Most schools in the U.S. provide drug education programs that are based in abstinence-only logic despite its weaknesses. At the Drug Policy Alliance, we believe accurate, honest, compassionate drug education is a right for all young people.
We made history when the House passed the MORE Act last year. Now we need your help to do it again: urge your Representative to pass the MORE Act immediately and advance marijuana justice.
Screenwriter Priscila García-Jacquier is from Colombia, a country intimately affected by the drug trade. She challenges the narcos narrative we so often see, exploring questions around cultural perspective and personal identity.
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.
The drug war has given police unchecked power to patrol schools and communities, invade people's homes, and use aggressive tactics and military weapons, which in too many instances have led to killings of Black and Latinx people.
The drug war goes far beyond arrests and incarceration. Its roots are deeply embedded in almost every aspect of daily life – from education, housing, and employment, to child welfare, immigration, and public benefits.
Oregon has become the first state in the nation to decriminalize drug possession, but what does that mean? Learn about why we need decriminalization and the steps we're taking to dismantle the failed federal drug war.
