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Ask
yourself: Is current
drug policy protecting our
children from harmful drugs? Is putting
people in prison really solving
our drug problems? |
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Ask
yourself: Is current
drug policy protecting our
children from harmful drugs? Is putting
people in prison really solving
our drug problems? |
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Is Prohibition
any more effective now
than it
was then?
The War on Drugs has failed. Join
us in seeking rational alternatives.
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Do you believe we're winning
the War on Drugs? |
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There
is a growing nationwide consensus that the law enforcement approach to
eliminate drug abuse has not worked. Meanwhile, the exploration of
alternative
approaches has been hampered by misinformation and an absence of
intelligent
debate. We hope that the educated opinions and perspectives we foster
will
help both policy-makers and the general public decide for themselves
whether
change is warranted and what changes would be most beneficial for
Hawai‘i.
The Drug Policy Forum of Hawai‘i is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 to encourage the development of effective drug policies that minimize eco-nomic, social, and human costs, and to promote the consideration of pragmatic approaches to drug policy based on: n Scientific principles n Effective outcomes n Public-health considerations n Concern for human dignity n Enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities |
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Some costs
of the Drug
War ...
Over 35% of inmates in Hawaii’s
correctional facilities
are there for drug-law violations. Nationally, it costs approximately $8.4
billion
a year to keep drug-law violators behind bars (in Hawai‘i, the annual
cost
is approximately $30,000 per prisoner. Nearly 700,000 people were arrested in
1998 in
the U.S. for marijuana,most of them for mere possession — one arrest
every
44 seconds. Hawai‘i contributed 1,411 arrests. In 1969,$65 million was spent by the
Nixon Administration
on the drug war; in 1982 the Reagan Administration spent $1.65 billion;
and in 1998 the Clinton Administration requested $17.1 billion.
During a 10-month national sur vey, it
was discovered
that 80% of people who had forfeited property were never charged with a
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The Drug Policy
Forum of
Hawai‘i Pamela G. Lichty, M.P.H., President
Kat Brady, Vice President Jeffrey C. Crawford, Ph.D., Treasurer David Friar, M.D.
Larry Geller
Katherine Irwin, Ph.D.
Michael J. Kelley, D.Phil. Timothy McCormick Richard S. Miller, J.D., LL.M. Jeanne Ohta,
Executive Director
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The Drug Policy
Forum of Hawai‘i
sponsors local, national, and international drug-policy professionals
to
present seminars on such topics as:
n Effective drug education (10/98) n Medicalizing U.S.drug policy (2/98) n Medical use of cannabis (1/98, 2/97, 4/95) n The hidden costs of women in prison (11/97) n A pragmatic model of harm reduction (5/97) n The connection between "ice" and violence (5/96) DPFH also presents films and videos, maintains a reference library on drug policy, acts as a resource for the media on drug-policy issues, sustains an active speakers bureau, and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter. |
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