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y o u r
1 n t • r « i t
in
th «
A m e r ic a n
A n tl-P r o h lb ltlo n
L e a g u e .
a
r a g 1 a t e r » «1
P o l i t i c a l C o m m itte e .
T h ia
L e a g u e .
r e c e n tly
r e
e s ta b lis h e d .
e v o lv n l
fro m
th a
" P e o p l e a M o v e m e n t" t h a t
a u c c a a a f u lly O r g a n iz e d and
W on
R e p e a l
o f
A lc o h o l
P r o h ib itio n I l f l W J J ) .
Aa
our
p re d a c a a a o ra
w e re ,
we
a r e c o n f id a n t t h a t one day
" M a in - S t r e a m " A m e r ic a w i l l
aw ake
to
th e
t e r r ib le
conaeguencee o f our c u rre n t
P r o h ib itIo n -Iik e p o lic ie s .
We
r e je c t
a lt
fo rm «
o f
A u t h o r i t a r i a n i s m an I e m b ra c e
In d iv id u a l
F re e d o m
and
R e s p o n s ib ility .
The League
te open to a l l
w ho a d v o c a t e
( o r P e a c e a n il J u s t i c e .
T h io
P ro p o s a l
c h a lle n g e s
c o n v e n tio n a l t h in k in g .
It
ta k e s aa It o
b a s ic p r e m is e
th a t
[ ille g a l]
D ru g P r o f i t ,
NO T [ i l l e g a l ] D r u g U a a ,
te
th e p r im a r y s o u rc e o f w h a t
Is o ft e n
e r r o n e o u s ly c a l la d
"D ru g R e la t e d * C r im e .
T h e ra
ta
a g ra a t
need
fo r
e d u c a tio n ,
p r e v e n tio n
and
tre a tm e n t-o n -d e m a n d
fo r
a ll
d ru g s ,
r e g a r d le s s o f t h e ir
le g a l
a ta tu a .
Y e t,
th is
" D ru g W a r" h a s p u s h e d d e e p ly
u n d e rg ro u n d th e
p e o p le we
c la im
to w a n t to h e lp :
th e
h a rd -c o re a d d ic t.
T h a c u r r e n t l y (> o p u la r " D r u g -
F ra a
Zones",
te n d
m o re
to
d is p la c e
p r o b le m s
th a n
a d d r e s s th e m d i r e c t l y .
"B u y
fc R u s t " a n d o t h e r u n d e r c o v e r
o p e r a tio n s
n e t th o u s a n d s o f
a rre s ts
on a d a lly
b a s is ,
m ost o f th o s e a r r e s te d
a re
out
on th e
s tre e t
w ith in
h o u rs .
T h is
" R e v o lv in g
D o o r"
C r im in a l
J u s tic e
S y s te m
o ft e n
a llo w s
d a n g e ro u s
and
v io le n t
s u s p e c ts to
ba r e le a s e d due
to a n o v e r lo a d e d
" S y s te m " .
It '«
a ls o a R a c is t s y s te m .
R e p o rts
ah«jw t h o s e a r r e s t e d
and
J a ile d
a re
m uch m o re
l i k e ly
to
ba
p o o r
an d
mi n o r 1 1 l a s .
O na
o f
th a
m a in
P u b lic
H e a lth
p r o b le m s
is
th a
l i t e r « « « « o f H IV /A ID S am ong
in tr a v e n o u s [ i l l e g a l ] d ru g
u s e rs .
I f we r e a l l y w a n t t o
u rn a u n ta «
e te a m
t h ia
in e id to u
P A N D E M IC , t h . I V ( 1 t l e g a l
D ru g D e a r
m ust ba b ro u g b
in t o c o n ta c t w ith
ig e n c ie
t h a t p r o v i d e A ID S P t e v e n t 1 0
m a t e r ia ls , o p p o r t u n it ie s fo
v o lu n ta r y
tre a tm e n t,
s o c ia
s e r v ic e s ,
e tc .
The h a rd
c o r e a d d ic t m ust b e b ro u g b i
a b o v e g ro u n d ,
o u t o f c o n ta -i
w ith
r l m i n a 1 e l e m un t e © 1
In v e n t 1v e e .
P r o h i b i t I o n - I ik e
p o lic le a
have
p ro d u c e d
a m a a a 1 v <
b la c k - m a r k e t and u n d e r w o r ld .
