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

400 Families Release Open Letter to Lawmakers: Urge Health Response to Overdose, Not More Punishment

400 families who have lost loved ones to overdose urged lawmakers to take a health approach to the overdose crisis, not more criminalization and punishment.

“Costly, Complicated, and Set Up to Fail.” Addiction Experts Say Petitions Filed Today Against Measure 110 Will Increase Costs, Reduce Addiction Services.

Today, two initiative petitions aimed at undoing Measure 110 were filed. The complicated, costly, and ineffective ballot measures announced today are not a solution but, instead, a false promise of change and a return to the failed war on drugs.

200 Families Release Open Letter to Lawmakers: Urge Health Response to Overdose, Not More Punishment

200 families who have lost loved ones to overdose urged lawmakers to take a health approach to the overdose crisis, not more criminalization and punishment.

Drug Policy Alliance Statement on HHS Recommendation To Reschedule Marijuana Under CSA To Schedule III

Moving Marijuana To Schedule III Would Fail To Fulfill President Biden’s Promise To Decriminalize The Use Of Marijuana And Fail to Address The Harms of Criminalization

Drug Policy Alliance Applauds NYC Overdose Prevention Centers As They Announce They’ve Averted 1000 Potentially Fatal Overdoses

DPA responds to U.S. Attorney Williams’ Comments, Urges Governor Hochul to Authorize and Protect Overdose Prevention Centers

DPA & NHRC Joint Statement Condemning San Francisco’s Forced Treatment Scheme and Arrests of People Who Use Drugs

San Francisco’s Effort to Arrest People Who Use Drugs Will Not Save Lives and is Counterproductive to Efforts to Reduce Harms of Drug Use and Improve Public Safety

Advocates Condemn House Passage of HALT Fentanyl Act

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl in a 289-133 vote. This legislation would ramp up mandatory minimum sentencing for fentanyl analogues, and worse.

Minnesota Becomes 2nd State to Officially Support Overdose Prevention Centers