Well, thanks to Chris the SSDP@UH website is finally up and running. Obviously from looking around you will find not a whole lot on the site… yet. I am working on pages for the two campaigns that we are going to be working on.

First is the Campus Change campaign, where SSDP@UH will try to get UH to change their drug policy. Right now it is filled with inaccurate drug information, and overall does little to explain the policy. I hope to write in a number of provisions designed to help students with their education, and to protect students from the real harms of drug abuse.

The second campaign is about Texas House bill 2391. The bill gives police officers the discretion on whether a suspect will be ticketed or arrested for possession of marijuana under 4 ounces. It also has provisions for other low-level, non-violent, misdemeanor crimes. Before the bill went into effect officers had to arrest suspects and take them down to the station. Now they can ticket the suspect which will allow the officers to stay on the street. Unfortunately only Travis County is actively using the provisions of the bill. SSDP@UH, along with the Marijuana Policy Project, are going to work to convince the UH Police Department along with other Houston PDs to start taking advantage of this bill.

That’s all I have for everybody right now. Have a good one.

Tags: campaign update, campus change, HB 2391