Munyori akahwina mubairo uye mumiriri wekodzero dzevanhu ane ruzivo rwakakura rwepasirese uye rwepamba, Maria McFarland S.ánchez-Moren akatungamirira Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) kubva munaSeptember 2017. Akatarisa sangano panguva yekuchinja kukuru mushure mekubva kwemuvambi wayo, Ethan Nadelmann.
McFarland mutungamiri mukuru weDrug Policy Alliance, akazivisa mutsamba kuvashandi nhasi kuti achange achisiya hutungamiriri hwesangano musi wa6 Kurume kuti atore chigaro chitsva. Dare reDPA revatungamiriri riri kukurukura zvine mutsindo maitiro ekuzivisa mutungamiri anotevera wechigarire uye richazivisa matanho anotevera mumavhiki anouya. Zvichakadaro, Richard Burns, ane ruzivo rwakatanhamara semutungamiriri wenguva refu uye yenguva ED muzvirongwa zvakawanda, kusanganisira nguva pfupi yadarika kuLambda Legal, achapinda seyenguva ED yeDPA.
Kutenda Kwakasimba
kupedza hondo yezvinodhaka kwakakosha pakugadzirisa kusarongeka kwakawanda kwandakashanda muhupenyu hwangu hwese, muUnited States nepasi rose," akadaro McFarland mutsamba iyi. "DPA yakagadzirira kubudirira kukuru ... uye ndicharamba ndichikukurudzirai, uye nekubatsira munzira ipi neipi yandinogona."
Munguva yehutongi hwake, DPA yakawedzera basa rayo rekubvisa mhosva yekuwanikwa kwezvinodhaka zvese zvekushandisa wega uye kuongorora mhando dzemitemo yezvinodhaka kunze kwembanje. Yakabudirira kuwana ZVIMWE Mutemo-mutemo wakakwana wembanje wakambounzwa muCongress-kuburikidza neUS House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee uye yakakunda kuwedzera kwekuchinjanisa sirinji muFlorida. Sangano iri rakaenderera mberi nekuita mishandirapamwe inobudirira yekubvumidza inotungamirwa nzvimbo dzekushandisa (SCS) mumatunhu akawanda munyika yose uye kunyoresa mbanje zviri pamutemo muNew York neNew Mexico. Uye yakaburitsa Safety First, yekutanga-ye-yayo-yemhando yekuderedza kukuvadza-yakavakirwa zvinodhaka dzidzo kosi yevechidiki, mushure mekubudirira kuiyedza mumaguta makuru maviri.
Kutarisana Nezvake Zvinetso
Asi panguva imwe chete yaaitungamira DPA, McFarland akapona kenza yemazamu uye akabata nemamwe matambudziko mazhinji muhupenyu hwake, zvese achirera mwana mudiki. McFarland akatsanangurira vashandi kuti zviitiko izvi zvakamuita kuti aongororezve zvaaikoshesa, izvo zvakazoita kuti atsvage chigaro chaizomukwanira panguva ino. Muna April, achabatana Kodzero Dzevanhu Tarisa sechipangamazano mukuru wezvemitemo akatarisa kuAmerica neUnited States.
Boka revatungamiriri veDPA, iro raiziva nezvehurongwa hwaMcFarland, rakaratidza kusuwa nekuenda kwaakaita achibatana neHuman Rights Watch asi kutenda nebasa rake uye kuvimba nesimba reDPA.
"Zvave zvichifadza kushanda naMaria, uyo akatungamirira Drug Policy Alliance nemuenzaniso wakanaka, kutendeseka, njere, uye kuzvipira kune kururamisira, pamwe chete nemashoko anokosha ekutungamirira sangano," akadaro Ira Glasser, uyo. akashanda sechigaro chebhodhi kwenguva zhinji yeMcFarland. “Akaita basa iri nenyasha huru, kunyangwe achikunda hutano hwakakosha nemamwe matambudziko. Kazhinji, ndingadai ndakaedza zvakasimba kumunyengetedza kuti agare, asi chimiro chomunhu oga chechisarudzo chake chaidzivisa izvozvo.”
Kurasikirwa Kwedu Ndiko Kuwana Kwavo
"The Zvinodhaka Policy Alliance yaita rombo rakanaka kubatsirikana kubva kuhutungamiriri hwakasimba hwaMaria kwemakore anopfuura maviri, kuwana mibayiro mikuru, kuvandudza masisitimu emukati, uye kugadzirisa zvayaikoshesa mune ramangwana," akawedzera sachigaro webhodhi Derek Hodel. "Maria achange achisiya sangano rinoshanda, rakanyatsorongeka, rine chikwata chevakuru vakuru chakanyatsogadzirirwa kutora mikana yakawanda inowanikwa munzvimbo yekuchinja mitemo yezvinodhaka."
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- “I continue to hold the core belief that… ending the war on drugs is critical to addressing many of the social injustices on which I have worked throughout my career, both in the United States and globally,” said McFarland in the letter.
- “It has been a joy to work with Maria, who has led the Drug Policy Alliance with exemplary grit, integrity, intelligence, and dedication to justice, as well as to the critically important details of managing the organization,” said Ira Glasser, who served as board chair for most of McFarland's tenure.
- McFarland the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, announced in a letter to staff today that she will be stepping down from the leadership of the organization on March 6 to assume a new position.
