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First of All: Why We Cope
“Taboo” issues like problematic drug use, sexual abuse, trauma, bullying and victimization, showing vulnerability, and enduring racism, sexism, homo- and transphobias – are common societal and structural challenges… Read More
Letter
Coalition Letter to the CDC Calling for Them to Adopt Decarceration & Expanded Health Care Access in Guidance to Slow Spread of COVID-19
Drug Policy Alliance, in partnership with JusticeLA and Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR), sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)—signed by 117 other organizations and 579 individual… Read More
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First of All: How Drugs Work
There’s no inherent moral value in drugs, but morality plays a major role in the delivery of drug education, (mis)perceptions about drugs and drug users, and the policy decisions and politicians make.  This… Read More
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First of All: What is Harm Reduction?
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 sex ed as an… 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
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
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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
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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