A War on Poor Drug Users of Color.ppt

1、A War on Poor Drug Users of Color,Healing Seattles Most Vulnerable People Through Just & Sensible Drug Policy,Public Health Policy?: Dealing with Addicted Persons,“SPD does not have the resources it needs to deal with street crimes like prostitution and drug dealing.“,Source: Mayor Greg Nickels, Cit

2、y of Seattle Mayor, Weekday (2nd hour), daily local news program on KUOW.org, April 12, 2004, http:/ www.kuow.org. Select archives, choose program name &topic: Talking with the Mayor.,“We are not going to arrest our way out of this problem. Its a social problem. Its a public health problem.“,Source:

3、 Chief Gil Kerlikowske, Seattle Police Department. Disparate Law Enforcement Forum, 2004 Black History Month Series, February 26, 2004. http:/www.seattlechannel.org, go to Viewing Room, Watch Programs, Diverse City.,Public Health Policy?: Dealing with Addicted Persons,Framing the Issue of Addiction,

4、Drug addiction itself is not illegal. Use and delivery of prohibited drugs is illegal. What are prohibited drugs?,Public Health Care,When is drug addiction a public health issue?Treating illnesses of unhealthy uninsured peopleReducing harms associated with risky (with regards to health) social behav

5、iors, like preventing the spread of infectious diseases,Poor Peoples Health Care,Without money or medical insurance, poor people cannot pay for medical treatment (including mental health or substance abuse) they need. Rather, they must rely on the charity of primarily publicly-funded drug treatment

6、programs, housing assistance, and mental health counseling to change their situation.Prognosis: Under-funded programs. 2005 developments.,Long-term, frequent users, such as addicts, are likely to engage in delivery as part of their use.,Social Science & Addiction,Recent Past Practices of Drug Enforc

7、ement,Between January 1999 and April 30, 2001, 76% of the drug deliverers that were arrested in Seattle outside were arrested for delivering crack cocaine.,Recent Mortality Data,During that same time period, only 11% of people who overdosed in Seattle-King County only had cocaine in their system; 20

8、% of people who overdosed had only heroin in their system. Cocaine-related deaths were 40% of all drug-related deaths; while heroin-related deaths accounted for fully 51% of all drug-related deaths.,Type of Drug Delivery Convictions, King County, 2002,Source: Vukich, Ed and Hon. Deborah Fleck, “Quan

9、tity and Sentencing: An Analysis of Drug Dealing Cases in King County,” 2003.,Origins of Prohibition: Alcohol prohibited in 1919 as reaction to low-income European immigrants of late 19th and early 20th centuries drinking habits Cocaine prohibited following Reconstruction when it became associated w

10、ith blacks Opium first prohibited in 1875 in California when it became associated with Chinese immigrant workers Marijuana prohibited in late 1930s when its use was associated with Mexicans.,Drug Prohibition & Race,Poor addicts who delivery drugs are more likely to deliver drugs outside.,Social Scie

11、nce & Addiction,Criminalizing Addicts of Color Outside in Seattle,Source: SPD Database, State v. Alfred K. Johnson, et al., January 1999- April 2001. Citywide 2,398 Delivery & PWI Arrests for 5 drugs by Race that where the premise type is known to be in the open.,Race & Public Space,Research is curr

12、ently underway by social scientists to examine whether there is a relationship between racial, ethnic, or cultural groups and public space independent of enforcement patterns or illicit activity,Criminalizing Addicts of Color In Public Indoor Space in Seattle,Source: SPD Database, State v. Alfred K.

13、 Johnson, et al., January 1999- April 2001. Citywide 65 Delivery & PWI Arrests for 5 drugs by race that where the premise type is known to be inside a public building.,Poor drug deliverers are also more likely to deliver drugs in small amounts.,Social Science & Addiction,What amount is prohibited by

14、 state law?,Any amount of prohibited drug is illegal.All delivery under 2,000 grams (2 kilograms) is treated equally under the law.Most enforcement against drug deliverers has been for outside delivery. 1 gram is equivalent to a sugar packet.,Convicted Drug Deliverers: Amounts,Source: Vukich, Ed and

15、 Hon. Deborah Fleck, “Quantity and Sentencing: An Analysis of Drug Dealing Cases in King County,” 2003.,Public Health Options within the Courts System,Drug CourtsDrug Offender Sentencing Alternative,Sentencing Costs, 2003,$62.70 (US) x 365x 3,217=,$73,622,653.50 (US),Per day costs x days of the year

16、 x number of drug prisoners (as of March 2003).,Source: Western Prison Project, Department of Corrections Fiscal Data, http:/www.westernprisonproject.org,Disparate Prosecution of the War on Drugs,If you were the Chief of Police of the department at issue in the Beckett report, what would you do if a

17、nything to address the concerns of the report?,Disparate Prosecution of the War on Drugs,If you were the Mayor or a City Council member in the city at issue in the Beckett report, what would you do if anything to address the concerns of the report?,2004-2005 Mayors Plan to Eliminate OUTDOOR drug mar

18、kets,Neighborhood Corrections Initiative Stay Out of Drug Area (SODA) programNARCSTAT Arrest and Referral system,Next Steps: The Budget for Justice Campaign For Effective Public Safety & Human Services in Seattle,The “Budget for Justice” Coalition, Campaign 2004African Youth United Minority Executiv

19、e Directors Coalition American Friends Service Committee NAACP Central House Peoples Coalition for Justice Coalition Undoing Racism Everywhere People of Color Against AIDS Network Community Coalition for Environmental Justice Peoples Institute NW Communities Against Rape & Abuse Racial Disparity Pro

20、ject Every Workers Movement Real Change Fellowship of Reconciliation Seattle Young Peoples Project Japanese American Citizens League Street Outreach Services Justice Works!,Next Steps: The Budget for Justice Campaign For Effective Public Safety & Human Services in Seattle,Goals of the Campaign:End r

21、acial disparity in the drug law enforcement in SeattleStop the senseless prioritization of low-level drug arrests over other more effective public safety measuresSupport and fund programs that alleviate poverty, homelessness, and root causes of drug addiction among the population targeted for arrest

22、 and prosecution.,Greg Nickels Chief Gil Kerlikowske Mayor of the City of Seattle SPD Headquarters Mailing address: PO Box 94749 P.O. Box 34986 Seattle, WA 98124-4749 Seattle, WA 98124-4986 Greg.NickelsSeattle.gov Gil.KerlikowskeSeattle.gov Telephone: (206) 684-4000 Telephone: (206)684-5577,Contact

23、Mayor or Chief of Police,City Council of Seattle Mailing Address: P.O. Box 34025 Firstname.Lastnameseattle.gov Seattle, WA 98124-4025Jean Godden Richard McIver, Budget ChairDavid Della Tom Rasmussen, Health ChairJim Compton Nick Licata, Public Safety ChairRichard Conlin Jan Drago, Council PresidentP

24、eter Steinbrueck,Next Steps: Contact City Council,Policy Discussion,Brown Bag Lunch Discussion March 9, 2005 12 noon to 1:30pm at Council Chambers What would an effective and just drug policy look like? What strategies can be employed to move toward a more just drug policy?,Contact Us: The Defender

25、Associations Racial Disparity Project,810 Third Avenue Materials currently available on website: 800 Central Building http:/www.defender.org/racial_disparity.html Seattle, Washington 98104Project Attorneys: DAdre Cunningham Lisa Daugaard 206-447-3900, ext. 759 206-447-3900, ext. 729 dadre.cunninghamdefender.org Project Community Liaison: KL Shannon 206-447-3900, ext. 564 ,