Drug policy buffs, if you donât know about Neill Franklin or Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, prepare to keep reading.Â
Neill Franklin is the executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an international coalition of police officers, judges, prosecutors and other criminal justice professionals who believe a system of legalization and regulation is a safer, more humane approach to drug policy than the so-called âwar on drugs.â
He said in a recent interview with The Fix:
When we finally end our failed War on Drugs and drug prohibition, and instead move into a place of legalization, regulation and control, we immediately put 90% of all violent drug gangs and the cartels out of business. This change by itself would enable us to focus our police officers like a laser on murder, rape, robbery, burglary, domestic violence, crimes against our children and identity theft, just to name a few. These are crimes that truly impact people, families and neighborhoods. Police will then have an opportunity to become peace officers once again and champions of the community.
I first discovered LEAP in my freshman year of college. My roommate Katy and I sat in a half empty classroom as a New Hampshire police officer gave a powerpoint presentation titled âEnd Prohibition Now.â It blew my mind. After that, Katy and I formed the Clark University chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. And in our senior year, we hosted another speaker, LEAP co-founder Jack Cole, to speak on campus.
If youâre a student, or just want to learn more about drug policy reform, check out the links below:
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Pictured above: former Michigan police officer Howard Wooldridge & fellow Citizens Opposing Prohibition
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