Green Party on Drugs Party Platform

Cannabis/Hemp is to be legalized

More drug counseling & treatment

We call for legalization of industrial hemp and all its many uses.
• We oppose the illicit activities of the international drug trade and the illicit money laundering that often accompanies the drug cartels.
• We call for a revised view of the “drug problem” and an end to the “war on drugs,” recognizing that after over a decade of strident law-and-order posturing, the problems with hard drugs have only worsened.
• We call for expanding drug counseling and treatment for those who need it.
• We believe mandatory drug testing violates civil rights; therefore, we oppose mandatory testing.
• We favor innovative sentencing and punishment options, including community service for first-time offenders and “Drug Court” diversion programs.
• We support alternative sentencing for non-violent crimes (i.e. community service) and guaranteed education within prison.

Replace Drug War with treatment and alternative sentencing

• We support decriminalization of “VICTIMLESS” CRIMES, for example, the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
• We call for legalization of industrial hemp and all its many uses.
• We oppose the illicit activities of the international drug trade and the illicit money laundering that often accompanies the drug cartels. We call for a revised view of the “drug problem” and an end to the “war on drugs,” recognizing that after over a decade of strident law-and-order posturing, the problems with hard drugs have only worsened.
• We call for expanding drug counseling and treatment for those who need it.
• We believe mandatory drug testing violates civil rights; therefore, we oppose mandatory testing.
• We favor innovative sentencing and punishment options, including community service for first-time offenders and “Drug Court” diversion programs. We support alternative sentencing for non-violent crimes.