Diane Goldstein

    Lieutenant Diane Goldstein (Ret.) is a 21-year veteran of the Redondo Beach Police Department in California. She is the executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, a group of police, prosecutors, judges and other criminal justice professionals who oppose the War on Drugs and advance sensible criminal justice policy solutions.

    Diane is a member of the board of directors of The Influence Foundation, which operates Filter.

    FDA’s Approaching Menthol Cigarette Ban Would Expand the Drug War

    A national ban on menthol cigarettes is inching closer. This month, the United States ...

    Our Movement Is Strongest When We Aim High—And Work in Current Reality

    Criminal justice reform has made significant advances during my time in the movement. But ...

    End Civil Asset Forfeiture to Defund the Drug War

    “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends ...

    Political Rhetoric and Policing: Can We Break the Vicious Circle?

    Our society’s emphasis on drug-law enforcement and the stigmatization and punishment of people who ...

    The Rank Hypocrisy of Marijuana Prohibition Advocates’ Taxpayer Funding 

    The New York Chapter of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), the prohibitionist organization led ...

    Latest National Police Association Revelations Support Our Suspicions

    In January 2019, Filter published a report about an organization called the National Police ...

    The Shady “National Police Association” Behind the Headlines

    Last month the National Police Association (NPA) filed an ethics complaint against Rachael Rollins, ...

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