Latest Press Releases

As Overdose Deaths Reach Record High, DPA Secures Historic 435% Funding Increase for Harm Reduction Services in Federal Spending Bill
Statement on Senate Marijuana Bill Draft Unveiled Today by Schumer, Booker & Wyden
Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Rhode Island Becoming First in the Nation to Authorize Harm Reduction Centers to Prevent Overdose Deaths
Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Sha’Carri Unjust Suspension from U.S. Olympics Team After Testing Positive for THC Consumed in Legal State
New Mexico’s Cannabis Regulation Act Takes Effect Tuesday, Officially Legalizing Possession & Home Grow, Sales to Follow in 2022
LA City Council Joins Senator Wiener in Support of Overdose Prevention Programs
U.S. House Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman & Cori Bush Introduce Federal Bill to Decriminalize Drug Possession, Replace with Health-Centered Approach
On 50th Anniversary of “War on Drugs,” New Poll Shows Majority of Voters Support Ending Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession, Think Drug War is a Failure
DPA Statement on Amazon Committing to No Longer Test Most Employees for Marijuana and Endorsing the MORE Act
Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment & Expungement (MORE) Act Reintroduced in the House