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Newsbrief:
Unitarians
to
Consider
"Statement
of
Conscience"
on
Drug
Policy
Next
Week
6/21/02
Members of the Unitarian
Universalist religious denomination will vote on a drug policy "statement
of conscience" next week (6/24) during their General Assembly. The
statement, is supported by Unitarians for Drug Policy Reform (http://www.uudpr.org),
is "remarkably good, according to UUDPR founder Charles Thomas," who told
ABCNews.com it "recogniz[es] the distinction between use and abuse, and
call[s] for removal of criminal penalties for possession."
Thomas said that religious
leaders who support the drug war are "doing the exact opposite of what
Jesus taught." UUDPR plans to engage such leaders in dialogue, and
present the statement, assuming it passes, to other religious denominations
for their consideration.
The ABCNews.com article is
available online at http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/christians_drugs020620.html.
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Issue #242, 6/21/02
Editorial: Perspectives from Europe | Indiana Man Challenges Constitutionality of Analogue Laws | DRCNet Interview: Steven Silverman, Flex Your Rights | New DRCNet/StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Out -- Discounted Purchase Available | Newsbrief: Court Okays Police Pressure for Searches on Mass Transit | Human Rights Watch Report Says 124,000 Children Have Lost Parents to New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws | Newsbrief: Baltimore Anti-Drug Campaign Grant Shot Down | Newsbrief: Unitarians to Consider "Statement of Conscience" on Drug Policy Next Week | Newsbrief: New Zealand Greens Want to Talk About Legalization | Newsbrief: Britain Tests Heroin Dispensers | Newsbrief: Industrial Hemp to be on Ballot in South Dakota | Newsbrief: Nevada Voters to Weigh Benefits of Decriminalization | Newsbrief: Congress Questions Colombia's Drug War Performance | Newsbrief: Actor Larry Hagman of JR Fame Speaks Out Against Prohibition in Autobiography | The Reformer's Calendar
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