Criminal Justice Reform Bill Heads to Trump, Who Has Committed to Signing Bill Into Law Drug Policy Alliance Statement: Bittersweet Compromise Today, the House of Representatives joined the Senate and passed the First Step Act, a bill to reform the federal prison system and reduce sentences for certain drug offenses. The bill now goes to President […]
Next Attorney General Must Recognize Drug War Has Failed and Chart New Path Sessions Lost Support of Key Senate Allies Due to His Retrograde Approach to Drug Policy Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at President Trump’s request after less than two years in office. Sessions pursued an aggressive agenda to escalate the war on drugs […]
Marijuana Legalization Supported by Governor-Elect Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Representatives Elected to House Seats The outcome of today’s election puts New Mexico in position to advance marijuana legalization through the state legislature. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who won the governor’s race, has been an ardent supporter of the state’s medical cannabis program, from helping implement […]
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 […]
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,” […]
