NORML Nominating Netherlands for Nobel Peace Prize
January 14th, 2009 by Perry
In recognition of the country’s success at reducing drug use among its citizens while keeping incarceration rates low, NORML and its executive director, Allen St. Pierre are coordinating efforts to nominate Netherlands for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Praising the country for being “smart” on drugs as opposed to being “tough,” St. Pierre said the country should be praised and we owe it a debt of gratitude. As it turns out, it doesn’t take too much to nominate somebody for an award, you just have to send in an envelope to an address, providing you match one of the following categories:
Members of national assemblies, governments and international courts of law; university chancellors, professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology; leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs; Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of previous years; board members of organizations that have received the Nobel Peace Prize; present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; and former advisors of the Nobel Institute.
Not quite as exclusive as I imagined. I always thought to get nominated you had to complete some type of Lord of the Rings quest or single-handedly defeat a ruthless dictator. Another question, if the Netherlands wins, how will they distribute the prize money?
Food for thought.
