Job Opening: Students for Sensible Drug Policy Hiring a Legislative Director
Application Deadline: December 15, 2006
Students for Sensible Drug Policy is seeking applications for the position of Legislative Director. The responsibility of the Legislative Director is to increase SSDP's influence on Capitol Hill to promote non-punitive drug policies that reduce the harms associated with drug use, and oppose proposed drug war legislation that would have a negative impact on young people and students. The Legislative Director is also responsible for assisting college chapters of SSDP in developing strategies to reform punitive campus and local drug policies.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics annual report on use of the criminal justice system has come out, and there is landmark grim news: There are now seven million people under criminal justice control -- in prison or jail, on probation, or or parole -- in the United States.
I am having trouble finding a link to the report -- maybe it's not posted yet -- but Phil will be covering this in Drug War Chronicle tonight. So check back for more details on the bad news...