Predatory Public Finance and the Origins of the War on Drugs
1984-1989," by Bruce Benson and David Rasmussen:
http://www.independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/TIR12_Benson.html
"The War on Drugs: Who is Winning? Who is Losing?", with Alexander
Cockburn, Jonathan Marshall, and Peter Dale Scott:
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/000621ipfTrans.html
Be sure to visit Common Sense for Drug Policy. The name says it all.
Also from CSDP: Top 10 Drug War Distortions. This is a useful tool to have at your finger tips and use in discussions and debates.
The War on Drugs is a War on Students. More than 43,000 college students face possible denials of federal aid this year under a 1998 law that bans such help to people who have drug convictions. Read more.
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation provides information
to policy makers and the public to promote innovative ideas about criminal justice issues,
including sentencing, drug policy reform, and police policy.
We highly recommend drugpolicy.org This site features full-text articles from the academic and popular press focusing on drug policy from economic, criminal justice, and public health perspectives.
Is the funding of terrorism another unintended consequence
of drug prohibition? Read more information that is quite relevant to our turbulent times. See http://www.narcoterror.org/
Family Watch is concerned about the impact of drug policy on families, women and children.
Can you win the drug war? Check out this Flash site:
http://www.stopthewar.com
Students Against the Drug War! Hear what the children of DARE are saying:
http://www.ssdp.org/
The Dogwood Center - This website focuses on injection-related HIV,
the neglected half of HIV prevention in the United States.
The American
Civil Liberties Union has opposed marijuana prohibition since
1968 on the grounds that it causes unwarranted government intrusion
into private lives.
ReconsiDer is a grass roots organization out of New York state fighting the drug war.
New York is a key state to watch as New York state judges have been speaking out against the draconian Rockefeller drug laws.
Amnesty International
is an important critic of the drug war and has been exposing the inhumane conditions faced by US prisons.
Human Rights and the Drug War
a project of Human Rights '95. Includes a photo gallery of Drug
War POWs and their children, who now live in foster homes.
The November Coalition
- another grassroots organization committed to ending
the Drug War.
The November Coalition has just released of their long awaited
'Prisoner Audio
CD'. This project was generously funded with a grant from
DPF and collects in audio cd form, 24 messages from Drug War
Prisoners and family members.
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Esequiel (Zeke) Hernandez, an 18-year-old goat herder
near the Texas - Mexico border, apparently thought he was firing
at rabbits or rocks when he shot his rifle in the direction of
Marines doing drug patrols one night. The Marines,
assuming they were being fired upon, returned fire and killed
Hernandez.
Read more about the militarization of the drug war:
Drug Policy Forum
of Texas
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The Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
Encouraging discourse over the consequences of the drug war
DrugSense if you have
reservations about the War on Drugs, explore DrugSense to become
better informed.
The Media Awareness Project
tips on writing letters to newspapers and getting published in
the mainstream media.
Join the Marijuana Policy Project
The Drug Reform Coordination
Network a central internet resource for online drug
reform activism. An excellent resource, includes "The Activist's
Guide" and an on-line library.
The Lindesmith Center
a drug policy research institute, part of the Open Society Institute
(thank you George Soros).
Marijuana news.com
an excellent, always up-to-date newsletter on the Cannabis Controversies,
published by Richard Cowan (author of the famous National Review
article: "Why Conservatives Should Support the Legalization
of Marijuana.")
NORML the National Organization
for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
One of the leading voices of reason in the fight for sensible
drug policies.
Planet Hemp - "saving
the planet in style", has a beautiful store in New York
City and an on-line catalog. Planet Hemp is a subsidiary of Hemp Times, a great
journal of news on industrial hemp.
Hempseed.com - another
online resource for buying hemp products, from shoes to shampoo.
FEAR - Forfeiture Endangers American
Rights
Financial incentives of Civil Asset Forfeiture have left
many law enforcement agencies dependent on drug law enforcement
to meet their budgetary requirements, at the expense of alternative
goals such as the investigation and prosecution of non-drug crimes,
crime prevention strategies, and drug education and treatment.
Read: POLICING FOR
PROFIT: THE DRUG WAR'S HIDDEN ECONOMIC AGENDA
Clear Test - http://www.cleartest.com - drug testing products and information to help you pass any urine and hair follicle drug test.
Kansas Environmentalists
for Commerce in Hemp activist and researcher Debby Moore
has annually filed for hemp licensing with the State of Kansas
and the Federal Government.
Politically Incorrect Fine
Art - See the delightful, original website by Connecticut
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