Pledge “drugwar”
"I will work to reduce the harm of the drug war but only if 99 other people will do the same."
— Albert "Max" Abramson, free state project activist (contact)
Deadline to sign up by: 31st December 2007
107 people signed up (8 over target)
Country: United States
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The War on Drugs is now costing taxpayers an estimated $69 billion a year, resulting in the incarceration of about 400,000 people (88% for marijuana posession), and getting thousands of innocent bystanders killed. Many inner city neighborhoods have been turned into war zones, whole police departments have been corrupted, and political debate is being stiffled.
Some proponents of the drug war have told us that we shouldn't even discuss decriminalization, claiming that the debate would result in higher rates of drug use among kids. If anything, many of the films shown in our schools have encouraged higher rates of drug use amongst our children. Drug treatment efforts have been limited or even shut down by drug enforcement.
Thousands of innocent bystanders have been killed in botched drug raids, drive by shootings, and gang violence that never happened before the drug war started. Thousands have been imprisoned on drug charges who've never even used drugs. Simply passing a joint around, even if you haven't smoke it, can get you imprisoned. People have been jailed for standing on the wrong street corner, or for guilt by association. Others have been incarcerated simply for taking a phone call.
Thousands of Americans have had their homes raided, dragged into the street while officers tear their homes apart. Houses, boats, planes, businesses, and money have been siezed without trial, without charges even being filed against private citizens.
We're not the only country seeing that drug prohibition isn't working. Spain, Italy, and Luxemburg have decriminalized most drugs. Portugal has legalized all drugs. Holland now tolerates drug use in designated areas, and all have seen their drug crime rates decline tremendously. They still have drug users, but no illegal drug traffic. Theft and violent crime rates have declined, but in America, stepped up drug enforcement is followed by rising crime rates.
Will you get involved in state and local politics, to work to educate people about the harm of the drug war? Will you lobby your legislators and other elected officials about this disasterous policy? Will you show others how to effect change in this country, and the need to do so?
If we fail in this effort, thousands more lives will be ruined. More bystanders will fall prey to gang violence and drug raids gone wrong. More people will lose their homes, and thousands more will be needlessly imprisoned. But if we fail, at least let us say that we did something--to those who've lost loved ones to the drug war--let them remember that we tried to end this nightmare.
Please visit the following links, and let others know about the need to do something about this.
leap.cc
lp.org
freestateproject.org
nhfree.com
norml.org
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Albert "Max" Abramson, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
- Rochelle
- Naomie Jeys
- Matthew Covey
- Dan McGuire
- Denis Goddard
- wayne mcpherson
- Henry Semmler
- Christine Gay
- Erick Eusebio
- Ian Bernard
- Sandy Pierre
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- Juanita Leon
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- Larry Keith Reed
- Jeremy Robert Furbish
- Michael McCarthy
- Steven Saragian
- Jane
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- stephan Raphael
- Rebecca
- Judy DeNeal
- Chris Wagner
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- Jim Forsythe
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- Ronald McCraw
- kev mcgee
- William Kapoun
- John Elliott
- Steven Buhler
- Michael Hampton
- richard quesnel
- Orunav Kabir
- NICK BARABE
- Matthew Hernandez
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- Jacob Rogers
- Bethany Firem
- Corinna Cooper
- Roger Stock
- justin wilson
- Eirill Alvilde
- John Fast
- Al Dove
- Russell Wickless
- Ronald S. Ramo
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- Mark Edge
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- Lorie Beth Brey
- David Newland
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- Bethany
- IDA KRETCHMER
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- Lewis
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- Tim B
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- David Johnston
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- Larry W Highlen
- Robin McCarthy
- benjamin wagner
- Christopher Livingstone
- Thomas Moore
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- Zhuopu Jiang
- Mark Matthews
- tim parker
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More importantly, more people will see what we're up against. Those who are using negative and dishonest tactics will have a harder time keeping the position that they have when more people see what they're doing.
from Drug Policy Alliance web site
Unfortunately I am so far from there and I really don't know how to help you... anycase I perfectly agrr with this pledge
http://nhcommonsense.org
There are only a few people actively educating the public about the damage being done to people. If we can educate other activists, some will pass the word just as we have been.
Please consider supporting the Ron Paul pledge at:
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We're only about 20 signatures shy of hitting our target. Be sure to let people know about this pledge, especially if they are already working on this issue.
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But Ron Paul also understands that all wars -the war on drugs as well as the war in Iraq- can only be stopped by cutting off the money. We need a smaller, less intrusive government. That's why he wants to eliminate the IRS, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Education, etc. As Henry David Thoreau said, "That government is best that governs least."
Ron Paul is the last best hope to save the Constitution. It seems to me that sending him a donation is the best way to fulfill this pledge.
Good luck!
I will also donate $100 to CA-NORML if 50 people join me in making the pledge of educating folks as best as you can, with the aid of printed materials if necessary.
I speak publicly and will perform myy obligation in front of an audience.
Being an Attorney and a legal, medicinal vaporizer user of cannabis. I can semantically say that I do not SMOKE cannabis, I volatize it for phyto-inhalation [ I am also a Crohn's sufferer and a terminal Hep-C patient (acquired thanks to a transfusion at the age of 5.)
According to the State I live in, if a doctor feels that this highly useful substance helps a patient, the state must issue a medical ID and allow the person to make use of dispensaries, or grow their own medicine.
The FEDS do not recognize this, and have been raiding LEGALLY MANDATED dispensaries, arresting WHEELCHAIR BOUND CANCER PATIENTS and generally fighting a loosing battle.
George Washington grew and cultivated hemp, both for it's useful properties, it's oil, and it's medicinal properties.
The "Save the Children; this will confuse them" argument doesn't fly with me. Medical cannabis programs are rather strictly controlled, and there is no chance a child would ever receive a cannabis card or a recommendation from a doctor.
Please peruse the below links:
http://news.healingwell.com/?p=news1&...
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4516
http://www.mikuriya.com/can_write.html
http://www.mikuriya.com/can_vapor.html
http://www.pot-tv.net/
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Thank you…
Thanks for article
Thanks to everyone for the effort in gathering new members. A lot of activities are being planned for the coming year to actively educate more people about this matter. Please continue on and join the google group http://groups.google.com/group/drugwareduc
Everyone's effort is greatly appreciated.
Albert "Max" Abramson
pledge creator
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drugwaredu...
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I'm quite serious.