Latest Press Releases

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Ending Mandatory Minimums for Certain Drug Offenses in CA
California Legislature Approves Repeal of Drug War-Era Law that Established Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Civil Rights Leaders & Drug Policy Experts Denounce Counterproductive Biden Recommendations on Fentanyl-Related Substances and Continued War on Drugs
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