T h e hum an s u f f e r i n g a n d c o a t
o f t h a a c c o m p a n y in g c r im e ,
v io le n c e ,
c o r r u p tio n
and
d is e a s e
n e g a te s t h e m in im a l
d e t e r r e n t
o f
h a rs h
p e n a ltie s .
The
h a rm
to
s o c ie ty
fro m ( i l l e g a l ]
d ru g
u s e p e r s e i s d w a r fe d b y t h e
c r im e
and
v io le n c e
o f
d e a le r s ,
gangs,
in d ig e n t
a d d i c t s a n d la w e n f o r < e n w n t .
S p e a k in g o f c o p s .
Thousands
o f p o lic e o f f ic e r s
tre d a lly
e ip o s e d t o " c o ir tia t d u t y " and
th e
s tre s s
th a t
r e s u lts .
I t ’ s no s u r p r is e th a t cops
ir e
fiv e
t im e s m o re l i k e l y
to
c o m m it
s u ic id e
th a n
c i v i l i a n s a n d m o re l i k e l y
to
h a v e a d r i n k i n g p r o b le m ;
25
per cant
o f p o lic e
vs.
10
p e r c e n t o f th e p u b lic .
P o lic e
w o rk
is
d a n g e ro u s .
E v e n m o re s o w i t h
th io
D ru g
P r o h ib itio n .
T h io v io le n t
" w a r” , o u r p o l l « h a v e b -« n
o rd e re d
to
p ro s e c u te ,
p la c e s
o ffic e r s
and
c itiz e n s
In
n e e d le s s
d a n g e r.
And to
w h at
end?
R io ts
In
LA,
w h ile
tw o o f
th e
w o r ld 's
r ic h e s t
m en a r e
r u n n in g
c o c a in e
fro m
th e ir
pooh
" c e lls "
in
a C o lo m b ia n
“ p r le o n " .
P o lic e
U n io n s
s h o u ld
ba
u p -ln -a r m s
over
th e s e
d is a s tr o u s , p o lic ie s
th a t
do s o m uch h a rm
to
t h e i r m e m b e rs .
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D a n g e ro u s
[ ille g a l]
d ru g s
m ust
be ta k e n
out
of
th e
h an d s
o f
u n s c r u p u lo u s
d e a le r s and d e a 1e r-a d d le t a
who o ft e n
t a r g e t o u r y o u th ,
[llltr g a l]
D ru g P r o f it s
m uat
b e t a k e n aw ay fro m O r g a n iz e d
C r im e ,
G angs
and C o rru p t
O ffic ia ls .
d ru g s
a re
W e ll,
th is
r a is e s
s e t
o f
is s u e s
g e n e ra l
p la n
e s ta b lis h
a new
B a la n c e .
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so
th s
s e e k s
to
C heck
and
iti
" A N T I- D R U G -C R IM E
P O L IC Y REV I BW PR «R A M S
AND ft A R D S . "
On t h e f o r m a l l e v e l s - c i t y ,
c o u n ty
or
s ta te
-
th e s e
B o a r d s , w i l l i n v e s t i g a t e and
p ro p o s e w ay«
and
m eans t o
re d u c e D r u g - P r o f 1 t - R e 1 a ts d
C r im e .
To
re c o m m e n d
le g is la tio n
and
re p o rt
r e g u la r ly
to
th e
( L e g is la t u r e ,
c o u n ty
c o m m is s io n ,
c ity
c o u n c il,
e tc .).
To a rra n g e te s tin g
o f
p ro g ra m s
to
re d u c e
[ i ll e g a l]
D r u g -P r o fit-
R e la te d
C r im e
a n d H um an
S u f f e r in g
r e la t e d
to
[ i l l e g a l ] D ru g U se o r A b u s e ,
THE A N N U A L M C A C
CULTURAL FESTIVAL
T h is
M U L T I-L E V E L
PROPOSAL
can
ta k e
m any
fo rm s ,
fro m
th e
n e ig h b o r h o o d
le v e l
to
th e
n a tio n a l.
F ro m c i t y
R e s o lu t io n s o r O r d in a n c e s to
S ta te -w id e I n i t i a t i v e s
and
beyond.
T h ia P ro p o s a l can
h e lp
b r in g
a b o u t
a new
p u b lic a w a re n e s s and r a is e
th e
le v e l
o f
d e b a te
over
t h is
KEY
to
th e
"D ru g
P r o b le m " :
[Ille g a l]
DRUG-
P R O F IT I
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we
to h e a r
fro m
s e n d SASE f o r
w o u ld
lik e
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