{"id":4645,"date":"2016-07-25T23:24:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T04:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:31:46","slug":"solidarity-ngos-open-letter-president-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/solidarity-ngos-open-letter-president-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity of NGOs in Open Letter to President Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CAN-DO Foundation joined 135 \u00a0Non-profit, Non-Governmental Organizations that signed a letter to President Obama seeking his support for a new approach to the war on drugs.<\/p>\n

3\/10\/2016<\/p>\n

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Dear Mr. President:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In April, the United Nations will hold a “General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem” (UNGASS), its highest-level drug policy meeting since 1998. US agencies have played a leading role on the global stage as UNGASS approaches, promoting important agendas such as alternatives to incarceration, public health approaches, and human rights reforms.<\/p>\n

In key respects, however, we the undersigned NGOs believe the current US position for UNGASS takes a short-term approach, stopping short of the crucial reforms called for by UN agencies and US allies, while failing to address new realities. We believe a stronger US stance on these issues would leave a legacy in global drug policy that is better aligned to the direction you’ve steered domestic policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the rest of the letter: <\/a><\/p>\n

US and Global NGOs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nA New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing)
\nA New Way of Life Reentry Project (CA)
\nA Better Way Foundation (CT)
\nAIDS Alabama
\nAIDS United
\nAlternet
\nAmerican Alliance for Medical Cannabis
\nAmerican Civil Liberties Union
\nAmericans for Safe Access*
\nAtlanta Harm Reduction Coalition
\nBlacks in Law Enforcement of America
\nBOOM!Health (NY)
\nBreak the Chains
\nBroken No More
\nCalifornia Cannabis Ministry
\nCalifornia NORML
\nCAN-DO Foundation
\nThe Cannabis Alliance (WA)*
\nCannabis Consumers Campaign
\nCAUSE-M (WA)*
\nCenter for Living and Learning (CA)
\nThe Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy (WA) Chicago Recovery Alliance
\nThe C.H.O.W. Project (HI)
\nCitizens Opposing Prohibition (COPS)
\nCivic Trust Public Lobbying Company (CT)*
\nClean Needles Now (CA)
\nThe Coalition for Cannabis Standards & Ethics (CCSE) (WA)* Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey
\nColorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
\nCrack Open The Door
\nCriminal Justice Policy Foundation
\nDC Cannabis Campaign
\nDoctors for Cannabis Regulation
\nDrug Policy Alliance
\nDrug Policy Committee of the National Lawyers Guild<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii
\nDrug Policy Forum of Texas
\nDrug Truth Network
\nElla Baker Center for Human Rights
\nEmpire State NORML (NY)
\nEnd AIDS Now
\nERIE (Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education) (CA) EADUMC (Ethio Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council) (Jamaica) Families ACT! (CA)
\nFamily Council on Drug Awareness
\nFamilies for Justice as Healing
\nFamilies for Sensible Drug Policy
\nFamily Law & Cannabis Alliance (FLCA)
\nFedCURE
\nFellowship of Reconciliation
\nFreedom Grow*
\nGlobal Exchange
\nGlobal Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+NA)
\nGRASP: Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing
\nHarm Reduction Action Center (CO)
\nHarm Reduction Coalition
\nHarm Reduction Michigan
\nHelpNotHandcuffs (NJ)
\nHep Free Hawaii
\nHepatitis Education Project (WA)
\nHIPS (DC)*
\nHousing Works (NY)
\nHuman Rights and the Drug War
\nIllinois Consortium on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University
\nInstitute for Policy Studies, Drug Policy Project
\nInstitute of the Black World 21st Century
\nIntercambios Puerto Rico
\nInternational Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP)
\nInternational Drug Policy Consortium
\nInternational HIV\/AIDS Alliance*
\nJustice Strategies
\nKatal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice
\nThe Ladies of Hope Ministries (The LOHM) (NY)
\nLatinoJustice PRLDEF
\nLaw Enforcement Against Prohibition
\nLife for Pot
\nLos Angeles Community Action Network
\nLos Angeles Community Health Project
\nMarijuana Majority
\nMarijuana Policy Project
\nMichigan NORML
\nMission: Launch, Inc. (DC, MD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMoms United to End the War on Drugs
\nMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
\nNational Advocates for Pregnant Women
\nNational Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery
\nNational Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors
\nNational Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
\nNational Council of Churches, USA*
\nNational Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (NCIFIWG) National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
\nNonviolent Radical Party transnational and transparty
\nNorth Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
\nNorthwest Producers, Processors & Retailers Association (NWPPR) (WA)*
\nNovember Coalition
\nOne Million Americans, Ltd.
\nOrange County Needle Exchange Program (CA)
\nOsborne Association (NY)
\nPeople Against Injustice (CT)
\nPICO International
\nPrevention Point Pittsburgh
\nThe Prodigal Child Project (For Human Rights)
\nProject Inform
\nProject SAFE (PA)
\nPsicotropicus – Brazilian Drug Policy Center*
\nReentry Central
\nRemove Intoxicated Drivers
\nSafe Streets Arts Foundation (DC)
\nSamuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
\nSanta Fe Mountain Center (NM)
\nSt. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction (NY)
\nSensible Colorado
\nSonoran Prevention Works (AZ)
\nStoptheDrugWar.org
\nStudents for Sensible Drug Policy
\n(T.O.P.S.) The Ordinary People Society
\nTransgender Law Center
\nTransnational Institute (TNI)
\nTreatment Action Group (TAG)
\nTrinity United Church of Christ, Chicago*
\nT’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
\nTrystereo\/New Orleans Harm Reduction Network (LA)*
\nVeterans for Medical Cannabis Access
\nVirginians Against Drug Violence
\nVOCAL New York
\nWashington Marijuana Association (WMA)*
\nWilliam C. Vel\u00e1squez Institute*
\nWitness to Mass Incarceration
\nWOLA (Washington Office on Latin America)
\nWomen and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN)
\nWomen on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH) (NY) Women Who Never Give Up
\nWomen With A Vision (LA)
\nWorld Hepatitis Alliance
\nYouth RISE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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