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Sting, Soros, Montel and More: We Are
the Drug Policy Alliance
May 17, 2010 - AlterNet By Ethan Nadelmann
It's time now for DPA to launch a new
organizational identity that fully expresses each of our roles as
agents of change.
I've often felt in years past that our struggle to end the drug war is
relentlessly uphill. But that's changing now, sometimes more quickly
than even I can believe.The principal reason is us, by which I mean
every person who grasps the lunacy of drug policies in this country and
throughout much of the world, and who takes some action - no matter how
small - to advance a better way.
It's time now for DPA - the Drug
Policy Alliance - to launch a new
organizational identity that fully expresses each of our roles as
agents of change.
This change represents the once-unimaginable progress that you and I
have made over the past decade to bring drug policy reform that much
closer to the tipping point. Now is the time to make drug policy reform
more personal - creating an even greater sense of moral urgency,
connecting the dots with more allies, and building on the common
interests of everyone who makes up this movement. We can keep chipping
away at the drug war but it won't really end until a critical mass of
people, communities and elected officials demand a new way of dealing
with drugs in our society. That's why we are the Drug Policy
Alliance.
I'm often asked, "Who is this growing drug policy reform movement?"
We vary of course in what brings us to this cause. We are people who
care about fundamental freedoms, civil liberties and human rights. We
are people who care about social and economic justice. We are people
who want to end racism. We are people who want addiction treated as a
health issue rather than a criminal justice problem. We are people who
want honest drug education for our youth that fosters trust rather than
fear. And every one of us - no matter our reason - believes that the
war on drugs is not the way to deal with the reality of drugs in our
society. That's why we are the Drug Policy Alliance.
We come from across the drug use spectrum. We are people who consume
drugs responsibly, who don't cause problems for anyone else, and who
resent being treated as criminals. We are people who hate drugs and who
have seen the worst that drugs can do - the addiction, disease, death
and destruction of families - but who nonetheless believe that the war
on drugs is doing far more harm than good. And we are people who
frankly don't care about drugs one way or the other - but who do care
about preserving the Bill of Rights and our constitutional liberties,
who are disgusted by what our government is doing with our tax dollars,
and who recoil at what the drug war is doing not just in the U.S. but
in Latin America, Afghanistan and elsewhere. That's why we are the
Drug Policy Alliance.
We come from across the drug law spectrum. We are people who have
enforced these laws but now question them. We are people who have been
punished by these laws and don't want others to suffer similarly. And
we are people who have never encountered these laws directly but who
nonetheless know that they are wrong. That's why we are the Drug
Policy Alliance.
We are the people - African American, Latino, young and poor - who
overwhelmingly bear the brunt of the war on drugs. And we are everyone
else - European and Asian American, not so young and not so poor - who
are stigmatized for our drug use, who live in fear, and who have
suffered the many indignities and injustices of the drug war.
We are Americans who are embarrassed and disgusted that our nation
leads the world in incarceration. And we are people from all around the
world who wish that the U.S. - and other governments as well - would
ground their drug policies in science, compassion, health and human
rights. We are people who work tirelessly to advance the incremental
drug policy reforms that can help people today and tomorrow, and we are
the visionaries who never forget that our struggle is ultimately about
changing the ways we deal with drugs in global society. That's why
we are the Drug Policy Alliance.
To me, our new look and feel is about realizing and embracing the
tremendous scope of our struggle. It's about facing the reality that
lasting change can only be achieved by building on the common interests
of as many people as possible.
We are the Drug Policy Alliance because only by working together can we
end the failed war on drugs.
We're introducing a new video featuring Sting, George Soros and Montel
Williams. Each of them - like so many of us - believes that our drug
policies must be grounded in science, compassion, health and human
rights:
I support this - but where is the contact info. It says "join us" but doesn't offer a website, or any other info.
In Montels second to last bit he says "i believe in personal freedom and personal choice." which, while a noble idea, i think people need to start saying "i believe in personal responsibility." <--- has a better ring to it, don't you think.
i think the majority of people would rather hear about choice and freedom, rather than responsibility-- even though they are intimately connected.
i guess this campaign wants to increase is approachability for as many different types of people, as this campaign seems like something aimed at a very wide audience.
I wonder how long before Sting ends up like John Lennon or other "cultural icons" that had the balls to stand up and disagree with American/world drug policy.
i see a very large difference between sting and say lennon, socially and also in the way they are presenting their messages. i don't fear he will be disposed of.
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