NAACP works to end War on Drugs!!!

[julirw]

On tuesday, July 26th at the National NAACP meeting in California this came out! Talk about doing the happy dance! I hope all of you will take the time to read this and perhaps take the time to contact your representatives in support of this stand!!!
I hope I did the link to the rest of this important article correctly, if not please let me know and I'll try again.

BY LEONARD PITTS JR.

LPITTS@MIAMIHERALD.COM

There was a quake last week, but you likely didn’t feel it.

See, this particular quake was not of the Earth, involved no shifting of the planetary crust. No, what shifted was a paradigm, and the implications are hopeful and profound.

On Tuesday, you see, the NAACP passed a resolution calling for an end to the War on Drugs.

Said NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous in a written statement, “These flawed drug policies that have been mostly enforced in African-American communities must be stopped and replaced with evidence-based practices that address the root causes of drug use and abuse in America.”

"Read more & comment: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/3...#ixzz1TnjESk8Y