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HEA
Campaign
Gets
Media:
Student
Victim
Cases
Still
Needed
7/20/01
With the help of some courageous students
or would-be students willing to go public, the campaign to overturn the
drug provision of the Higher Education Act, led by DRCNet and Students
for Sensible Drug Policy, has garnered more valuable media coverage on
this issue. Last Sunday (7/15), the Associated Press ran a story
about the HEA drug provision, mentioning Students for Sensible Drug Policy
and interviewing Todd Howard, a 32-year old from Kentucky who is trying
to go back to school for computers. Associated Press articles are
reprinted in newspapers around the country.
The article also provided the first major
coverage of a letter sent by the nation's major national higher education
organizations, coordinated by the American Council on Education (ACE),
to US Representative and DEA Chief Administrator nominee Asa Hutchinson.
ACE and 12 other groups ranging from the National Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators to the United Negro College Fund called for
total repeal of the HEA drug provision, which they called "fundamentally
flawed."
Have you or someone you know or know of
lost financial aid for college because of a drug conviction? The
campaign still needs to find more such students or would-be students who
are willing to go public and talk to the media, especially in the greater
New York City area. Please contact DRCNet at (202) 293-8340 or Students
for Sensible Drug Policy at (202) 293-4414 if you can help, or e-mail [email protected].
Visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com
for further information on this effort.
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Issue #195, 7/20/01
Editorial: Robert Downey's Business | Prescription for Prosecution: Feds Go After Oxy Docs in Southwestern Virginia | BC Marijuana Industry Approaching Critical Mass, DEA Not Happy | Ditchweed Update: DEA Numbers | Narco News First Amendment Trial Begins, Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Amicus Brief | Media Scan: Columbia Journalism Review on Cincinnati, Arianna Huffington on Colombia | For Sale: Merchandise and Services to Benefit the Cause | HEA Campaign Gets Media: Student Victim Cases Still Needed | Urgent Action Alerts: Colombia, HEA, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana, John Walters | The Reformer's Calendar
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