Drug Equality Alliance (DEA) - Mission Statement

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Mission Statement

The Drug Equality Alliance (DEA) is a UK based not for profit organisation whose purpose is to transform the "War on Some People who use Some Drugs" from its subjective historical and cultural roots into a rational and objective legal regulatory framework that secures equal rights and equal protection to all those who are concerned with dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs.

Our mission is to use domestic and international legal jurisdictions to interrogate the law and its application to those who produce, commerce, possess and consume such drugs. We believe governments have failed to administer drug law in an evidence-based manner. This failure contributes to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and imprisonments each year. The Drug Equality Alliance seeks to remedy this.

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
	25th July 2011 - The High Court has granted Casey Hardison an Oral Hearing on 18th November 2011 for permission to judicially review the decisions by the Home Secretary to abdicate her power and duty under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 with regards to alcohol and tobacco control.   It is assumed at this time that Hardison's application for permission to judicially review the decision by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to abdicate their powers and duties under the 1971 Act with regards to alcohol and tobacco control will similarly be granted an Oral Hearing as the legal argument is substantially similar. Permission to proceed to full judicial review is still in the hands of the law as applied by the High Court judges. The decision is entirely for them. Read more
9th July 2010 - The previously suppressed consultation paper with suggestions for a review of the drug classification system has today been released! Click here to read the Drug Equality Alliance Press Release and document downloads - In response to a Freedom of Information request process submitted by Casey Hardison, acting with the Drug Equality Alliance, on the 9th of March 2010 the Information Commissioner's Office ordered the Home Office to disclose a suppressed consultation paper with suggestions for a review of the drug classification system. The Home Office appealed against this decision, however on the 6th of July 2010 the appeal was withdrawn. The consultation paper was released on the 9th of July 2010! Read more

Listen to an interview with Edwin Stratton of the Drug Equality Alliance. In this interview Edwin, clearly explains the basics of the Drug Equality Alliance's legal arguments and talks about his case. We strongly recommend that you listen to this as an introduction to our legal arguments. (Source: Dopefiend Dopecast 168)

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