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A religious / spiritually attentive person
who is concerned about drugs and drug policies;
An active member or leader of a faith-based community, denomination,
or other religious organization, who wants to learn
more about drug policy issues and find a way to get
involved;
A drug policy reform activist interested in working with people of faith;
A legislator, news media reporter, or policy advocate
researching the moral,
ethical, and religious reasons to change the drug laws;
Anyone who is curious about this cutting-edge
social justice issue!
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If
you believe that a 5, 10, or 20 year prison sentence for a first-time,
low-level, non-violent drug offender is unjust and inhumane, then
we’d like you to help the Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative. IDPI works to mobilize enough religious groups and people of faith nationwide
to gain substantial Congressional support for the repeal of mandatory
sentencing and to obtain presidential pardons for the most outrageous
cases.
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U.S. Representatives
Maxine Waters and John Conyers join IDPI Executive Director Charles
Thomas (center) at IDPI’s autumn 2004 Capitol Hill news
conference.
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In
1988, Hamedah Hasan and her children fled an abusive boyfriend
in Oregon to seek refuge at her cousin’s house in Nebraska.
Despite the fact that Hamedah’s cousin was a drug dealer,
it was a safer and more secure environment than the one they had left.
In the course of her stay she was asked to do small errands that
she was in no position to refuse.
When her cousin's drug ring was busted, Hamedah got caught in the net.
She received a life sentence and she was given more time than the
leaders of the drug conspiracy because she had little information
to trade, even though she had no prior criminal record!
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“The religious voice
is being heard on the mandatory minimum sentencing debate
because the Interfaith Drug
Policy Initiative is putting the supportive
denominational positions to good use in the halls of Congress.”
– Rev. Bob Edgar, president, National Council of
Churches
“The
Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative is doing
a stellar job at organizing religious denominations behind
medical marijuana and the repeal of mandatory minimum
sentencing.” - Rev. Jim Winkler, general
secretary, United Methodist Board of Church and Society
“The
Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative is making
an important contribution by educating and mobilizing
religious groups behind drug sentencing reform.”
– Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president, The
Interfaith Alliance
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