Policing

Join us for this public rally calling for an end to the war on drugs, removal of the United States' DEA agents from Canada, and humane alternatives to prohibition. Quietly over the past decade the US Consulate in Vancouver has developed its own law enforcement hub. It began in 1996 with the arrival of agents from the ATF and Secret Service. In the past six years, others have joined them from Homeland Security, Diplomatic Security, the DEA, and FBI. One of the purposes of this US Law Enforcement Working Group is to work with Canadian enforcement personnel in fighting the war on drugs, and their presence significantly influences the theory and practice of Canada's current and future drug strategies. This quiet infiltration must be exposed and challenged.

Eugene Oscapella of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy will be presenting at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. For more information, see http://www.cfp2007.org/live/index.html, or c

Can the police search my house? What should I do if pulled over? Are the police allowed to lie? Answer these questions and more at two upcoming, free Know Your Rights trainings. Sensible Colorado is joining forces with national experts from the Midnight Special Law Collective to present an interactive role-playing presentation that teaches citizens how to survive common police encounters.

Please join us for a private reception with Judge James P. Gray Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed Friday, July 14, 2006 Please join us for a cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception for James P. Gray, author of Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs (Temple University Press, 2001).