From: "Neill Franklin, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition" <leap@mail.democracyinaction.org>Date: December 15, 2010 8:18:31 PM GMT-04:00Subject: We've got your backReply-To: leap@mail.democracyinaction.org
Dear Jeremy,
At some point you sensed that there was something wrong, really wrong, with our drug policies.
For many, LEAP helped spark the educational process, but once you got it, and it hit like a ton of bricks. You couldn’t rest unless you spread the word that folks with drug abuse problems need to be helped, not hunted; that adult drug use does not necessarily mean drug abuse; that the current policy is utterly failing to keep drugs out of the hands of our children while at the same time harming our neighborhoods; and that what is called for is the elimination, not modification, of drug prohibition.
It’s a rational, humane message, but decades of fear mongering can leave good and effective activists open to certain arguments such as "soft on crime." Law enforcement might oppose your policies in favor of prohibition, but LEAP speakers can back you up and show legislators and the public the face of law enforcement that agrees with you.
We've got your back. And their attention.
Our speakers embody the respectability drug warriors take advantage of to support this failed policy. We give you cover when you talk with your colleagues and friends, challenge parents and debate classmates. You can point to us, have us come to your rotary, school or public forum. “That’s not just my opinion. Here’s an international group of law enforcers who say what I’m saying…!”
We’ve got your back, and now we’re calling for backup.
We tightened our belt in 2010, as did many others. Despite our modest budget, we accomplished so much this year. We played a major role in Prop 19’s respectable showing, which led to an endorsement by the National Latino Officers Association and a working relationship with the NAACP in California. We have the vision and the plans to put what you’ve learned into action, but we are truly at our budgetary limit and we need your help.
Please, give us the strength to be your cover. We’ve always been there for you.
Now you can decide with a mouse click how powerful we (and you) will be.
Thank you so much,
Major Neill Franklin—Retired
Executive Director
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