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U.S. federal, state and local governments have spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to make America "drug-free." Yet heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other Do you think the police should stop illicit drugs are cheaper, purer and easier to arresting people for using marijuana? get than ever before.

America's zero-tolerance approach to our drug problem is not working.

Nearly half a million people in the U.S. are behind bars for drug offenses. That's more people than western Europe, with a bigger Do you think the war on drugs population, incarcerates for all offenses. The perpetuates racial profiling? war on drugs has become a war on families, a war on public health and a war on our constitutional rights.

We can do better. The Drug Policy Alliance promotes realistic alternatives based on science, compassion, public health and human rights. Do you think funding the civil war in Colombia won't solve America's drug problems? SAFETY FIRST PROJECT The drug education project, based in San Francisco, seeks to reduce drug abuse among teenagers by advocating realistic, safety-focused programs, and educating parents, www.safety! st.org

Based in Oakland, California, this office engages in litigation, legislative drafting, public education and law student training government drug control priorities from criminal in the areas of drug policy and drug law reform. justice and interdiction to public health and education. NATIONAL AFFAIRS public health measures, notably syringe exchange and Based in , DC, this office develops and advances other programs, to reduce HIV/AIDS, hepatitis federal , educates policymakers on harm and other infectious diseases. reduction principles and builds strategic alliances. racially discriminatory drug policies and HEALTH POLICY enforcement measures. Our office in Sacramento, California's capital, develops practical effective, science-based drug education and end models and state legislative reforms to reduce drug abuse, support for ineffective programs. infectious disease and other harms associated with both drug use and drug prohibition. Priorities include prevention of HIV, methadone maintenance and other effective drug hepatitis and overdose in California and around the country. treatment more accessible and available.

obstacles to proper use of opioid and other This office develops and coordinates drug policy reform medications for treatment of pain and terminal disease. efforts in New Mexico, which serves as a national model for arijuana legally available for medical purposes, state drug policy reform, www.improvenewmexico.org

drug testing not related to detecting impairment. Our professional team generates thousands of print, radio mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug and television stories on important drug policy issues. enses and end incarceration for simple drug possession.

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PUBLIC POLICY & COMMUNITY OUTREACH This team works with elected officials, young people and Yes, I want to help stop the war on drugs by community leaders in New York and around the country to reform becoming a member of the Drug Policy Alliance. harsh mandatory sentencing laws and highlight the disproportionate impact of the drug war on people of color. Please send me more information.

Our New York-based library contains over 10,000 books, reports, $35 US Basic $250 Advocate government documents, periodicals, videos and articles on drugs $20 Student/Senior $500 Leader and drug policy. The library is open to the public for in-person visits $100 Ally $1,000+ Visionary and is available by phone, fax or email. Check Enclosed INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS The Drug Policy Alliance cofounded the Open Society Institute's Please charge my: International Harm Reduction Development (IHRD) program, which American Express Visa Master Card supports initiatives in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to help reduce the harms associated with drug use - especially the Account number Expiration risk of HIV infection. The Alliance also supports drug policy reform in the Americas and elsewhere. Signature INITIATIVE; The Center for Policy Reform -our 501 (c)4 affiliate -

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