PRISON REFORM ADVOCATE ANNOUNCES RUN FOR GOVERNOR

ALEXANDER CITY -- Drug policy and prison reform advocate Loretta Nall
has announced that she will be running for governor of Alabama in the
2006 election.

Nall has traveled throughout the country, Canada and South America
speaking on "zero-tolerance" drug policies.

"Here in Alabama, the drug war has given rise to the current Alabama
prison crisis, which is costing Alabamians millions of dollars a year
with only negative returns in exchange," Nall said in a news
announcement today. "It is destroying families and putting our
children at greater risk by allowing unrestricted access to drugs."

Nall said she's running for governor because drug policy is a crucial
issue in the state and that the other candidates "are too afraid to
engage in a rational, scientific discussion," according to her news
release.

"The other candidates are not up to addressing these important but
controversial issues surrounding drug policy because they have built
their political careers on meaningless slogans like 'Tough on Drugs'
and 'What about the children?' which, in fact, do nothing to deter
drug use or protect children," said Nall.

She will begin on a walk across Alabama during her campaign and will
meet voters, speak at local town hall-style meetings and other venues
and gather signatures for ballot access. Nall is seeking the
nomination of the state's Libertarian Party.