This Election Day showed the burgeoning political clout of the drug policy reform movement, with the results expected to accelerate efforts to legalize marijuana and to end the broader war on drugs in states across the U.S., at the federal level, and internationally. Michigan voters approved Proposal 1, a ballot initiative to legalize, regulate and […]
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Drug Policy Reform Plays Unprecedented Role in Numerous Gubernatorial and Congressional Campaigns Available for Interview and Analysis: DPA Experts on Marijuana Legalization, Criminal Justice Reform, and Federal Drug Policy This Election Day showed the burgeoning political clout of the drug policy reform movement, with the results expected to accelerate efforts to legalize marijuana and to end […]
SITSA Would Have Given Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Broad Powers to Ban Any Drug They Want and Enact Draconian New Criminal Penalties Bill Passed the House, But Its Exclusion is a Victory for Health-Based Approaches to Drug Policy Late last night, the final text for the Congressional opioid package was released. SITSA – a sweeping […]
Accidental Overdose Deaths Continue to Skyrocket Nationally, With Ohio at Epicenter of Epidemic September 27 and 28: Researchers, Doctors, Law Enforcement, Drug Users, Families and Treatment Providers Unite to Call for Urgent Response Grounded in Science and Civil Rights COLUMBUS – The U.S. is in midst of a preventable crisis, with accidental overdose deaths rapidly […]
DPA Statement: “President Trump is the last person who should be defining the global debate on drug policy.” This morning, President Trump kicked off his appearance at the 2018 United Nations General Assembly by hosting a meeting called “The World Drug Problem”. U.N. Member States were invited to this early morning session at which Trump […]
Overdose Rate Highest among Black New Yorkers for First Time in Over a Decade VOCAL-NY and DPA Statement: NYC must Divest in Failed, Harmful Criminalization Practices and Implement Evidence-based Interventions to End the Overdose Crisis 2017 marked the seventh straight year of increased overdose rate deaths in New York City. The highest overdose rate is […]
On September 24, Trump will kick off his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly by hosting an event on “The World Drug Problem,” at which UN Member States can pose for a photo with Trump before he gives remarks. The event is tied to “The Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem,” […]
Coalition calls Cuomo’s $25M allocation to traditional treatment services out of step with research and evidence and is a political bait and switch Coalition wants Governor Cuomo to Vote Yes on Saving Lives Now New York – Amid an escalating overdose crisis, Governor Cuomo’s decision to channel funding into primarily abstinence-based drug treatment wholly misses the […]
Broad Coalition from Across Political Spectrum Agrees that Government Abuse of Asset Forfeiture Must End Across Country Police Seize and Forfeit Property from Mostly Low-Income People The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and a diverse group of national and state groups filed an amicus brief today in the United States Supreme Court in Timbs v. Indiana, a […]
SANTA FE, New Mexico — On Friday, September 7th, the Department of Health announced that Secretary Gallagher would not allow people suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) to qualify for medical cannabis in New Mexico. This is the second time the Medical Advisory Board’s (MAB) recommendation to add opioid use disorder was denied; the first […]
