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Hash Wednesday Focuses On Changing Stupid, Failed Drug War |
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by Mike Lehman
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18 Apr 2001
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Hash Wednesday, always the third Wednesday in April, demonstrated both how far we've come and how far we have to go when it comes to reversing a failed, racist decades old War on Drugs. |
No one seemed to be breaking any laws, although this reporter can remember how much fun people had doing that in the past. Instead, the focus was more on what will really change the way things are, political action.
Representatives of the National Organization for the Reform Of Marijuana Laws passed out literature and asked students to sign petitions opposing ineffective and misguided drug laws. They also passed out small bows made of hemp twine so that supporters could demonstrate solidarity.
Students should care about this issue, as demonstrated by the following excerpt from the Associated Press:
"The Bush administration has decided to enforce a
previously ignored law denying federal financial aid to college students with
drug convictions. Hundreds of thousands of applicants who did not answer a
drug conviction question on their applications were not denied aid during the
Clinton administration, despite the law saying they should have been. Now,
failure to answer the question will result in rejection of the application."
I did not get a local contact for the people running the booth today. Maybe they'll see this report and post one.
A good alternative might be starting a local chapter of NORML or of this organization, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy: |
See also:
http://www.ssdp.org/
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