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AlertS:
Colombia,
Mandatory
Minimums,
California,
New
York,
Washington
8/4/00
COLOMBIA: In the wake
of the late reported El Salado massacre (see story above), Senator Paul
Wellstone (D-MN) is circulating a letter to be sent to President Clinton
asking that Colombia be decertified for US military assistance -- i.e.
the recently passed "Plan Colombia" -- based on continued human rights
abuses. Please call your Senators -- use the Congressional Switchboard
at (202) 224-3121 to be transferred to their offices -- or visit http://www.drcnet.org/stopthehelicopters/
to tell your Senators that Plan Colombia was a terrible mistake and it's
time to call it off before it's too late.
MANDATORY MINIMUMS:
See http://www.drcnet.org/wol/145.html (articles 1 and 2) for information
on the Jubilee Justice 2000 campaign to free drug war prisoners and how
you can help. Visit http://www.drcnet.org/justice/
to tell Congress you think the mandatory minimums should go!
CALIFORNIA: Oppose
"Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License" bill -- visit http://www.drcnet.org/states/california/
to write your state legislators.
NEW YORK: Repeal the
Rockefeller Drug Laws! Visit http://www.drcnet.org/states/newyork/
to send a message to your legislators in Albany.
WASHINGTON STATE: Help
the "Reasonable People" campaign get their drug policy reform initiative
on the ballot -- visit http://www.reasonablepeople.org
and involved!
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Issue #148, 8/4/00
The Shadow Convention: Drug Reformers Flex Muscles in Philadelphia | Canadian Appeals Court Calls Marijuana Laws Unconstitutional, Ottawa Must Act or Marijuana Could Be Legal in Ontario Next Year | Police Chiefs Call for National Commission on Criminal Justice Issues: Cite Lack of Trust, Corruption, Police Violence, Racial Profiling | A Barrel Full of Bad Apples: Police Corruption and the War on Drugs | Salt Lake City Mayor "Just Says No" to DARE | Follow That Story: Clinton Sets Juan Raul Garza Execution Date | From Real Life: Lawrence and Lamont Garrison | US Justice Department Petitions Supreme Court to Overturn OCBC Ruling | 9th Circuit Says Immigrants Cannot Be Deported For Expunged Drug Offenses | AlertS: Colombia, Mandatory Minimums, California, New York, Washington | HEA Campaign | Event Calendar | Washington, DC Job Opportunity for Public Interest Attorney, Other Positions | Editorial: Whitman's Victim
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