Veterans of the War on Drugs

 ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME TO ASK FOR DONATIONS SO WE CAN SUPPLY TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN OF THOSE INCARCERATED -  FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

 AS YOU CAN SEE MANY SHOWED UP TO URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HONOR HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO RELEASE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS. PAUL FREE, (IN RED "RELEASE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS" -TSHIRT) & MANAGING DIRECTOR OF VOWD.ORG WAS THERE AND JUST GOT BACK TO OHIO. WE MADE MANY GOOD CONTACTS & SPREAD THE WORD. NOW PAUL IS HEADING OFF TO INDIANA, NEBRASKA, COLORADO AND TEXAS TO PLACE OUR POSTER BOARDS IN AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN. PLEASE NOTE: NOT ONE PRISONER WAS RELEASED DUE TO BIDEN'S "PARDON." 

Students for Sensible Drug Policy https://ssdp.org/      This lady sent me cards birthday, Xmas many many over the years when I was locked up. They really made me feel like someone  cared. Her name is Shell. Myself and many others will never forget her. We are replacing the disastrous war on drugs with policies rooted in evidence, compassion, and human rights. Our 5,000 active members, made up of young people and students, mobilize from 300 schools around the globe to make change from the campus to the United Nations. We do this work because the war on drugs is a war on us. 

Flying High with GRINGO BILLY a smuggler and his wife by Billy and Kay Dekle   Billy AND BETH (NOT HIS WIFE)   Paul Free    Billy, Beth & his wife Kay

 Billy Dekle, a good-ole-smuggler from back in the day wrote a great book with his wife. What makes this book unique is that after every chapter Billy writes about flying weed and being in prison, his beautiful wife KAY writes about what she was going through during those times, what she had to deal with. Billy did the crime and did the time. A good man held his mud. Congrats Billy on your freedom & your book. Congrats to you too KAY.  The book, FLYING HIGH WITH GRINGO BILLY, can be purchased on Amazon and elsewhere at a decent price. 

 THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONOR WE HAVE 8 NEW POSTER BOARDS WHICH WE WILL HAVE DISPLAYED ALL OVER OHIO. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE TO DISPLAY ALL OVER THE LOWER 48 SOON. THESE INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE MEN & WOMEN IN FEDERAL PRISON SERVING LENGTHY SENTENCES, INCLUDING LIFE, FOR CANNABIS. NO OTHER DRUGS, NO GUNS, NO VIOLENCE FOR MOST. THEY FURTHER INFORM THE PUBLIC HOW & WHERE TO WRITE THE PRESIDENT TO REQUEST THAT HE GRANT CLEMENCY TO ONE OR ALL.

BUT IT ONLY COVERS SIMPLE POSSESSION - I DOUBT IF ANYONE IN FEDERAL PRISON WILL GET OUT, EXCEPT THOSE ARRESTED ON FEDERAL LANDS, SUCH AS MILITARY BASED, FEDERAL PARKS, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAYBE 300 TOTAL. ~ PAUL FREE ____ Statement from President Biden on Marijuana Reform OCTOBER 06, 2022 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.  Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit. Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities.  And while white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates.   Today, I am announcing three steps that I am taking to end this failed approach.   First, I am announci