Alison Murphy

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  Alison signed the petition | 8 months ago

  Shelby County Environmental Court: Overturn the ruling that deems Mr. Guerrero's garden a nuisance.
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  Alison signed the petition | over 2 years ago

  Demand CBS Reverse Decision Declaring Pro-Marijuana Ad “Too Political”
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  Alison signed the petition | about 3 years ago

  Stop the Unjust Execution of Troy Davis
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  Alison commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  The View From Inside: Why We Need Prison Reform

  Those of you who say all drugs but marijuana should stay illegal, please go back and read some of the comments on prohibition. Perhaps you'll even feel inspired to check the staistics yourself.
  
  The point is not that these drugs are bad and they need to be kept illegal. Yes they are bad, and yes they shouldn't be freely available to children. The point is that the drug war has failed, as all forms of prohibition fail. People get clean and stay clean through love, not through law. Laws simply pile criminal status on their heads. There will always be addicts desperate enough to deal.
  
  Taking drugs out of the blackmarket, and regulating them heavily as we have done with tobacco, lowers the cost to society as a whole, not just for addicts and their families. It takes bread and butter from the gangs infesting our cities and gives adults who are addicts a way to obtain their drugs that does not require them to break the law or associate with those who do. Meth, coke, these things are sad, but they are a reality and laws make criminals of those who are already living a sad life.