 | End the Drug War |
| End the Drug War |
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Drug Laws Do More Harm Than Good. Repeal Them. |
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The National Review interviews Michael S. Gazzaniga on Drug Legalization |
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Thinking about Drug Legalization by James Ostrowski, from the Cato Institute |
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Collateral Damage: The Wide-Ranging Consequences of America's Drug War by Ted Galen Carpenter, from the Cato Institute |
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Sign up for the MAPS drug news clipping services |
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NORML, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws |
| List of Organizations Supporting Drug-law Reform from High Times |
The right to self-medicate
Libertarians believe that you have the right to make decisions about what you put into your body. The Libertarian Party opposes the War on Drugs as a violation of people's rights and a waste of taxpayer dollars, and is in favor of medical uses of marijuana, seeking to end regulation of all substances.
Join us for an OPH!
OPH -- that's Operation Politically Homeless, our outreach to find like-minded individuals. The LP will be at the NYC Marijuana March annually the first Saturday of May each year. This year the march will be May 1st world-wide. Subscribe to our activists list to stay up-to-date on the planning and what you can do to help.
1/6/04 "One current and one former executive at Ogilvy & Mather advertising agency's New York office were charged Tuesday with conspiracy for allegedly overbilling the federal government" reports NY Newsday. The charges relate to O&M's ONDCP (Office of the National Drug Control Policy) ads, which were notable for their inaccuracies and ineffectiveness.
12/17/03 Medical Pot Users Win Key Ruling (LA Times Article) The 9th Circuit says the U.S. can't prosecute patients if doctors call marijuana their only relief and the drug is obtained at no charge.
States that have Med MJ laws: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington
12/2/03 Anti-Ecstasy research totally discredited in the NY Times.
N.Y. News
Queen's Jeffrion L. Aubry is sponsoring a bill that would
repeal the mandatory sentencing requirements of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Second Felony Offender Law as it relates to drug offenses. It would also repeal subdivision 5 of Section 70.06 of the penal law relating to lifetime probation.Please write to the honorable assemblyman and thank him for taking the first steps to decrease the harm caused by the drug war. To see the other assembly members supporting this bill, and the full text, please see: our Legislative Watch section.
VT News What's going on with the Medical Marijuana Initiative in our neighboring state? It's been passed twice by the house and senate, but the governors (including presidential hopeful Howard Dean) vetoed it! Now, MPP, NORML, and the Libertarian Party in Vermont are making a push to make it the issue in Governor Douglas's re-election campaign. Have your VT friends sign the petition!
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. If you enroll as a Libertarian, your support for ending the drug war will be heard. Whatever you do, please don't waste your vote on someone who would put you in jail for a joint. If you don't vote, nothing witll change.
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