Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity
Save the date! National FAMM's Call-In to Congress, April 23
Dear Friends -- On Thursday, April 23, thousands of people across the country will phone their members of Congress to call for an end to the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. We hope that you will mark your calendar and join us. Your calls will make an important difference. The National Call-In Day is part of "Crack the Disparity" National Month of Advocacy, a month-long coordinated push to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. The current law: *  contributes to the growth of our prison population, increasing the financial burden on taxpayers; *  disproportionately affects African Americans; and *  uses limited federal resources on low-level street dealers rather than on the major drug traffickers. Twenty-three years of a failed policy is long enough!  It's time to end this unjust and disproportionate sentencing policy. To participate, mark your calendar for April 23. FAMM will send out contact information for your Congressional representative and two senators as well as talking points the day before the call-in. Thank you -- Jennifer Jennifer Seltzer Stitt Federal Legislative Affairs Director | |
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Press Release: Presidential Commutations Urged for Prisoners Serving Long Crack Cocaine Sentences
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Crack the Disparity Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 2
The Sentencing Project: Crack the Disparity Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 1
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Drug Policy Alliance: Crack the Disparity -- Call the U.S. Senate Now!
[Courtesy of Drug Policy Alliance]Â
Imagine being able to reform one of the worst federal drug laws of all time. You can do it. The draconian crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity is on the ropes. We need you to provide the knock-out punch.
Today is a national call-in day on the issue. Please take a few minutes to call your two U.S. Senators and urge them to âeliminate the crack/powder disparity by supporting S. 1711, The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act.â If you canât call today, thatâs OK. Call as soon as you can. Any time this week would be great. It's easy--our website will give you the phone numbers and tell you what to say.
Two weeks ago the Senate Crime and Drugs Subcommittee had historic hearings on the crack/powder issue. The House Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee is having hearings this week. The Drug Policy Alliance and almost a dozen other national groups are bringing in people from around the country to lobby key members of Congress tomorrow.
Support for reform is growing in both the House and Senate and among both Democrats and Republicans. We hope legislation reducing or eliminating the disparity will move within the next couple of weeks.
Itâs not every day we have an opportunity to reduce government waste, improve public safety, promote fairness and restore some sanity to U.S. drug policy. So I hope you take a few minutes to make two phone calls.
Phone calls will make the biggest impact in this campaign. But if you can't call, you can look up the email addresses and fax numbers for your two U.S. Senators at http://www.senate.gov/ .
You can find fact sheets, talking points and articles about crack/powder reform here.
Sincerely,
Bill Piper
Director, Office of National Affairs
Drug Policy Alliance NetworkÂ
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