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- 2000
Events
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- International Drug Policy Refo...
Albuquerque Convention Center
12 November at 09:00 - Rethinking Drug Policy
Buchner Hall, Goucher College
10 March at 19:30
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- Kellogg's & Marijuana 24 March 11:51|6 comments
- Update: Kellogg's on Michael Phelps 13 February 12:31|2 comments
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2007 International Drug Policy Reform ConferenceCreated at 09:36 on 14 December 2007
DPA StaffCreated at 07:08 on 14 November 2007
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Naomi Long Speaks Honestly Against the Drug War
Naomi Long, Director of DPA’s DC Metro Area, speaks honestly about her work, and the effect that the war on drugs has on all of us. Check us out at www.drugpolicy.org.
Drug Policy Alliance As the drug czar works on his blueprint for U.S. drug policy, it's up to us to make sure he abandons not just the rhetoric, but the reality of the drug war. Tell him the federal government should stop using the criminal justice system to deal with drug issues:
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"Based on early research, salvia could help treat Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, pain and substance abuse."
The DEA is considering making salvia a Schedule 1 drug, a move that would prevent researchers from investigating its medical benefits. Read more-
Hallucinogenic Salvia May Also Have Medical Use, Causing Controversy | Kansas City infoZine News | U
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By Justin Anthony Monarez - Salvia Divinorum, a Cousin of the Common Garden Flower, Is a Strong Hallucinogenic Substance. Some Say It Should be Made Illegal, While Others Argue It May Have Medical Uses and Should Remain Legal So Research Can be Done.
Kristy Tribuzio
In solidarity friends.
Some of you may already know of the legal battles and continued social struggle toward syringe exchange authorization in Modesto and Stanislaus County - at the heart of California's Central Valley. We really need everyone's help. Please visit us at www.offthestreetsproject.blogspot.com and find u...s on facebook - Off the Streets Project. Please tell a friend to tell a friend.
Drug Policy Alliance We're building momentum for making marijuana legal! From today's Washington Post -
www.washingtonpost.com
Interest in medical marijuana and easing other marijuana laws picked up markedly about 18 months ago,but advocates say the biggest surge came with the election of Barack Obama,the third straight president ...
Students for Sensible Drug Policy A great video of the candlelight vigil held at the Drug Policy Alliance conference. Produced by Drogriporter.
www.youtube.com
Candlelight Vigil for Drug War Prisoners at the Drug Reform Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico 12 November, 2009. More info: www.drugpolicy.org More films: www.drugreporter.net
19 November at 23:00
Drug Policy Alliance Check out the Reform Conference slide show - beautiful photos from a productive, inspiring, and fun few days in Albuquerque!
Drug Policy Alliance Nice article about the Reform Conference, New Mexico's medical marijuana law, and a new era of optimism in the reform movement.
sfreporter.com
Drug policy reform enters a new era—of hard work
Sam Pow
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The fear mongering of the war on drugs and the
disintigration of communities that it causes are essential for preventing the
oppressed majority in this country from rising up and demanding their fair
share. Racism, in part fueled by the war on drugs is what allows the richest
country in the world to... get away with not providing adequate healthcare,
housing, employment and education to all of its people.
Kudos to DPA for doing such a great job of connecting the dots between the
struggles against racism, for women's rights, immigrant rights, veterans
rights, LGBT rights, disabled rights and drug user's rights. Uniting these
movements will facilitate more victories than just ending prohibition. It will
liberate, empower and enfranchise us all.
Sam Pow
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Paltrow's comments start to hint at how the
ruling class benefits from prohibition. It goes beyond the profit motive of the
prison industrial complex. The united states is the most unequal society in the 1st world. The
top 20% of households control 83% of the nations wealth. Average CEO pay
is 431 t...imes average worker salary. During the worst economic crisis since the
great depression the government showed their true colors by choosing to bail
out the very bankers and brokers that caused the debacle instead of the
ordinary people who were losing their livlihoods and housing.
Sam Pow
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During the closing plenary Lynn Paltrow brought
it to a whole nother level. Throughout the conference we were hearing again and
again that racism is underlying the war on drugs but Ms. Paltrow was the only
speaker I heard take a stab at what is underlying racism. Her comments about
racism being a too...l to divide and conquer us and distract us from collectively
pursuing basic rights like access to healthcare, adequete housing, education
and employment was the closest I heard anyone get to answering the question
that was reverberating through the halls of the convention center all week:
Why, inspite of towering mountains of evidence that it is a complete and utter
failure, why despite a preponderance of information indicating that it does
drasticly more harm to society than drugs themselves do, why does the war on
drugs persist?
Sam Pow Thanks so much for the fantastic conference. It left me inspired and galvanized to become more involved in the struggle to abolish prohibition and end mass incarceration. I was quite impressed by the level of analysis throughout the conference particularly during the opening plenary. I love the way Ira Glasser and Etha...n Nadelmann placed the war on drugs in historical context as the current stage in a progression of racial oppression that started with slavery evolved into Jim Crow and has now grown into the mass incarceration of people of color.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy A great speech from the Drug Policy Alliance's Ethan Nadelmann at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference this weekend.
vimeo.com
Opening speech of Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance at the 2009 Drug Reform Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
17 November at 00:59
