Drop the Rock, Drop the Rockefeller Drug Laws

What are the Rockefeller Drug Laws?


How Do the Drug Laws Damage Individuals, Families, Communities and the State?

The Rockefeller Drug Laws are a form of Institutionalized Racism


What are the Alternatives to the Drug Laws?

What does Rockefeller Drug Law
REPEAL Mean?


How Can You Help Repeal the
Rockefeller Drug Laws?
How Can You Help Repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws?

1) Get more involved with Drop the Rock, endorse the campaign, and participate in future events and activities.

  • If you would like to endorse and/or get more involved in Drop the Rock, please let us know by contacting The Correctional Association (CA) either by phone (212) 254-5700, fax (212) 473-2807, or mail (Drop the Rock, c/o The CA, 135 E 15th St., New York, NY 10003).

2) Become a Drop the Rock Voter.

  • Register to vote. Also, please make sure to inform the Campaign that you are a Drop the Rock Voter by calling (212) 254-5700.
  • After you register to vote, or if you are already registered, please fill out the Drop the Rock Voter Pledge Form, click here.

3) Join the Drop the Rock Street Outreach Team

  • Call (212) 254-5700 to get involved.

4) Circulate a Drop the Rock Petition in your community and distribute information about the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

  • Click for a Drop the Rock Fact Sheet , or a Petition.
  • Literature can also be picked up from 9:00AM-5:00PM Monday through Friday at the CA, 135 East 15th Street, 15th Street between 3rd Ave and Irving Place. (Take the N/R/4/5/6 to Union Square or the L to 14th St. and 3rd Ave).

5) Sign letters and fake drug dollars and send them either to legislators and the governor, or to the CA (which will then mail them to elected officials).

  • For the contact information for Governor Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, click here.
  • For two sample letters, click here.
  • Click here for fake drug dollars,
  • OR pick them at the CA between 9:00-5:00pm Mon through Fri.

6) Meet with local legislators to urge them to make drug law repeal a top priority.

  • To find out who your local legislators are, go to the web-site for the League of Women Voters of New York State: www.lwvny.org Under "Citizen Information/Government", click "New York State", then click "Find District Maps for New York" and enter your information.
  • OR call (518) 455-2800 for the Senate
    and (518) 455-4100 for the Assembly.
  • You can also call the CA for additional help
    (212) 254-5700
    .

7) Organize a community forum and meet with other organizations and individuals to urge them to speak out on the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

8) Make a contribution.

  • Checks should be made out to The Correctional Association of NY and mailed to 135 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003. Please be sure to indicate on the check that the donation is for the Drop the Rock campaign.

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