Ending the Drug War, Healing Our Communities: Cops, Docs, and Clergy Speaking with One Voice

For over forty years the war on drugs has been waged with the criminal justice system its primary weapon. This war has cost the United States over a trillion dollars and millions of lives. Today, 1 in 35 American adults is under control of the criminal justice system, with arrests, convictions, and lengthy sentences impacting Blacks and Latinos disproportionately. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 44,000 people each year, and tens of thousands of people in Mexico and Central America have been killed, disappeared, or displaced because of drug war violence. But people are coming together and calling for change.

Please join us for a regional conference featuring faith leaders, community organizers, law enforcement officials, and health professionals to learn about the growing movement to end the war on drugs. Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Providence

Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cops-docs-and-clergy-ending-the-drug-war-healing-our-communities-tickets-19159908803