Drug Policy Alliance Blog
06/05/13
By Megan Farrington
"Frenetic" and "whip-smart" are two perfect words for our executive director. Rolling Stone captures his approach to reform and the success of his and DPA's work over the last 20 years in a great… Read More
06/04/13
By Tommy McDonald
The sports world is all atwitter about Major League Baseball’s (latest) performance enhancing drug scandal. Amid all the sanctimony about the “integrity of the game” and self-righteous disdain for the so-… Read More
06/03/13
By Anthony Papa
In a recent interview in Britain's Event Magazine, academy award winning actor Michael Douglas vowed to fight for a complete overhaul of America's legal system. This comes on the heels of his son Cameron losing his… Read More
05/29/13
By Amanda Reiman
The phrase “government cover-up” means different things to different people. For some, it conjures up images of military action, for others, thoughts turn to GMOs, and for others banking and Wall Street are… Read More
05/23/13
By Anthony Papa
When it comes to the war on drugs, I thought I had seen it all. But I was shocked beyond belief when I read a story reported by ABC News about a high school student who suffered from Asperger's disorder and was arrested… Read More
05/22/13
By Daniel Robelo
The Organization of American States (OAS) released an unprecedented report last Friday that presents the most high-level discussion of alternatives to drug prohibition in history.
This report is a big deal. It’s the… Read More
05/16/13
By Heidi Knoblauch
If you've read the news lately, you might think the 'war on drugs' is coming to an end. Recently, Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie signed a bill that would allow people who have overdosed and their friends… Read More
05/12/13
By Sharda Sekaran
You might be familiar with Reefer Madness, the drug war film from the 1930s that has become a cult classic because of its over-the-top scare tactics about marijuana. Generations have laughed at the film's cartoonish… Read More
05/01/13
By Marsha Rosenbaum
Mike Gray, who passed this week, was a prolific writer, producing screenplays, books, and documentaries.
Right from the beginning of our movement, Mike was a major player in drug policy reform. His 1998 book, Drug Crazy:… Read More
04/30/13
By Christopher Soda
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its 2013 National Drug Control Strategy last week. While the rhetoric focused on a public health approach, when you dig to the heart of the matter… Read More