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Since Portugal enacted drug decriminalization in 2001, the number of people voluntarily entering treatment has increased significantly, overdose deaths and HIV infections among people who use drugs have plummeted,… Read More
Report
Produced in collaboration with Colorado Fiscal Institute, Law Enforcement Action Partnership and Harm Reduction Action Center, this report marshals the best available data from Denver and from existing facilities in… Read More
Letter
In his book, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence, reporter and novelist Alex Berenson attempts to stir up public fear over marijuana legalization. This sort of alarmism… Read More
Fact Sheet
The state of Georgia is one of the global leaders in the incarceration of its people. The state’s incarceration rate – which includes prisons and jails as well as other systems of confinment – far exceeds both… Read More
Report
Municipal Drug Strategy: Lessons in Taking Drug Policy Reform Local lays out a roadmap for how U.S. cities of all sizes can address the harms of both drug use and the failed war on drugs, such as mass incarceration and… Read More
Report
In his book released in January 2019, “Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence,” Alex Berenson attempts to incite fear over the supposed devastation marijuana wreaks on mental health… Read More
Fact Sheet
The current system for classifying illegal (and most legal) drugs is flawed, outdated and unscientific. Established by the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970, the Schedule of Controlled Substances… Read More
Fact Sheet
Civil asset forfeiture allows the government to seize cash, cars, real estate, or other property suspected of being connected to criminal activity. In civil forfeiture actions the property itself, rather than an… Read More
Audio
DPA's Ife Harvey spoke with immigration activist Alejendra Pablos on how the war on drugs is also a war on immigrant people and her current fight to avoid deportation.
Sign the petition to demanding the release… Read More
Letter
The Drug Policy Alliance submitted this letter in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) request for comments concerning the international scheduling of 16 drug substances, including cannabis.… Read More