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Decriminalization of marijuana possession is a necessary first step toward more comprehensive reforms of the drug prohibition regime. Yet decriminalization alone does not address many of the greatest harms of… Read More
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The Drug Policy Alliance in partnership with New York University Silver School of Social work hosted a convening entitled Ethics, Expertise, and Experience: Democratizing the Role of the Expert. The convening gathered… Read More
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The Drug Policy Alliance in partnership with New York University Silver School of Social work hosted a convening entitled Ethics, Expertise, and Experience: Democratizing the Role of the Expert. The convening gathered… Read More
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In early January, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Mr. “good people don’t smoke marijuana”) began the year by firing a shot across the bow to states that have legalized marijuana. Will it have a chilling effect?… Read More
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With less than 5 percent of the world’s population but nearly 25 percent of its incarcerated population, the United States imprisons more people than any other nation in the world – largely due to the war on… Read More
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Helen Alvillar lost her son to overdose. Vernon Lewis is an overdose prevention coordinator who trains people to use naloxone. Watch their stories and then learn more about how naloxone saves lives.
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The Drug Policy Alliance is currently leading marijuana legalization campaigns in New Jersey, New Mexico and New York.
Learn more about these campaigns – and join us to support marijuana reform… Read More
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It’s the end of the year, people are getting excited about the holidays, and millions of people are making plans for partying on New Year’s Eve. And for lots of people, their version of partying includes using drugs.… Read More
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AlterNet editor-at-large and associate publisher Jan Frel sits down with us to expound on non-problematic drug use and how drugs are interwoven into modern society. Jan explains how the war on drugs is essentially a… Read More
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On November 8, 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized possession and consumption of marijuana for adults 21 and over and immediately reduced or eliminated many criminal penalties for… Read More