-Caveat Lector- >From TheNation.CoM > September 20, 1999 > > Links and Resources Related to the War on Drugs > > > > > The Lindesmith Center > > The Lindesmith Center is a drug policy research institute that seeks to broaden > the debate on drugs and drug policy. It hosts an ongoing seminar series, and > offers on-line registration to receive notices of their upcoming events and > publications. http://www.lindesmith.org > > > The Drug Policy Foundation > > The Drug Policy Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to > creating reasoned and compassionate drug policies. DPF members support > comprehensive, legislative and regulatory reform of our nations drug laws and > work to publicize the failing "war on drugs." http://www.dpf.org > > > Common Sense for Drug Policy > > Common Sense for Drug Policy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding > discussion on drug policy through questioning our existing laws and educating > the public about alternatives to current policies. http://www.csdp.org > > > Families Against Mandatory Minimums > > Families Against Mandatory Minimums is a national organization of citizens > working to reform federal and state mandatory sentencing laws. FAMM educates the > public and policy makers about mandatory sentences through media outreach, > grassroots campaigns and direct action. http://www.famm.org > > > ACLU Drug Policy > > The American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network believes the best way to deal > with drugs is through regulation. The ACLU opposes criminal prohibition, not > only because of the current policy's failure to deal effectively with the drug > problem, but also because they subject otherwise law-abiding citizens to arrest, > prosecution and imprisonment. > http://www.aclu.org/issues/drugpolicy/hmdrugpolicy.html > > > National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws > > NORML is the principal national organization dedicated to ending "marijuana > prohibition," by advocating the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana. > http://www.norml.org > > > The Drug Reform Coordination Network > > The Drug Reform Coordination Network is an organization of concerned citizens > working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives, including harm > reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws and the medicalization of > some drugs. http://www.drcnet.org > > > North American Syringe Exchange Network > > The North American Syringe Exchange Network is an organization dedicated to the > creation, expansion and continued existence of needle-exchange programs as a > proven method of stopping the transmission of blood-borne pathogens among drug > users. http://www.nasen.org > > > Marijuana Policy Project > > The Marijuana Policy Project is a Washington, DC-based organization that is > exclusively committed to lobbying for marijuana-law reform on the federal level. > Its mission is to develop and promote policies to minimize the harm associated > with marijuana prohibition. http://www.mpp.org > > > The November Coalition Foundation > > A grassroots organization of citizens whose lives have been gravely affected by > the US government's present drug policy. The coalition is dedicated to educating > the public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United > States due to our war on drugs and the steady erosion of our civil rights and > freedoms by the federal government. http://www.november.org > > > Forfeiture Endangers American Rights > > FEAR is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and > state asset-forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights > of innocent citizens. http://www.fear.org > > > Human Rights 95 > > Human Rights 95 is a photo project/exhibit dedicated to the prisoners of the > drug war, their families and to those who are working to regain their freedom > and restore respect for all human rights. HR95 is composed of case > studies--including photos and stories--provided by nonviolent prisoners of the > drug war who feel their penalties are unjust. http://www.hr95.org > > > E-mail this story to a friend. 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