Tell the Senate Not to Escalate the War on Drugs (DPA)

Bills in Congress would give the DEA greater power, increase the number of people in federal prison for nonviolent drug law offenses and waste taxpayer money. Tell the Senate: Don't escalate the war on drugs!

These draconian bills would make it easier for the DEA to ban and criminalize more drugs. The legislation would make it easier for the DEA to bypass the formal drug scheduling process and prohibit substances at their own discretion. If enacted, possession of any quantity could subject someone to a mandatory minimum sentence and incarceration. This misguided legislation would make it easier for the DEA -- a law enforcement agency -- to decide what drugs should be legal or illegal at their whim.

The DEA has a history of consistently ignoring sound scientific research and issuing outright lies about marijuana and other drugs. They routinely reject science and common sense in favor of fear and hysteria, and are an obstacle to evidence-based drug policies.
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Oppose S. 605, S. 409, S. 839 and H.R. 1254
Dear [Decision Maker],
Please oppose S. 605, S. 409, S. 839 and H.R. 1254, which would subject more Americans to mandatory minimum sentences, put more nonviolent offenders in prison instead of treatment, increase federal spending and waste taxpayer money. These bills are unnecessary and very problematic in their current forms.

Sign the petition at:
https://secure2.convio.net/dpa/site/...k03m81.app213b