Anti-Terrorism Clause Prompts Grant Return

NEW YORK -- The Drug Policy Alliance, an outspoken advocate of reforming drug laws, said Wednesday it is returning a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation rather than accept restrictions imposed in conjunction with new federal anti-terrorist guidelines.

The alliance is the second grant recipient to announce it is returning Ford Foundation money because of the provisions. The American Civil Liberties Union sent back a $1.15 million grant last month.

The alliance's executive director, Ethan Nadelmann, said he and his colleagues objected to a new clause in their grant pledging that the organization "will not promote or engage in violence, terrorism, bigotry or the destruction of any state."

"You know, as do I, that the Drug Policy Alliance does not promote or engage in any such activities -- and the Ford Foundation knows it too," Nadelmann said in a letter to supporters. "But we also have to contend with federal officials and politicians who are incredibly reckless in linking drug use with terrorism, and who edge ever closer to linking drug policy reform advocacy with support for terrorism."

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morons.

Yes, it needs to be watched like a hawk and contained wherever it bleeds into our civil rights. And clearly these organizations are seeing just what this fascist administration is up to with their "labels".