May 30, 2010 U.S. Federal petition - "End the War on Drugs". Expires: Ongoing. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/406/649/399 Target: U.S. House of Representatives Sponsored by: Drug Policy Alliance America's drug laws are out of control. Over the past four decades, the war on drugs has led to a shocking increase in the number of Americans serving long sentences for low level, nonviolent drug offenses. It's time for the United States to reexamine its criminal justice system and start addressing drug use with reason, science and compassion. Legislation in Congress would create a bipartisan commission to fix America's failed drug policies and broken criminal justice system. The commission has the potential to make the criminal justice system more fair and effective and reduce the social harms caused by the war on drugs. Urge your representative to join the call for criminal justice reform by supporting the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010. (sticky please)