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Drug Policy Alliance

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Coming Together in New Orleans: The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference
Nearly 1,200 people from around the world came together in New Orleans last week for the biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference. Couldn't make it? Blog posts, media coverage, and audio and video recordings on the DPA website bring the conference to life.
- Discuss the Conference at the DPA Forums
- View Pictures from the Conference on Flickr

The war on drugs has failed to eliminate drug use, and has done serious damage to Americans' constitutional rights. The drug war is unfair to students who are denied access to honest, accurate information about drugs; unfair to families who are torn apart by extremely harsh prison sentences; unfair to minorities who are subjected to disproportionate arrests, convictions and sentences for drug possession; and unfair to every American whose rights are trampled in the name of stamping out drug use.
DPA works for better alternatives. We believe that instead of focusing on misinformation, scare tactics and locking people up, drug policies should be based on science, and focus on effective education, public health, and treatment. To learn more or to read the DPA blog, visit the Drug Policy Alliance website at drugpolicy.org .

My Interests

ending the drug war, medical marijuana, marijuana legalization, rave community, dance, drug education, harm reduction, syringe exchange, treatment instead of incarceration, racial justice, civil liberties, voting rights, privacy, methadone, overdose prevention

I'd like to meet:

People who believe the war on drugs does more harm than good. People who believe in compassion for seriously ill individuals who could be helped by medical marijuana. People who think DARE is useless and that we need an alternative drug education program based on science, not scaremongering. People who realize that treatment is a more effective way to deal with someone who has a drug addiction than prison. People who believe marijuana should be legal.

Also, people who want to learn more about why the war on drugs doesn't work and what we could do instead.Do you support drug policy reform?

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Music:

Little Brother, Michael Franti, System of a Down, Sublime, Justin Timberlake, Chamillionaire, Dead Prez, Common, Willie Nelson, Bob Marley, Feeder, Jim Jones, Outkast, Ludacris, Ben Harper, Ti, Mos Def, KRS One, De La Soul, The Roots, People Under the Stairs, Wyclef, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, NERD, Kruder and Dorfmeister

Movies:

Traffic, Trainspotting, Maria Full of Grace, Party Monster, Midnight Express, A Scanner Darkly, Scarface, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Basketball Diaries, Reefer Madness, Drugstore Cowboy, Better Living Through Circuitry, Requiem for a Dream, A Clockwork Orange, Up In Smoke, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Television:

Weeds, The Wire, The Drug Years, Bill Maher, The Daily Show, Penn and Teller BULLSHIT

Books:

Marijuana Myths Marijuana Facts, Smoke and Mirrors, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Clubland, Ecstasy: The Complete Guide, Crack in America, From Chocolate to Morphine, Natural Mind, Drug Crazy, Cops Across Borders, Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use

Heroes:

William Buckley, Kemba Smith, John Irwin, Arnold Trebach, Maxine Waters, John Conyers, Dorothy Gaines, Lynn Zimmer

My Blog

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View the Drug Policy Alliance's blog here:http://blog.drugpolicy.org
Posted by Drug Policy Alliance on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST