What Can You Do To Help Drug Law Reform?
I am often asked where I get my drug information, and how one can get involved, or simply find truthful information regarding the war on drugs. Common Sense for Drug Policy has a terrific website, with a document titled, What Can I do? Below is just a snippet of that document. Please visit their website for the complete one.
Get Informed -- Get Motivated -- Get Active
* Get educated visit Drug War Facts, the MAP/DrugSense News archive and the drug
library.
* Stay informed via e-newsletter.
* Find out what reform organization is working on issues you care most
about. Find where you can most effectively spend some time and effort and do it.
* Know who your politicians are, their email addresses and phone numbers.
* Meet with your state representative and state senator. Except when the
legislature is in session, it is not difficult to schedule a 15-30 minute
meeting.
* Inform your clergy, urge them to devote a sermon to drug use/abuse and
the need to end the war on drugs.
* Be alert for local or regional community events. You can set up a booth
and attract attention and support.
* Write letters to the editor. Send them to your local paper, national
magazines, the student paper of your alma mater, etc.
* Speak up against prohibition/war on drugs, when someone mentions another
social problem show how it is connected to our failed drug policy, e.g., no
money for education ? the US spends more on prison building than on college
building; hires more prison guards than teachers.
* For those who wish to wear their message and engage the public, a custom
t-shirt can be made by any custom shirt shop. Ask Howard Wooldridge at
scout201@charter.net for details.
* Talk Radio--- know which stations have talk shows, share that information
with fellow reformers in your area. Let everyone know when the topic of
drugs is coming up so they can call in also.
* Write to the columnists of your local paper. Many now include their email
addresses under their picture or somewhere. Urge them to do a piece on
Prohibition, tying it to their area of writing.
* Buy an extra copy of an especially good reform book and donate it to your
local public, school or church library. Alert the media, if the school or
library refuses to accept.
* Start a local reform group, work with others of like-mind, coordinate
your efforts. If you want to learn how, contact Common Sense for Drug Policy for help.
Get Informed -- Get Motivated -- Get Active
* Get educated visit Drug War Facts, the MAP/DrugSense News archive and the drug
library.
* Stay informed via e-newsletter.
* Find out what reform organization is working on issues you care most
about. Find where you can most effectively spend some time and effort and do it.
* Know who your politicians are, their email addresses and phone numbers.
* Meet with your state representative and state senator. Except when the
legislature is in session, it is not difficult to schedule a 15-30 minute
meeting.
* Inform your clergy, urge them to devote a sermon to drug use/abuse and
the need to end the war on drugs.
* Be alert for local or regional community events. You can set up a booth
and attract attention and support.
* Write letters to the editor. Send them to your local paper, national
magazines, the student paper of your alma mater, etc.
* Speak up against prohibition/war on drugs, when someone mentions another
social problem show how it is connected to our failed drug policy, e.g., no
money for education ? the US spends more on prison building than on college
building; hires more prison guards than teachers.
* For those who wish to wear their message and engage the public, a custom
t-shirt can be made by any custom shirt shop. Ask Howard Wooldridge at
scout201@charter.net for details.
* Talk Radio--- know which stations have talk shows, share that information
with fellow reformers in your area. Let everyone know when the topic of
drugs is coming up so they can call in also.
* Write to the columnists of your local paper. Many now include their email
addresses under their picture or somewhere. Urge them to do a piece on
Prohibition, tying it to their area of writing.
* Buy an extra copy of an especially good reform book and donate it to your
local public, school or church library. Alert the media, if the school or
library refuses to accept.
* Start a local reform group, work with others of like-mind, coordinate
your efforts. If you want to learn how, contact Common Sense for Drug Policy for help.
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