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Report September 1, 2022

Key Principles of All-Drug Legal Regulation and Safer Supply

The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) supports medical and adult use legalization and regulation of controlled substances to the extent consistent with public health and community safety and in accordance with these key principles.

Video April 28, 2022

Drug War Dragnet: Surveillance, Criminalization & Freedom from the Drug War

This conference focused on drug war surveillance within people's everyday lives - from housing and employment to public benefits and the family regulation system and immigration - and how we can uproot the drug war in all its forms.

Fact Sheet March 8, 2022

End No-Knock Warrants and Militarized Quick-Knock Raids

To protect people in their homes and give meaning to the founders’ intent to protect against government overreach, Congress, states and local governments must enact comprehensive limits to how police execute search warrants.

Report December 1, 2021

Principles and Metrics for Evaluating Drug Decriminalization

To encourage thoughtful policy evaluations, we convened an expert working group and conducted interviews with people in Oregon directly impacted by Measure 110 to craft evaluation principles and suggested metrics.

Report October 5, 2021

Legalize It Right: Federal Cannabis Regulation

Federal cannabis regulation, if done right, can be a tool for achieving health equity, social equity, justice and accountability.

Report June 15, 2021

Framework for Federal Drug Decriminalization, Shifting to a Public Health Approach.

We must pivot from the central premise of the existing federal approach to drugs: the idea that controlling unauthorized drug possession and use is something that should be enforced and punished. The time has come to try a new approach: drug decriminalization.

Fact Sheet April 1, 2021

Workplace Marijuana Testing

Federal marijuana decriminalization presents the opportunity to improve research on marijuana and marijuana drug testing. Eliminating testing for positions where impairment does not pose a threat to safety and ending zero-tolerance policies will promote a better workplace for all employees.

Fact Sheet April 1, 2021

Putting an End To Drug Testing

Ending the drug war means ending drug war surveillance and stopping practices that monitor and punish rather than increase health, safety, and autonomy.

Fact Sheet, Report March 23, 2021

Policy Proposals to Reduce Stimulant-related Harm: How to Address the Fourth Wave of the Overdose Crisis

This report presents common motivations for stimulant use, the most noteworthy harms associated with stimulant use, and the ways in which various public policies can be tailored to address both.

Fact Sheet January 15, 2021

Contingency Management

Contingency management is a highly effective model of substance use disorder treatment that involves providing incentives for behavioral outcomes aligned with treatment goals.

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