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Alexander City - Drug policy and prison reform advocate
Loretta Nall has announced that she will be running for governor
of Alabama in the 2006 election.
Nall has traveled throughout the country, Canada and South
America speaking on "zero-tolerance" drug policies.
"Here in Alabama, the drug war has given rise to the
current Alabama prison crisis, which is costing Alabamians millions
of dollars a year with only negative returns in exchange,"
Nall said in a news announcement today. "It is destroying
families and putting our children at greater risk by allowing
unrestricted access to drugs."
Nall said she's running for governor because drug policy is
a crucial issue in the state and that the other candidates "are
too afraid to engage in a rational, scientific discussion,"
according to her news release (below).
"The other candidates are not up to addressing these
important but controversial issues surrounding drug policy because
they have built their political careers on meaningless slogans
like 'Tough on Drugs' and 'What about the children?' which, in
fact, do nothing to deter drug use or protect children,"
said Nall.
She will begin on a walk across Alabama during her campaign
and will meet voters, speak at local town hall-style meetings
and other venues and gather signatures for ballot access. Nall
is seeking the nomination of the state's Libertarian Party.
Nall for Governor News Release
Loretta Nall Announces Run for Governor of Alabama
Alexander City, AL: September 29, 2005 Internationally
known drug policy and prison reform advocate Loretta Nall has
announced that she will be running for Governor of Alabama in
the 2006 election.
Mrs. Nall has devoted the last three years of her life to
learning about U.S. Drug Policy both at home and abroad after
local police targeted her for writing a letter to the editor.
In that letter Nall encouraged Alabama voters to change the
drug laws. It was published two days after the last gubernatorial
election between then Gov. Don Siegelman and current Gov. Bob
Riley. Nall was arrested and jailed six days later. The affidavit
in support of the arrest warrant was based on her letter.
Loretta has traveled throughout the U.S., Canada and even
Colombia, South America bearing witness to the devastating effects
of "zero-tolerance" drug policies.
"Here in Alabama, the drug war has given rise to the
current Alabama prison crisis, which is costing Alabamians millions
of dollars a year with only negative returns in exchange. It
is destroying families and putting our children at greater risk
by allowing unrestricted access to drugs," said Nall.
Nall stated that she is running for Governor because drug
policy is a crucial Alabama issue and the other candidates are
too afraid to engage in a rational, scientific discussion. She
says she wants to make it clear that her campaign is not about
using drugs, as her detractors are almost certain to claim, but
about critically examining current policies to determine whether
or not they are reaching their stated objectives.
"The other candidates are not up to addressing these
important but controversial issues surrounding drug policy because
they have built their political careers on meaningless slogans
like 'Tough on Drugs' and 'What about the children?' which, in
fact, do nothing to deter drug use or protect children,"
said Nall.
Nall also states that the current elected officials are afraid
of losing corporate campaign contributions from alcohol, tobacco
and pharmaceutical companies, who ironically, are the largest
funders of the failed drug war.
"The drug war is nothing more than a government jobs
program, which creates the crime it claims to protect us from
while destroying the Bill of Rights in the process. Alabama politicians
are addicted to drug war money and Alabama families and children
are simply cannon fodder for the politicians who promote this
failed and destructive policy for their own political gain,"
said Nall.
In addition to drug policy and prison reform Nall's other
platform planks include:
- States Rights
- Non-compliance with the Patriot Act and REAL I.D.
- Alabama Out of Iraq - Bring the Alabama National Guard Troops
Home.
- No Gun Control.
- Check Box Style Governing System. - Let the voters decide
how their tax money is spent
- Legalizing Lottery and Casino Gambling.
- Giving Parents more Choices and Control in the Education
of their Children.
- Ballot Access Reform
- Initiative and Referendum for Alabama Citizens
Loretta will embark on a walk across Alabama during her campaign
where she will meet voters, speak at local Town Hall style meetings
and other venues and gather signatures for ballot access. Details
and a tentative schedule will be announced soon.
Nall is currently seeking the nomination of the Libertarian
Party of Alabama.
Loretta is the mother of two children, 13-year-old Alex and
8-year-old Isabella. She and her husband Terry Nall have been
married for 15 years.
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