STOP THE WAR ON DRUGS!
T he war on drugs is the most racist domestic US policy since slavery. While our country has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity,we have been simultaneously filling our prisons with drug offenders.
Here is some data on the 400% increase in drug prisoners since 1970--despite overall declines in drug use.This table was compiled by Doug Thompkins.
Human Rights watch has issued a comprehensive report "Racial Disparties and the War on Drugs" Read it here.
Human Rights Watch's main site is an important one to bookmark.
Anti-Drug War Sites
The Lindsmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation
By far the best site for data on the drug war. A searchable site, with links to every source you need.
This site adds content to the movie Traffic which is helping to build the anti-war movement.
Want to know how much is being spent on the drug war this year? How many people are arrested or sent to prison.
Check out this site. It i includes a series of helpful pages on drug facts.
It also presents other research from the US and the Netherlands
Other Sites On Drugs
Monitoring
the Future
A federally funded site reporting on annual surveys on drug use in the
US. There's lots of data here.