The War on Drugs Has Failed
The War on Drugs Has Failed – A Google Tech Talk August 17, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Stanford “Neill” Franklin, Police (Ret.) Executive Director, LEAP “It pains me to know that there is a solution for preventing tragedy and nothing is being done because of ignorance, stubbornness, unsubstantiated fear and greed.” Hear Neill Franklin, Executive Director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition), speak on the problems and costs of the war on drugs, and the reasons society would be better off if it were ended. Founded on March 16, 2002, LEAP is made up of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal justice communities who are speaking out about the failures of our existing drug policies. Those policies have failed, and continue to fail, to effectively address the problems of drug abuse, especially the problems of juvenile drug use, the problems of addiction, and the problems of crime caused by the existence of a criminal black market in drugs. Although those who speak publicly for LEAP are people from the law enforcement and criminal justice communities, a large number of our supporting members do not have such experience. You don’t have to have law enforcement experience to join us. By continuing to fight the so-called “War on Drugs”, the US government has worsened these problems of society instead of alleviating them. A system of regulation and control of these substances (by the government, replacing the current system of control by the black market) would be a less harmful …
The health care crisis in the US prison system
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000
Growth in incarceration is of a piece with the growth of the police state apparatus and draconian sentencing laws, as well as the deterioration of social conditions generally, lack of prospects for wide layers of young Americans, and destruction of …
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FSMA Regulations Comment Period Extended To May 15
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The FDA announced on Saturday that it was extending the public comment period for the two major Food Safety Modernization Act-related regulations it released at the beginning of January a full three months to May 15. The two …. In September, the Food …
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Archbishop asks House to extend conscience provision to HHS mandate
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty has urged the House of Representatives to extend long-standing federal conscience protections to the Affordable Care Act's new coverage mandates for private health plans …
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