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Alert:
Drop
the
Rock
(New
York
State)
3/23/01
Enacted in 1973 when Nelson
Rockefeller was governor, the Rockefeller Drug Laws impose cruel and unusual
punishment -- extraordinarily lengthy prison terms -- on nonviolent drug
offenders for possession or sale of small amounts of drugs. These laws
remove sentencing discretion from judges, and cost New York taxpayers more
than $710 million per year, and the enforcement of them is racially biased.
Governor George Pataki has
talked about reforming these laws, but his proposal would enact only modest
sentencing reductions for some drug offenses and would actually increase
penalties for marijuana offenses!
Please take part in "Drop
The Rock," a day of education and action at the State Capitol in Albany,
Tuesday, March 27th, 12:00pm-2:00pm. Inexpensive bus caravans will leave
from Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Call (212) 254-5700 ext. 306 or
visit http://www.droptherock.org
for further information.
Whether you can make it to
Drop The Rock or not, if you are from New York please visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/newyork/
to write your state legislators: Urge them to reject Gov. Pataki's Orwellian
non-reform and insist that the Rockefeller Drug Laws be repealed outright.
New Yorks also please visit
http://assembly.state.ny.us and
http://www.senate.state.ny.us
to find out who your legislators are and how to reach them by phone or
in person. A personal contact makes more impact than an e-mail or fax.
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Issue #178, 3/23/01
Mexico's President Fox Talks Legalization, Becomes Second Western Hemisphere Head of State to Break With Drug War Consensus | Sentencing Commission Sets Harsh New Ecstasy Penalties, Panel Ignores Scientific, Medical Testimony, Heeds Only Drug Warriors | Supreme Court Bars Drug-Testing of Expectant Mothers in South Carolina Case | See No Evil: New Jersey State Officials Sat on Racial Profiling Data for Years, Testimony at Hearings Contradicts Earlier Accounts, Points Finger at Verniero | New Mexico Post Mortem: Modest Reforms Enacted as Legislative Session Closes, Major Components of Johnson Package Await Another Time | DRCNet Interview: Dave Miller, Legislative Liaison for New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson | Puerto Rico Update: Drug Czar Office Created, Collazo Bows Out, McCaffrey Signs on as Advisor | Australian Prime Ministers Ousts Reformers from Drug Panel, Shows "Zero Tolerance" for Contrary Opinions | Alert: Drop the Rock (New York State) | The Reformer's Calendar | Errata: Switzerland | Editorial: The Next Wave of the Drug Debate
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