Sengoli se hapileng likhau le 'muelli oa litokelo tsa botho ea nang le boiphihlelo bo pharaletseng ba machaba le ba lehae, Maria McFarland S.ánchez-Moren o etelletse pele Mokhatlo oa Leano la Lithethefatsi (DPA) ho tloha ka September 2017. O ne a okametse mokhatlo ka nako ea phetoho e kholo ka mor'a ho tloha ha mothehi oa eona, Ethan Nadelmann.
McFarland molaoli ea ka sehloohong oa Drug Policy Alliance, o phatlalalitse lengolong le eang ho basebetsi kajeno hore o tla theoha boetapele ba mokhatlo ka la 6 Hlakubele ho nka maemo a macha. Boto ea batsamaisi ea DPA e ntse e buisana ka mafolofolo ka ts'ebetso ea ho tsebahatsa moetapele oa eona ea latelang mme e tla phatlalatsa mehato e latelang libekeng tse tlang. Ho sa le joalo, Richard Burns, ea nang le boiphihlelo bo ikhethang joalo ka motsamaisi ea phahameng oa nako e telele le ED ea nakoana maemong a mangata, ho kenyeletsoa morao tjena ho Lambda Legal, o tla kenella joalo ka ED ea nakoana ea DPA.
Tumelo ea Sehloho
ho felisa ntoa ea lithethefatsi ke habohlokoa ho sebetsana le ho hloka toka ho hoholo ha sechaba hoo ke sebelitseng ho pholletsa le mosebetsi oa ka, United States le lefats'e ka bophara," ho boletse McFarland lengolong leo. "DPA e itokiselitse katleho e kholo ... 'me ke tla tsoela pele ho u khothatsa, le ho thusa ka hohle kamoo nka khonang."
Nakong ea puso ea hae, DPA e atolositse mosebetsi oa eona oa ho thibela ho ba le lithethefatsi tsohle bakeng sa tšebeliso ea motho ka mong le ho hlahloba mekhoa ea taolo ea lithethefatsi ntle le matekoane. E atlehile ho fumana MORE Act - molao o felletseng oa matekoane o kileng oa hlahisoa Congress - ka Komiti ea Boahloli ea House of Representatives' ea US mme e hapile katoloso ea phapanyetsano ea syringe Florida. Mokhatlo o hatetse pele ka matšolo a sebetsang hantle haholo a ho fana ka tumello ea libaka tsa ts'ebeliso e laoloang (SCS) liprofinseng tse ngata ho pholletsa le naha le ho ngolisa matekoane ka molao New York le New Mexico. Mme e lokolotse Safety First, e leng kharikhulamo ea pele ea mofuta oa eona ea mofuta oa eona ea thuto ea ho fokotsa kotsi ea lithethefatsi bakeng sa bacha, ka mor'a ho e leka ka katleho metseng e meholo e 'meli.
Ho Sebetsana le Mathata a Hae
Leha ho le joalo ka nako e tšoanang ha a ntse a etella pele DPA, McFarland o ile a pholoha mofetše oa matsoele mme a sebetsana le mathata a mang a mangata bophelong ba hae, ha a ntse a holisa ngoana e monyane. McFarland o ile a hlalosetsa basebetsi hore liketsahalo tsena li entse hore a hlahlobe lintho tse tlang pele bophelong ba hae, e leng se ileng sa etsa hore a batle boemo bo neng bo tla mo lekana hantle nakong ena. Ka April, o tla kopanela Litokelo tsa Botho Shebella ha moeletsi e moholo oa molao a tsepamisitse maikutlo Amerika le United States.
Boto ea batsamaisi ea DPA, e hlokometseng merero ea McFarland, e bontšitse masoabi ha a tloha ho ea ba setho sa Human Rights Watch empa a leboha mosebetsi oa hae le tšepo ea hae matleng a DPA.
Ira Glasser, ea ileng a re: “E bile thabo ho sebetsa le Maria, ea eteletseng pele Drug Policy Alliance ka mohlala o motle, botšepehi, bohlale le boinehelo ho toka, hammoho le lintlha tsa bohlokoahali tsa ho tsamaisa mokhatlo. o sebelitse joalo ka setulo sa boto bakeng sa boholo ba nako ea McFarland. "O entse mosebetsi ona ka mohau o moholo, leha a ntse a hlola mathata a bohlokoa a bophelo bo botle le a mang. Ka tloaelo, nka be ke ile ka leka ka matla ho mo phehella hore a lule, empa boikutlo ba botho ba qeto ea hae bo ne bo thibela seo.”
Tahlehelo ea Rōna ke Phallo ea Bona
"The Alliance Policy Policy e bile lehlohonolo ho rua molemo boetapeleng bo matla ba Maria ka lilemo tse fetang tse peli, ho fihlela katleho e kholo, ho ntlafatsa litsamaiso tsa eona tsa kahare, le ho nchafatsa lintho tsa eona tse tlang pele molemong oa bokamoso,” ho boletse molulasetulo oa hajoale oa boto Derek Hodel. “Maria o tla be a siea mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng o sebetsang hantle, o hlophisitsoeng hantle, o nang le sehlopha se ipabolang sa botsamaisi se boemong bo botle ba ho sebelisa menyetla e mengata e teng sebakeng sa phetoho ea leano la lithethefatsi.”
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- “I continue to hold the core belief that… ending the war on drugs is critical to addressing many of the social injustices on which I have worked throughout my career, both in the United States and globally,” said McFarland in the letter.
- “It has been a joy to work with Maria, who has led the Drug Policy Alliance with exemplary grit, integrity, intelligence, and dedication to justice, as well as to the critically important details of managing the organization,” said Ira Glasser, who served as board chair for most of McFarland's tenure.
- McFarland the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, announced in a letter to staff today that she will be stepping down from the leadership of the organization on March 6 to assume a new position.
