Survey of 2020 Presidential campaign websites: on Drugs
Howie Hawkins:
Big Pharma pushes addictive opioids for profit
Big pharma has failed to serve the public interest as a profit-oriented industry. It has gouged consumers with monopolistic pricing. Its business model is centered on pushing addictive opioids and patent-protected
medicines for chronic conditions. It has abandoned research and development of less lucrative short-term treatments, notably for antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website HowieHawkins.us
May 19, 2019
John Delaney:
Remove marijuana from Schedule I; remake guidelines
A Delaney administration will work to:- Remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act and create strong federal guidelines and taxation polices to support decisions at the state level
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Increase federal support for recidivism reduction programs that have proven to be effective
- Increase funding for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to increase community policing
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website JohnDelaney.com
May 2, 2019
Mike Gravel:
Legalize & regulate all drugs, including opioids
According to the top Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, The War On Drugs started as a way to criminalize African-Americans and the anti-war left: and it worked. By bringing this war to an end, we will be able to remove the roadblocks that prevent addicts from
getting help and end the pattern of selectively-enforced felony drug convictions that oppress the poor and marginalized. By criminalizing users and dealers at every step, we offer no alternative but the needle.The United States should: -
Remove marijuana from the list of drugs on the Controlled Substance Act and add an amendment to the Constitution to ensure that it is fully legal nationwide.
- Increase funding for drug treatment programs dramatically.
- Free all nonviolent drug
offenders and expunge their records.
- Decriminalize, legalize, regulate, and tax all drugs, including opioids. No amount of criminalization actually stops drug use, and so we need to provide safe alternatives to shady dealers and laced products.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeGravel.com
Apr 9, 2019
Wayne Messam:
Drug war has ruined thousands of lives
The drug war has proven to be a failure. In the process, it has ruined thousands of lives, especially in communities of color.
We all want safe streets, but we must ensure that every street has the same opportunity to grow up without threat of being thrown into the school-to-prison pipeline.
I believe states that have decided to move forward with marijuana legalization should be allowed to do so and other states should feel free to join the ranks without threats from the federal government. As long as those states that
choose to do so continue to enforce DUI laws, spread economic benefits throughout all communities, and expunge records for those arrested for selling marijuana, they would have my full support as President.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website WayneForUSA.com
Apr 9, 2019
Andrew Yang:
War on Drugs has not worked: treatment instead of punishment
Opioid addiction is rampant in our country. In 2016, more than 11 million Americans misused prescription opioids and 2.1 million had an addiction to heroin, fentanyl, and other opioids. This is a public health crisis, and the top priority has to
be getting Americans well. Many Americans are not seeking treatment because they are afraid of life-destroying criminal penalties. We need to remove the stigma of an addiction that literally millions of Americans are struggling with.
The War on Drugs has not worked. We need to give more American families and communities a real chance to get well, and we need to evolve from a punitive approach that does not serve the public.
If you are caught with a small amount of drugs, we should refer you straight to treatment, not a prison cell.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Full legalization of marijuana; expunge federal convictions
I don't love marijuana. I'd rather people not use it heavily. But it's vastly safer than people becoming addicted to opiates like heroin. And our criminalization of it seems stupid and racist, particularly now that it's legal in some states.
We should proceed with full legalization of marijuana and pardon those in jail for non-violent marijuana-related offenses. It's a safer, less addictive means to manage pain for many Americans.As President, I will...-
Support the full legalization of marijuana at the federal level and remove it from the controlled substances list.
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Expunge the federal convictions of all marijuana-related use or possession offenses.
- Identify non-violent drug offenders for probation and potential early release.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Decriminalize small quantities of opioid use and possession
As President, I will...Drastically increase funding to treatment programs for opioid users, through fines levied against the companies that marketed these drugs. - Decriminalize small quantities of opioid use and possession.
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Make treatment programs much more available and affordable to anyone found with small quantities of these drugs.
- Provide grants for their own treatment programs to states that decriminalize small quantities of opioid use/possession.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
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