Now, SSDP is taking this project to another level. SSDP chapters in primary states have an amazing opportunity to put candidates on the spot about their positions on all drug policy issues, not just medical marijuana. The "On the Record" Project will mobilize student activists to inform voters about With support for legalizing marijuana higher than ever before and 76% of likely voters saying they feel the war on drugs has failed.
Footage from SSDP students, staff, and board members along with special guests: Tray 'Poot' Chaney from HBO's The Wire, Niambe Tosh, and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO)
Professor Glenn C. Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University, holding a B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives a talk about the expansion of prison systems and the 'War on Drugs' within the United States and their effects on the economy, social inequality, racial disparities, and political landscapes. Sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Brown University EconDUG, Providence, RI, May 4, 2010. Introduction by Jared 'Panda' Moffat, Brown '13.
- For more information on and lectures by Glenn Loury, visit http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/glenn_loury/louryhomepage/
- For more information on SSDP, visit ssdp.org
- For more information on Brown EconDug, visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Economics/ECONDUG/index.php
Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society. SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society. SSDP mobi...
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