[Sosfbay-discuss] GP's Clifford Thornton on Failed Drug War

[alexcathy at aol.com]

I posted some quotes and a link to a video interview by Clifford Thornton to my campaign web site. 

Clifford Thornton of the Green Party of Connecticut is the founder of Efficacy, a non-profit organization that has been concentrating efforts on drug policy reform. Clifford was the Green Party candidate for Governor of Connecticut and an active member of the Green Party Black Caucus.


"The War on Drugs has absolutely nothing to do with drugs - it’s about power, it’s about control, it’s about coercion, it’s about money.

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Draconian drug laws, mandatory sentencing, zero tolerance, and ‘three strikes’ statutes have been used to lock away hundreds of thousands of young people, poor people, African Americans and other people of color in prisons and prevent them from living productive lives."


http://alexwalker4california.com/blog/three-strikes-reform/

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