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Free the Drug War Prisoners
Petition published by Charlene Grainger on Nov 19, 2000
| 126 Signatures |
Target: Government of the United States of America
Region: United States of America
Web site: http://www.thedrugproject.org
Petition Background (Preamble):
We believe that drug war prisoners are political prisoners, that drug laws are repressive and counterproductive, that drug laws strike at the heart of our constitutional system, depriving American citizens of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that "drug problems" should be dealt with by treatment, not incarceration.
Deaths in the United States in a typical year are as follows:
Tobacco kills about 390,000
Alcohol kills about 80,000
Workplace accidents kill 60,000
Automobiles kill 40,000
Cocaine kills about 2,200
Heroin kills about 2,000
Aspirin kills about 2,000
Marijuana kills 0.
There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in US history. All illegal drugs combined kill about 4,500 people per year, or about 1% of the number killed by alcohol and tobacco. Tobacco kills more people each year than all of the people killed by all of the illegal drugs in the last one hundred years.
PUT AN END TO THE WAR ON DRUGS! FREE THE DRUG WAR PRISONERS!
Deaths in the United States in a typical year are as follows:
Tobacco kills about 390,000
Alcohol kills about 80,000
Workplace accidents kill 60,000
Automobiles kill 40,000
Cocaine kills about 2,200
Heroin kills about 2,000
Aspirin kills about 2,000
Marijuana kills 0.
There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in US history. All illegal drugs combined kill about 4,500 people per year, or about 1% of the number killed by alcohol and tobacco. Tobacco kills more people each year than all of the people killed by all of the illegal drugs in the last one hundred years.
PUT AN END TO THE WAR ON DRUGS! FREE THE DRUG WAR PRISONERS!
Petition:
Drug laws assault personal rights, thwart the constitution, promote violence, bankrupt the justice system, and hand the police dictatorial powers.
PUT AN END TO THE WAR ON DRUGS! FREE THE DRUG WAR PRISONERS!
PUT AN END TO THE WAR ON DRUGS! FREE THE DRUG WAR PRISONERS!
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