About Us

It has taken Illinois State University's Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapter many years to evolve into what it is today. Back in the Fall semester of 2001 Woody Harrelson came to speak to the ISU faculty and student body, talking about the uses of industrial hemp.  Students learned the importance of the cannabis plant and the potential it has to save the world (Don't believe us? Check it out http://www.jackherer.com/chapter02.html ).  ISU's environmental organization, Students Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), was inspired along with a few other interested students created an ISU registered student organization called Mobilizing Activists and Students for Hemp (MASH).  Originally, MASH focused on industrial hemp and medical marijuana; however, since then our organization has grown.  The number of people involved has risen and our effort and energy has expanded to encompass everything that the war on drugs effects.  In 2006 MASH decided to connect to and be a part of the international organization Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).  SSDP works to change the unjust laws on drugs that are affecting our communities.  Although drugs themselves can be harmful substances, we believe that our current unjust drug policies only make the war on drugs worse.  As U.S. citizens it is our responsibility to understand our laws and fight for desired change.