On the 40th anniversary of the War on Drugs the United States conference of Mayors called unanimously for an end to the War on Drugs. As a result of this decision the Mayors passed a resolution that would “take the long-overdue step of creating a national, bi-partisan, blue-ribbon commission charged with undertaking a comprehensive, 18-month, top-to-bottom review of the criminal justice system and proposing concrete, wide-ranging reforms.”
The resolution recommended that we “reduce crime and violence, improve cost-effectiveness, ensure the interests of justice at every step of the criminal justice system…reduce incarceration, reform U.S. drug policy, eliminate racial and gender disparities, improve re-entry efforts, and expand access to substance abuse treatment, mental health services and healthcare—goals that this Conference strongly supports.”
In the past month there has been a paradigm shift in the view of the War on Drugs. The Global Commission at the U.N with members such as Kofi Annan have called for an end to the War on Drugs. There is federal legislation to end marijuana prohibition pending in the house. Mayors around the country are calling for an end to the War on Drugs. We have finally reached the tipping point. 40 years of suffering, misery, and incarceration has made our nation into the largest incarcerator of people in the world.
This is the beginning of the end of the War on Drugs. We need to continue fighting this long hard battle with individuals trying to take advantage of innocent non-violent Americans. Contact your representatives immediately!
Reform starts with you,
The Weed Street Journal