Latest Press Releases

Drug Policy Alliance & The Leadership Conference Lead Coalition of 150+ Organizations Calling on Congress to End Military Equipment Transfers to Local Law Enforcement
Biden-Harris Administration Doubles Down on the Drug War as Senate Follows House in Extending Trump’s Class-Wide Fentanyl Ban
Statement on New Details Released in Killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by North Carolina Police While Serving a Search & Arrest Warrant for Drugs
Drug Convictions Should Not be Basis to Deny People Basic Needs: It’s Time Congress Lift Lifetime Felony Drug Ban on SNAP and TANF
As Nation Reckons with Racial Injustice & Over-Policing of Black, Latinx & Indigenous Communities, Congress Doubles Down on Tough-on-Crime Drug War Policies of the Past
Statement on Guilty Verdicts in Derek Chauvin Trial
Statement on Biden Administration Doubling Down on Harmful & Racially-Disparate Drug Enforcement of the Past by Extending Trump Administration’s Class-Wide Fentanyl Ban
DPA, The Leadership Conference, NACDL & ACLU Lead Coalition of Over 100+ Groups Urging Congress & Biden Administration to Let Class-Wide Fentanyl Ban Expire
Statement on New Details in the Killing of Marvin Scott III by TX Corrections Officers Following Arrest for Less than 2 Oz of Marijuana While Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis
Statement on Biden Administration’s First Year Drug Policy Priorities