Friend,
Today, Sha’Carri Richardson, the record setting American sprinter, should be marching through the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo along with other great athletes from around the world. But instead, drug war zealots have reared their heads once again and proven that the war on drugs is actually a war on people.
In a stunning performance, Sha’Carri won the 100-meter sprint at the U.S. track and field trials, and was a favorite for the Olympic gold. But earlier this month, she was suspended from the U.S. Olympic team after testing positive for THC, the compound found in marijuana. It is yet another example of the consequences of the drug war that exist in nearly every sector of civil life.
Friend, we need to uproot the drug war from every aspect of our daily lives. That’s why I’m extending a special offer to join the Reformers Club today with a monthly donation.
You can see how drug war punishment is not limited to the criminal legal system. Indeed, punishment is the default reaction to drug use and activity wherever it shows up, impacting our lives in profound and unjust ways:
18 states allow employers to conduct drug testing regardless of job function.
An entire family can be forcibly evicted from public housing if one family member is even suspected of using drugs.
10 million students are in schools that have law enforcement policing student drug use, but have no social workers.
An entire family can be forcibly evicted from public housing if one family member is even suspected of using drugs.
10 million students are in schools that have law enforcement policing student drug use, but have no social workers.
When you join the Reformers Club with a monthly donation, you’ll be helping us fight every day to end the drug war everywhere it shows up so that no one is subjected to punitive rules about what they can and cannot put in their own bodies.
Don’t let drug war zealots win. Join the Reformers Club today.
| Sincerely, Joe Salas Membership Director, and fellow Reformers Club member Drug Policy Alliance |
P.S. Want to learn more about how the drug war has seeped into civil society? Check out Uprooting the Drug War, our major new initiative that exposes the insidious ways the drug war has taken root in six critical systems: education, employment, housing, child welfare, immigration, and public benefits.
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