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supersapien
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LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition)
#5310049 - 02/17/06 10:51 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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LEAP is Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Specifically, watch this video. So far, LEAP is the only organization I know of that is for full legalization of all drugs, something I am vehemently supportive of. I love groups like NORML to death, but legalizing herb is not going to do us any good in the long run and it doesn't give us many more rights than we already have.
Something I have found regularly is that people will say that "it doesn't apply to them" because they don't use drugs, so they don't care. But ask if they support gay marriage and they'll give you their opinion. It's on the same level if you ask me. Either way, constitutional rights are being trampled.
Anyway, LEAP is amazing, and I think LEAP is going to lead the way to a free market in drugs for all Americans, and maybe others. Pro-decriminilization groups I think are often discounted because people assume they're "on drugs" and don't know what they're talking about. Who is more believable than those who fought drugs for their entire careers?
I for one have joined, emailed and donated money to LEAP, NORML, and had correspondance with my congressman/senator, and you should all do the same. Not just for marijuana, either. We should be able to put anything in our bodies if we so please.
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supersapien
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Re: LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) [Re: supersapien]
#5312832 - 02/18/06 07:30 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm bumping this one time before it disappears. Seriously, you don't have to donate, you don't have to do anything really. Just PLEASE, sign up, so that you are at least counted as a supporter. LEAP's strength comes from its numbers, at least let them know you're out there.
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demiu5
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Re: LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) [Re: supersapien]
#5315757 - 02/19/06 07:54 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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This was a letter I received about 9 months ago from them. I do not remember my actual question (it may be in the letter) but this was the response
Dear My name is John Gayder. I am the founding Secretary of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). I am also a currently serving law enforcement officer of 16 years. I bear witness to the abject failure of the ?War on Drugs? and to the horrors these prohibitionist policies have produced. I want to thank you for your idea. Unfortunately, it is one that would be extremely difficult to employ because, a) LEAP does not condone drug use, b)the stats are not available, c) the idea (unless handled extremely carefully) runs the risk of turning a large segment of our target audience off.
LEAP is an international nonprofit educational organization created to give voice to all the current and former members of law enforcement who believe the US war on drugs has failed and who wish to support alternative policies that will lower the incidence of death, disease, crime, and addiction, by ultimately ending drug prohibition. In two years we went from five founders to a membership of over 2,000, with 85 speakers, living in 34 of the United States and in 7 other countries. All LEAP speakers are former drug-warriors?police, parole, probation and corrections officers, judges, and prosecutors. LEAP has members and supporters across the United States and in forty-five other countries, which is fitting since U.S. drug policy has ramifications that affect the entire world. LEAP presents to civic, professional, educational, and religious organizations, as well as at public forums but we target civic groups; Chambers of Commerce, Rotaries, Lions and Kiwanis Clubs, etc. The people in these organizations are conservative folks who mostly agree with the drug-warriors that we must continue the war on drugs at any cost. They are also very solid members of their communities; people who belong to civic organizations because they want the best for their locales. Every one of them will be voting in every election. Many are policy-makers and if they are not, they are the people who can pull the coat tails of policy-makers and say, ?We have someone you must hear talk about drug policy.?
I know what you are trying to say in your idea, but that is because I have been in the drug policy reform movement for some time now. As potentially powerful as your message may be, telling these people (to whom the drug policy problem is not studied as closely as by you and I) "almost everyone is doing drugs anyway" will NOT win their support.
After more than 900 presentations where LEAP calls for the government to ?end prohibition and legalize all drugs?legalize them so we can control and regulate them and keep them out of the hands of our children,? we have discovered that 80% of participants in those audiences agree with us. Even more amazing is that we are now attending national and international law-enforcement conventions where we keep track of all those we speak with at our exhibit booth; After we talk with them, 6% want to continue the war on drugs, 14% are undecided, and 80% agree with LEAP that we must end drug prohibition. I don't know if you are aware of ?Friends of LEAP.? We have had so many requests from people wishing to help who have never been employed in law enforcement that we have created a supporter category, "Friends of LEAP" from which those who are interested can work with us to end prohibition. To join us go to http://www.leap.cc/members/index.htm and fill out the application. The only real difference in the categories is supporters cannot be counted in the number of law enforcement personnel we represent and they can?t work for the speakers bureau as speakers. Please join us as a "Friend of LEAP" and ask your associates to join us also. It costs nothing unless you wish to make a donation and each member and supporter we can count adds to our ability to obtain funding. We are looking forward to working with you to end the agonies created by the war on drugs and renew and deepen respect for the honorable profession of policing that has been severely weakened by the role police have been forced to play in enforcing drug prohibition laws. Together we can make a better and safer society by serving it in a more efficient and ethical manner.
Thanks again.
Sincerely, John A. Gayder Secretary Law Enforcement Against Prohibition phone numbers/emails edited out.
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Re: LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) [Re: demiu5]
#5316851 - 02/19/06 03:29 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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thats pretty cool man I'm signing up right now. I've been watching this group for a few years and I had never even checked out the site. Thanks for the link. Peace
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