Eric Sterling

46 years in DC thinking about law, criminal justice, drug policy, liberty and politics. Retired Ex. Dir. Criminal Justice Policy Foundation (31 yrs)

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@godfreywill Re: psilocybin. State of Maryland task force recommends legalization in big report https://t.co/QrQ9u7yEWa
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[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@CongressmanGT Thank you profoundly for your thoughtful and generous prayer for Grant Smith and his family on the House floor on March 6.

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

Thanks for what you announced today. Bravo. Clemency changes so many families' lives! .@POTUS, I urge you to do more. There are many more people who deserve clemency. #clemencynow #clemencyjusticemercy @FAMMFoundation

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

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[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

In the Wake of Decrim, Police Continue to Target Psychedelics  https://t.co/T3vLtDRV08 via @lucidnewssite

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@RockCreekNPS Allow vehicles for nine months to keep people from letting their dogs offleash. Logical? NOT

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@RockCreekNPS all the benefits of their "preferred alternative" are benefits that would flow from stopping commuter traffic.

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@RockCreekNPS is making an absurd case to open the Rock Creek valley in the park to 25,000 to 40,000 vehicles a week. No impact on air quality! No impact of snow-treatment chemicals on water quality! Main justification -- vehicles will deter hikers from using "unofficial trails"

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@ryanjreilly @SethYeazel The automobile had not yet been patented when the park was created.

[Ryan J. Reilly @ryanjreilly]

“Of course, in 1890, Congress did not envision that these new roadways, meant for the preservation of nature and its enjoyment, would someday be used for the pleasure of the automobile driven by 21st-century commuting suburbanites.” https://t.co/2ys5AWMb08

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@PostOpinions @SethYeazel Excellent analysis. The NPS Environmental Assessment is ludicrous. The presentation tonight by the Superintendent is pathetic.

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@godfreywill @kastaliamedrano Hi I submitted an oped about June 17 -- Watergate and war on drugs -- to your editor@filtermag mailbox. I thought it was timely for tomorrow. I hope you find it interesting and can post it. Thanks, Eric

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@POSTLIVE #FBI #Marijuana Arrest Data May Be Critically Flawed, And #DOJ Is Being Asked To Investigate - https://t.co/LwcATo8T0I

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

FBI Marijuana Arrest Data May Be Critically Flawed, And DOJ Is Being Asked To Investigate - https://t.co/LwcATo8T0I

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@postlive the nation’s arrest data, from the FBI, is badly distorted by FBI policy requiring marijuana possession citations be tallied as arrests. In Maryland thousands of pot citations were reported as arrests. Do you support the DoJ Inspector General looking into this matter?

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

FBI Marijuana Arrest Data May Be Critically Flawed, And DOJ Is Being Asked To Investigate - https://t.co/LwcATo8T0I

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@ChrisVanHollen Will you expand opportunities for early release from prison for older people who pose no threat to public safety? The bipartisan COVID-19 Safer Detention Act needs your support.

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

@SenatorCardin Will you expand opportunities for early release from prison for older people who pose no threat to public safety? The bipartisan COVID-19 Safer Detention Act needs your support.

[Eric Sterling @EricESterling]

Support Maryland paraphernalia decriminalization now! I just wrote a @theactionnet letter. Write one here: https://t.co/o2yP1FaLNu