{news} Fw: Draft- GP RELEASE Greens call for sane drug policy & end to the War on Drugs
clifford thornton
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Sat Sep 23 05:35:41 EDT 2006
Just in case you did not get this. I think when Tim and I went to Arizona in July it paid off.
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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: Draft- GP RELEASE Greens call for sane drug policy & end to the War on Drugs
Hi folks
This is a rough draft -- send edits. If someone
can send more concrete figures on incarceration
rates, especially the percentage of people in
prison on drug convictions and the rate of
imprisonment of African American men, we'll work
them in.
There are several quotes for which we need
volunteers. I sent this draft to some
congressional candidates too, but we should
especially feature the names of candidates for
state office (governor, etc.) in this release.
Tell me which quote you prefer and your campaign
web site address, and let us know if you've been
involved in any kind of activism related to drugs
(advocacy for change in drug policy, medical
marijuana legalization campaigns, needle
exchange, etc.).
We should also get out a release on the news
about warships being ordered to sail for Iran.
Draft soon.
Scott
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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org<http://www.gp.org/>
For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 25, 2006
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty at greens.org<mailto:mclarty at greens.org>
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene at greens.org<mailto:starlene at greens.org>
Greens call for an end to the War on Drugs and
enactment of sane drug laws that treat addiction
as a medical problem
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green candidates and leaders
called for an end to the 'war on drugs,' calling
national and state drug policy a 'war on American
citizens' and a waste of national resources.
"Draconian drug laws, mandatory sentencing, zero
tolerance, and 'three strikes' statutes have been
used to lock away hundreds of thousands of young
people, poor people, African Americans and other
people of color in prisons and prevent them from
living productive lives," said _______. "The
Green Party recognizes drug addiction as a
medical problem. Addicts should be treated as
patients, not as criminals."
Greens especially called for immediate
decriminalization of marijuana, citing an FBI
annual Uniform Crime Report that police arrested
an estimated 786,545 persons for marijuana
violations in 2005, the highest number ever
recorded, and that 88% of these were charged with
mere possession.
"Marijuana prohibition needs to be repealed
immediately -- death from marijuana use is nearly
zero, while hundreds of thousands die every year
from using alcohol and nicotine," said _______.
"Locking up Americans for such offenses is a
waste of lives, and a waste of billions of
taxpayer dollars. Furthermore, the prohibition
against medical marijuana has denied relief for
people who suffer various symptoms of AIDS and
other serious diseases, just as prohibition in
many states against needle exchange has allowed
HIV to spread faster."
"Politicians who are afraid of being labeled
'soft on crime' have enacted laws that have only
aggravated public health problems related to drug
use," added _______. "They drove addicts
underground when they needed medical help. They
increased the spread of drug-related violence,
which is a result of drug prohibition, not a
result of the drugs themselves. They turned
young people into hardened criminals, and placed
a third of young African American men behind bars
at some point in their lives. The real crime is
the war on drugs."
"The use of drugs by wealthy, powerful people
like Bill Clinton or George W. Bush is considered
a youthful indiscretion to be overlooked, while
for middle class and especially poor Americans,
it's something that deserves years of jail time,"
[SAME PERSON] added.
Green Party leaders noted that the war on drugs,
supported by both Democratic and Republican
parties, has been used as an excuse for massive
rights violations, especially denial of Fourth
Amendment guarantees against warrantless search
and seizure and Fifth Amendment guarantees of due
process, and for military attacks against
Colombia, Panama, and other Latin American
countries.
"There is almost no difference between Democratic
and Republican administrations or majorities in
Congress when it comes to drug policy," said
_______. "The war on drugs has been an obvious
model for President Bush's so-called war on
terror. Both programs attempt to induce fear in
the American public and target certain
populations for vilification and incarceration.
Both programs benefit corporate lobbies with
enormous political influence -- the defense and
security industries, and the growing private
prison business that makes its profits by filling
up cells."
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org<http://www.gp.org/>
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web
sites http://www.gp.org/2006elections<http://www.gp.org/2006elections>
Database of 2006 Green candidates
http://www.greens.org/elections<http://www.greens.org/elections>
Video clips of Green candidates
http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml<http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml>
Green Party News Center
http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml<http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml>
Efficacy: Drug Policy Reform Now
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