Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is a non-profit, international, educational organization comprising former and current police officers, government agents and other law enforcement agents who oppose the current War on Drugs. LEAP was founded on March 16, 2002 by five officers. It is modeled after Vietnam Veterans Against the War, an organization which earned its credibility by utilizing speakers who had been on the frontlines of the war they later denounced. LEAP now has more than 15,000 members but does not disclose how many of those are sworn law enforcement officers. There are 143 speakers living in thirty-eight different states in the United States and more than fifteen other countries. LEAP now has members in 86 countries.
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