WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A group of police and judges who want to legalize drugs pointed to new FBI numbers released today as evidence that the "war on drugs" is a failure that can never be won. The data, from the FBI's "Crime in the United States" report, shows that in 2008 there were 1,702,537 arrests for drug law violations, or one drug arrest every 18 seconds.
"In our current economic climate, we simply cannot afford to keep arresting more than three people every minute in the failed 'war on drugs,'" said Jack Cole, a retired undercover narcotics detective who now heads the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). "Plus, if we legalized and taxed drug sales, we could actually create new revenue in addition to the money we'd save from ending the cruel policy of arresting users."
NEW YORK― Walter Cronkite, America’s trusted broadcaster and father figure to a nation for decades, has died in New York at the age of 92.
Covering the most important stories of his time – including the
assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Doctor Martin Luther
King, Jr., the ups and downs of the Vietnam War, Egypt’s breakthrough
peace treaty with Israel, and man’s first step on the moon – Americas
trusted Walter Cronkite to report the facts the way they were, as
symbolized by his famous sign off, “That’s the way it is.”
01/24/10 - Peter Christ(download)
Peter Christ, founding member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition + Neill Franklin a working Baltimore policeman
12/13/09 - Leigh Maddox(download)
Leigh Maddox, former Maryland state police officer and now a speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition + Tony Newman of Drug Policy Alliance with Top Ten drug reform stories of 2009
11/01/09 - Bradley Jardis(download)
Bradley Jardis, a working policeman is under fire for his involvement with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition + Cliff Thornton of Efficacy and extract from PBS program: "Botany of Desire"
09/06/09 - Russ Jones(download)
Russ Jones with 30+ years law enforcement experience and member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition + Abolitionists Moment
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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Thanks to Kyrgyzstan Police Colonel Alexander Zelitchenko, PhD, the republican Police Newspaper, "Statja"
(Kyrgyz Republic) started to publish information about LEAP's goals and activities 20 May 2009 and
continued in their next edition, 3 June 2009. Please view here.
We are sorry but LEAP currently has no Russian speaking staff so comments to us must be addressed in English.
1. LEAP does not promote the use of drugs and is deeply concerned about the extent of drug abuse worldwide. LEAP is also deeply concerned with the destructive impact of violent drug gangs and cartels everywhere in the world. Neither problem is remedied by the current policy of drug prohibition. Indeed, drug abuse and gang violence flourish in a drug prohibition environment, just as they did during alcohol prohibition.
LEAP tells China, “Don’t follow the US down the road to Prohibition,
it is a road to despair, a road to destruction, a road to disaster.” Hear Jack Cole on Chinese radio!
“Today on Beyond Beijing,” English Service, China Radio International
16A, Shijingshan Road, Beijing, China 北京市石景山路甲16号 中国国际广播电台
Retired undercover narcotics detective Jack Cole speaks on Danish TV about eliminating drug cartel violence through the only route that would actually work: repealing the prohibition policy that makes illegal drugs so profitable.
LEAP speaker in the news
David Bratzer testifies before Canadian Senate
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition makes the LEAP to Brazil
Director Jack Cole presented LEAP’s solution to ending the violence to the Brazilian Commission on Drugs and Democracy
Director Jack Cole on TV-Globo from Rio de Janeiro
(In Portuguese)
Brazilian Judges become LEAP speakers
André Luiz Nicolitt
Maria Lucia Karam
LEAP Board Member
Rubens Casara
Three days before LEAP arrived in Brazil, drug gang violence in Rio de Janeiro killed 33, including two Police officers when their helicopter was shot from the sky.
Take Action!
Sen. Jim Webb Pushes Blue Ribbon Commission to Study the Failed "Drug War"
Click here to sign the petition supporting a Blue Ribbon Commission.
Zogby Poll
If hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine were legalized would you be likely to use them?
LEAP is undergoing a transformation in leadership, as Jack Cole steps down and welcomes Neill Franklin, a 33- year law enforcement veteran of the both the Maryland State Police and Baltimore Police forces. Please click here to read Jack Cole's letter introducing Neill Franklin.
Cannabinomics is a revolutionary new book by Dr. Christopher G. Fichtner, M.D. that reframes the marijuana debate in a new conversation on the public policy task of cannabis management. It argues that medical, public health, and economic policy trajectories are converging, and proposes a stakeholder-inclusive regulatory process to help America take ownership of this homegrown commodity.
Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper on FOX News
LEAP in the News
US CA: Marijuana Advocates Flock To Anaheim Expo
The Orange County Register, 29 Aug 2010 - ANAHEIM - They came to learn about marijuana laws, how to start a medical dispensary business, what they could do to change the stigma of the drug. Inside a cavernous hall at the Anaheim Convention Center, more than 1,000 people gathered Saturday for Orange County's first medical marijuana convention, an all-day event called the Know Your Rights Expo.
US CT: Connecticut's Drug War Is a Bust
Hartford Advocate, 17 Aug 2010 - Politicians, Academics and Former Police Press for a More Candid Discussion About the Costs of Criminalizing Drugs When Clifford Thornton was two weeks shy of graduating high school in 1963, a Hartford police officer showed up at his grandmother's door one Sunday morning. The cop asked Thornton to accompany him to a nearby field. There, inside an abandoned car, was the body of Thornton's mother, dead of an apparent heroin overdose.
US PA: Medical-Marijuana Roundtable Sparks Drug Debate
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 Aug 2010 - Like many debates about making marijuana legal for medical use, the one at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health on Thursday turned into a discussion of the dangers of drugs. That didn't sit well with state Rep. John Myers, D-Philadelphia, who had come to the Oakland campus at the invitation of state Rep. Jake Wheatley, D-Hill District, to conduct a public hearing on the matter.
US CA: Police Group Backs Marijuana Measure
New York Times, 20 Aug 2010 - A national group of African-American law enforcement officers has endorsed Proposition 19, a ballot measure that would tax and regulate marijuana in California. The National Black Police Association, which has more than two dozen chapters across the country, announced the endorsement in Sacramento, where the organization is holding a national conference. In a statement, Neill Franklin, the executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which supports Proposition 19, said that "prohibition takes a toll on people of color across the country." He added: "Californians finally have an opportunity to do something about it." The measure would allow possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
"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
"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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