This is What a Drug Legalization Activist Looks Like, Part 2

This video really captures the feel of LEAP's excellent press event last week:



What it doesn't show is the staggering amount of media coverage their efforts earned. Even though I witnessed all of this first-hand, it takes on a new level of importance knowing that the story was covered by basically every major news outlet.

There was a time, not long ago at all, when a site like StoptheDrugWar.org would likely have been one of the only places you could read about something like this taking place. It's not that the media hasn't always been obsessed with drugs – of course it has – but the idea that something is terribly wrong with our nation's drug policy was at best an afterthought, a quote you'd be lucky to find buried at the bottom of the story.

Today, a movement that often fought to get mentioned at all is making its own headlines everywhere you look. It's a powerful testament to the changing political climate we've worked so hard to nurture, and it's also a glowing example of the class, commitment, and credibility that our friends at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition have introduced into the drug war debate.