Drug Policy: The ACLU Drug Law
Reform Project
is a division of the national ACLU. Our goal is to end punitive drug policies
that cause the widespread violation of constitutional and human rights, as well
as unprecedented levels of incarceration.
A coalition of criminal justice advocacy organizations has launched "It's Not Fair. It's Not Working," an ad campaign and national effort to reform the federal sentencing disparity ratio between crack and powder cocaine. The current 100-to-1 ratio results in excessive mandatory minimum sentences for first-time possession of small amounts of crack cocaine.
The ad "Something's Wrong with the Math" points out that an individual only needs to possess five grams of crack cocaine versus 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same five-year mandatory sentence.
