"FIGHTING DRUG WAR, USA"

Fighting Drug War Injustice

All that imprisoning millions of people for nonviolent drug offenses has done is bankrupt us financially and morally, turning people with debilitating addictions into people with debilitating convictions.

 

The United States imprisons more people than any other nation in the world, largely due to misguided drug laws and mandatory sentencing requirements. Since the 1970s, drug war practices have led to the conviction and marginalization of millions of Americans – disproportionately poor people and people of color – while failing utterly to reduce problematic drug use, drug-related disease transmission or overdose deaths. The Drug Policy Alliance is committed to identifying and promoting health-centered alternatives to harmful, punitive drug laws. We are working to stem the tide of low-level drug arrests, to reverse draconian sentencing practices that cultivate discrimination, and to eliminate life-long barriers faced by people with even a minor drug conviction.

Key Drug War Injustice Issues

Drug Law Convictions and Punishments
Mass Criminalization
Race and the Drug War
Women and Gender in the Drug War

- See more at: http://www.drugpolicy.org/fighting-drug-war-injustice#sthash.c6xUQS45.dpuf

 

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