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First of All: What is Harm Reduction?
In this Episode Decades of associating the term “harm reduction” with injection drug use often leaves adults and educators baffled about how the concept is applied in a classroom setting.  Consider comprehensive… Read More
Letter
Coalition Letter to Governors in States with Medical Cannabis Programs
Governor Larry Hogan, Chair Governor Andrew Cuomo, Vice Chair Members, Executive Committee National Governors Association 444 N. Capitol St NW, Ste. 267 Washington, D.C. 20001   Re:  EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION… Read More
Report
The Santa Fe Plan: A Municipal Public Health and Safety Approach to Alcohol and Other Drugs
This report grows out of a recognition that the City of Santa Fe, despite being a national leader in many ways, could do better in its response to alcohol and drug use. Communities of all sizes across the United States… Read More
Letter
Sign On to Open Letter from Researchers, Academics, Clinicians, and Public Health Organizations Endorsing Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill
Join us in improving public health by calling for an end to federal marijuana prohibition. Add your name to our open letter below to publicly endorse the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment & Expungement (MORE) Act… Read More
Letter
Nearly 70 Organizations Send Letter to Congress Outlining Concerns with Extending DEA Fentanyl Scheduling
The Drug Policy Alliance signed this letter along with nearly 70 other organizations representing civil rights, criminal justice, faith and drug policy communities to the House of Representatives outlining concerns with… Read More
Video
Matters of Substance
DPA's video series, Matters of Substance, breaks down important drug policy concepts in under 60 seconds. Watch and learn in just a minute. Got a suggestion for a future video? Email us at mos@drugpolicy.org and… Read More
Report
Criminal Justice Reform in the Fentanyl Era: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
View the full report (PDF)View the Executive Summary (PDF) The U.S. is in the throes of a deadly overdose crisis that claimed almost 70,000 lives in 2018. Of those, around 30,000 deaths involved synthetic opioids like… Read More
Report
Rethinking the "Drug Dealer"
Policymakers in the United States increasingly recognize that drug use should be treated as a public health issue instead of a criminal issue. Most, however, continue to support harsh criminal sentences for people who… Read More
Audio
DPA Podcast Episode 28: Joe Rubin Taught Safety First in His Health Classes: Here’s What He Thought
Joe Rubin is a public school teacher in San Francisco, and health is his favorite subject. In his 36 years of experience, he’s never taught anything quite like DPA’s Safety First drug education curriculum.… Read More
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DPA Podcast Episode 27: Safety First: Drug Education 101 with Sasha Simon
The Drug Policy Alliance has spent years developing a completely new take on drug education: a curriculum based in harm reduction and science, not a fear-based abstinence-only approach. It’s called Safety… Read More