Writings by Religious Leaders

Speech on repealing mandatory minimum drug sentences in Maryland given by Brother Walter Ridley on behalf of the Reverend Dr. Grainger Browning, Jr. and the Right Bishop Adam J. Richardson of the 2nd Episcopal District AMEC at the Lowe House Judiciary Hearing Room, Annapolis, MD on October, 27, 2006.

Testimony on Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing before the Maryland State Legislature by Bishop Adam J. Richardson, presiding bishop of the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, March 2006.

Drug War Addiction by Arnold W. Howard of Enon Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mandatory Minimums: Unjust and Unbiblical by Pat Nolan, President of Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministries, February 2006.

Harm Reduction or Harm Maintenance: Is there Such a Thing as Safe Drug Abuse? Hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources: Statement of Reverend Edwin Sanders, February 16, 2005.

NAACP Press Statement by Reverend Julius C. Hope, Director of the NAACP’s National Department of Religious Affairs, September 21, 2004.

United Methodist Church Urges Congress to Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing by Jim Winkler, General Secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society, September 21, 2004.

Statement for the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA by Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Associate General Secretary for Justice and Advocacy, 2004.

Promoting Peaceful Alternatives to the War on Drugs by Charles Thomas, Executive Director of the Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative, Fellowship Magazine, May/June 2004 Issue.

Beyond ‘Just Say No‘ by Eric Sterling, Sojourners Magazine, May/June 2004.

Drug Policy: A Challenge of Values by Eric E. Sterling, JD, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, 2004.

Civil Rights Religious Leaders Drug War Pronouncement signed by Rev. James Lawson, Jr., Rev. C.T. Vivian, Rev. Will D. Campbell, Diane Nash, Rev. Bernard Lafayette, & Rev. James Bevel, February 15, 2003.

Friendly Fire, Rethinking the War on Drugs from a Quaker Perspective by Eric Sterling, President of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Haverford Alumni Magazine, Spring 2000.

Getting Off Drugs: The Legalization Option by Walter Wink, Friends Journal, February 1996.

Toward a Moral Drug Policy by Richard J. Dennis by Richard J. Dennis,  Cato Institute, Washington, DC, 1991.

Drug Laws are Immoral by Father John Clifton Marquis, S.T., U.S. Catholic, May 1990.