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The Libertarian Party opposes the War on Drugs as a violation of people's rights and a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Get Involved!
Come to the Marijuana March May 1! Speak out against the Rockefeller drug laws, and help us promote the Libertaran Party, the only party to make ending the drug war a priority.
Buffalo: contact blocman420@aol.com. Sponsored by BACH, the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp.
New Paltz: Sunday May 2nd: Global March for Cannabis Liberation into Rock Against Racism 2pm - 11pm at SUNY New Paltz. See pictures from last year's event. More info at http://www.newpaltz.edu/norml
NYC: This year's Cures Not Wars march will be held on Saturday, May 1 in New York City, starting with an ibogaine pre- march rally around 11 am - on Washington Place, east of Washington Square. The march kicks off from B'way and Houston around 1 pm, and reaches Battery Park just after 2 pm. Please help us to encourage people to get to the march early--by 12:30 pm --and not just veg out in Battery Park! Remember that this is a protest, not a potfest. While there were just 9 arrests last year, we have still not recovered the tolerance we had before Giuliani. Some speakers and personalities slated to appear include (more TBA): Robbie Robinson, Senior Activist- NY State CAN * Dana Beal, Cures Not Wars activist, author & Yippie! speaker * Mikki Norris "Shattered Lives" * Chris Conrad, "Hemp, Lifeline to the Future" * Steve Bloom, Editor, High Times * Burton Aldrich, Medical marijuana patient * Don Sillberger, Libertarian Senate candidate * New Jersey Weedman Ed Forchion * Cliff Thornton, Efficacy * Randy Credico, William Kunstler Foundation For Racial Justice * Four pro-cannabis musical acts are expected to perform.
Join us this year for another OPH! Planning is done on the LPNY Activists list--come join us there to discuss this year's plans!
| The so-called "War on Drugs" is a grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order and to peace in the world; furthermore, it has provided a rationale by which the power of the state has been expanded to restrict greatly our right to privacy and to be secure in our homes. We call for the repeal of all laws establishing criminal or civil penalties for the use of drugs and of "anti-crime" measures restricting individual rights to be secure in our persons, homes, and property, or limiting our rights to keep and bear arms. (The Libertarian Platform, re-ratified every two years by a national convention, summarizes the LP position on the major political issues of our day.) |
What the Libertarian Party of New York needs your help to do
Yes, we have an answer to the current prohibition... REPEAL IT! Let anyone over 18 (or whatever age is decided on) decide for themselves what they should be putting in their bodies, whether it is a potentially dangerous recreational drug, or a cure for cancer that our FDA hasn't approved yet.
Read 1998 LPNY gubernatorial candidate Chris Garvey's legalization solution. Until the rest of the country wakes up, Chris has a recipe for legalizing marijuana for you, and helping upstate farmers, all at the same time. We need you to vote for us first, though.
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