Access, Quality, and Choice
Not everyone who uses drugs needs or wants treatment. For those that do, DPA is dedicated to ensuring on-demand access to effective substance use disorder treatment based on science, equity, and compassion.
Drug Fact
What is fentanyl and how did it get into the heroin supply? What role is fentanyl playing in the overdose crisis?
Issue
Explore our Decriminalization Exchange to learn about why we should decriminalize drugs, compare state-by-state laws, and take action to end the criminalization of people who use drugs.
Take Action
The Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA) is an unprecedented bill that would decriminalize drugs at the federal level. It was just introduced. Tell your members of Congress support it.
Blog
As the U.S. grapples with an overdose crisis, TV and streaming shows are representing overdose and substance use disorder as central plot lines. Are they getting it right or doing more harm than good?
News
The San Diego County Sherriff’s Department released a widely disputed video purporting to show an officer overdosing from simply touching fentanyl.
Resource
There’s no evidence that police in schools improve safety or reduce drug use, but the number of officers keeps growing. We spoke with Dr. Marsha Jean-Charles of @BroSis512 about the drug war and education.