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Welcome to the heart of Montana's drug policy reform movement. Founded in 2006, Citizens for Responsible Crime Policy (CRCP) is the state's leading peace group working to end the so-called "war" on drugs and replace it with sensible, safer policies that are more humane, more effective, more affordable. CRCP sponsored the successful 2006 Missoula County initiative making adult marijuana offenses the county's lowest law enforcement priority. Now we are working to optimize that policy's effect and its application to other communities, and we are engaging in an interim legislative study to develop alternatives to prison for all the state's nonviolent drug offenders.
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Missoula's "Lowest Priority" Law Enforcement Policy for MJ Is Working… |
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The citizen oversight committee, appointed by county commissioners, will issue a first-year report on the initiative's effects in November 2007. As of September 2007, preliminary data collected indicate a dramatic reduction in both arrests and prosecutions of adults for marijuana offenses. The oversight committee's website: http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/initiative2/links.aspx. |
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1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars |
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A new study published by the New York Times finds: "For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. Another 723,000 people are in local jails. The number of American adults is about 230 million, meaning that one in every 99.1 adults is behind bars." Click here to read the full article. |
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