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- Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs,alt.activism,alt.politics.libertarian
- From: cyu@delfin.com (Cristina Ungstad Yu)
- Subject: Re: END THE DRUG WAR--LET'S GO FOR IT! - New Club
- Message-ID: <1993May19.164342.13158@delfin.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 16:43:42 GMT
-
- If you were interested in the terrific post that started this thread,
- maybe you'd like to join a grass-roots e-mail club that's just starting
- up. One of the reasons some people have for opposing to the Drug War
- is that asset forfeiture has made the 5th Amendment a war casualty.
- State, Federal and Local governments are now allowed to confiscate the
- money and property of *suspected* drug users/dealers before they are
- convicted. 80% of the people whose property is siezed are never
- charged. As you can imagine, there are hundreds of cases of abuse.
- (For more info, please write me.)
-
- Last week, some people from all over the country got together
- (electronically) to form a club opposed to this. We're just getting
- started, so if you are interested why not drop me a line? We've got
- some great ideas for getting on public access t.v., letter writing
- campaigns, and fundraisers. We're missing some ideas, though.
- *Yours*.
-
- Two logical questions that have been asked:
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- "Why start a club? Aren't there groups like this already?" This is
- probably going to be the first club of its kind that is e-mail based.
- We'll have the chance to have a small membership where each person can
- play as big a role as he wants, and yet have members from all over the
- country. Yeah, meetings will be tough :), but letter-writing campaigns
- will canvas the country. Our uniqueness could even get us some
- publicity for our issues.
-
- "Isn't the A.C.L.U. working on this?" No, I called them two weeks ago
- (Northern California office) and they said they had no position on
- asset forfeiture. They have a position on double jeapordy, another 5th
- Amendment issue), but are not working it. They deal with many, many
- issues.
-
- If you're interested, why not drop me a line and try it out? No
- obligation. My address: cyu@delfin.com
-
- -Cristina Yu
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