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Canada's Hempfest 2008
Aug 21 08 * Sault Saint Marie
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Aug 21 08 * Hillsborough, Auckland
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Aug 22 08 * Auckland, New Zealand
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 LEAP to Unveil Billboard in Omaha, Nebraska

For Immediate Release July 14, 2008

Omaha, NE and Medford, MA- On July 15, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition will unveil our first-ever ad campaign, which will kick off with a LEAP billboard in Omaha, Nebraska. With this effort, LEAP is looking to prove and increase awareness of the failures of prohibition.

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 Milestone Days in the Drug War: Deadly Shootout at Miami Mall in 1979

For Immediate Release July 11, 2008

Medford, MA- Today marks the 29th anniversary of a deadly shootout at the Dadeland Mall in Miami, Florida. This burst of violence was the beginning of an era: during the early 1980’s, Miami was considered once of the most violent places in the US due to the prevalence of Colombian drug cartels and the cocaine trade.

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Matthew Fogg

Former US Marshall Matt Fogg speaks about his turning point and the disparities in law enforcement in the War on Drugs.

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Three LEAP speakers appear in this 2 hour documentary - DEA agent Cele Castillio, Judge James Gray, Governor Gary Johnson

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If hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine were legalized would you be likely to use them?

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COPS SAY LEGALIZE DRUGS!
ASK US WHY
After nearly four decades of fueling the U.S. policy of a war on drugs with over a trillion tax dollars and 37 million arrests for nonviolent drug offenses, our confined population has quadrupled making building prisons the fastest growing industry in the United States. More than 2.2 million of our citizens are currently incarcerated and every year we arrest an additional 1.9 million more guaranteeing those prisons will be bursting at their seams. Every year we choose to continue this war will cost U.S. taxpayers another 69 billion dollars. Despite all the lives we have destroyed and all the money so ill spent, today illicit drugs are cheaper, more potent, and far easier to get than they were 35 years ago at the beginning of the war on drugs. Meanwhile, people continue dying in our streets while drug barons and terrorists continue to grow richer than ever before. We would suggest that this scenario must be the very definition of a failed public policy. This madness must cease!


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Failed Public Policy
Terry Nelson - Tuesday, August 19

Failed public policy.. Controlled substances harder to get The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 08/14/08 Teenagers say they can now get their hands on prescription drugs more easily than beer, and many say that marijuana is more popular than cigarettes, according to a new survey ...


Drug War Diaries: What is a DRUG?
J. Michael Jones - Tuesday, August 12

What is a DRUG? I have thought for quite some time that semantics and definitions are problematic in many discussions about drugs. Many of the people with whom I’ve spoken refer to drugs as medicine and recreational drugs as dope, and many do not readily accept that nicotine and alcohol are ...


Drug War Diaries: Young mom's death just collateral damage
J. Michael Jones - Friday, August 08

I've followed this story loosely so when it popped up while surfing I went to the Agitator and several news sites to read the details. Here's the short version - SWAT raid in Lima, Ohio. Officer upstairs hears shots (officers downstairs shooting pit bulls) then "fearing for his life" he fires ...

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Norm Stamper on the Highs Costs of the Drug War
Norm StamperAug 15 2008
Norm Stamper is a cop who saw it all during his 34 years on active duty. As police of Seattle from 1994 through 2000, he was in charge during violent World Trade Organization protests in the Emerald City.
Tony Ryan on KFAB Radio
Tony RyanJul 23 2008
Scott Voorhees Show, KFAB News Radio, Omaha, Nebraska. Tony Ryan is with an organization of current and former cops who say it's time to legalize drugs.
Tony Smith on CPAC TV
Tony SmithJul 15 2008
Tony Smith appears on "Talk Politics" on CPAC TV to discuss LEAP and his career in the Vancouver Police Department with host Ken Rockburn.
A minute with Peter Christ
Peter ChristJun 14 2008
A one minute public service announcement featuring LEAP Vice Director Peter Christ of New York
Tom Lloyd Supports Injection Site
Tom LloydMay 21 2008
Four law-enforcers travel from Vancouver, Canada, Cambridge, England, Greenville, North Carolina, USA, and Brisbane, Australia, to Ottawa in support of keeping Insite open in Vancouver.
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Drug Truth Network
  08/20/08 - Peter Moskos (download)
Peter Moskos, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, author of Cop in the Hood and recent US NEWS and World Report article: "Drugs are too dangerous not to regulate - We should legalize them" + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway, Terry Nelson with LEAP Report

  07/15/08 - Norm Stamper (download)
Special with: Gatewood Galbreath, Norm Stamper, Carl Veley, Sanho Tree, Chuck Thomas, The "Marijuanalogues", Bruce Mirken, Ethan Nadelmann

  06/24/08 - Richard Watkins (download)
Richard Watkins a former Texas warden and current member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition + Eugene Fields, reporter with Orange County Register

  06/17/08 - Sylvester Salcedo (download)
Sylvester Salcedo, a former naval intelligence officer is running for State Rep as a Democrat in Connecticutt. He's also a spokesman for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.


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End Prohibition Now
Jack Cole's presentation "End Prohibition Now!" was selected in 2007 by the International Harm Reduction Association as one of the 50 best harm reduction papers worldwide.
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The mission of LEAP is to reduce the multitude of unintended harmful consequences resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime, and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition.


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Tom Lloyd Interview
Tom Lloyd

Four law-enforcers travel from Vancouver, Canada, Cambridge, England, Greenville, North Carolina, USA, and Brisbane, Australia, to Ottawa in support of keeping Insite open in Vancouver.

LEAP Promotional Video
"End Prohibition Now"

LEAP PROMO DVD - End Prohibition Now!!!

"Anyone concerned about the failure of our $69 billion-a-year War on Drugs should watch this 12-minute program. You will meet front line, ranking police officers who give us a devastating report on why it cannot work. It is a must-see for any journalist or public official dealing with this issue."-- Walter Cronkite

The New Slavery
A dramatic link between slavery and the war on drugs.

War Without End

Prime Time Investigates: War Without End

Prime Time Investigates: War Without End
Michael Heney follows the drugs trail and asks if there is an alternative to this war without end

DAMAGE DONE:
The Drug War Odyssey

Cops say 'NO' to the War on Drugs Damage Done

"Damage Done introduces a group of maverick cops - and former cops - who have put in decades fighting the war on drugs. They may be libertarians, Republicans, socialists or evangelical Christians, but they all believe strongly that drug prohibition is a terrible mistake and that all illicit drugs should be controlled by government, not in the hands of criminals.

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