Anthony Papa

Published: May 23, 2019, 2:44 p.m.

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Anthony Papa is an artist, writer, freedom fighter, noted advocate against the war on drugs and co-founder of the Mothers of the New York Disappeared. Mr. Papa\\u2019s stinging opinion pieces about the drug war\\xa0have appeared in news sources across the country. He is a frequent public speaker and college lecturer on his art and criminal justice issues.\\xa0\\xa0Currently he is Manager of Media Relations for the Drug Policy Alliance. Mr. Papa is the author of 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom\\xa0(2004), a memoir about his experience of being sentenced to state prison for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense under New York\\u2019s draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws.

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