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Vermont Opioid Settlement Committee Prioritizes Funding Overdose Prevention Centers

The Committee’s support demonstrates a clear commitment to saving lives and embracing these research-backed, public health facilities.

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Baseline Report Shows Nation’s First Overdose Prevention Centers are Safe, Effective, and Responsive to Community Needs

Report findings illustrate the life-saving impact OPCs could have nationwide as United States faces an unprecedented overdose crisis.

In Response to House Vote on Xylazine Criminalization, Hundreds of Medical Experts, Scientists, Advocates Call for a Public Health Approach

Congress voted to pass legislation that would criminalize xylazine, impeding vital research on drug treatments, criminalizing low-level drug users, and hindering overdose prevention efforts.

Advocates Urge Oregon Governor to Reject Efforts to Bring Back Failed Drug War Policies

Oregon Governor Kotek released the Portland Central City Task Force’s recommendations calling on state lawmakers to roll back the state’s drug decriminalization law, ban public drug use, and expand police presence in Portland.

Study Finds Overdose Prevention Centers Cause No Significant Changes to Crime or Quality of Life in NYC Neighborhoods

New York City’s OPCs Provide Life-Saving Care to Communities As New York State Sees Overdose Deaths Rise

Biden Must Deschedule Marijuana Says Marijuana Coalitions Representing 39 Nonprofit and Public Interest Groups.

The Marijuana Justice Coalition (MJC) and the Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA)--representing 39 nonprofit and public interest groups--released a letter calling on President Biden to deschedule marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to fulfill his promise to voters regarding marijuana decriminalization. 

JOINT STATEMENT: Marijuana Plan for President Biden Presented By Advocacy and Industry Experts

United for Marijuana Decriminalization, a group of the nation's leading marijuana policy reform advocates and industry leaders, hosted a briefing detailing how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana decriminalization and center equity approaches throughout the federal government.

DPA Statement on Mayor London Breed’s Proposal To Institute Drug Testing on San Francisco Welfare Recipients

“We understand the Mayor, like all residents, is frustrated by the unhoused crisis. But unlike residents, she’s supposed to work through the frustration to arrive at actionable, effective solutions. Instead she is reverting to failed drug war tactics that are rooted in the punishment of people, not solutions that address the unhoused crisis or addiction.

Statement on Passage of SAFER Banking Act Out of Senate Banking Committee

Fixes Needed for Marijuana Banking Bill to Ensure Fairness for People with Past Marijuana Criminal Records