Washington, D.C. – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance led a group of criminal justice reform, liberty and drug policy organizations in sending a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees along with the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittees asking that they remove a rider from the appropriations bill that has prevented D.C. from […]
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New York, NY – Leading drug policy advocates will be honored at an awards ceremony on Thursday, November 7, at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference taking place in St. Louis, MO. The awards recognize those that have made significant contributions to advancing drug policy reform and ending the war on drugs. The biennial conference, […]
Hearing addressed policies and reporting by the Administration of Children’s Services, which have led to unnecessary family separations, and unfairly impacted and further stigmatized parents of color for use or possession of marijuana New York, N.Y. – Below is a statement from Melissa Moore, Deputy Director for New York at the Drug Policy Alliance, following […]
Statement on USDA Industrial Hemp Rules msutton Wed, 2019-10-30 11:44 Tue, 10/29/2019 – 17:50
New York, NY – Below is a statement from Melissa Moore, New York Deputy State Director for the Drug Policy Alliance, in response to the regional summit convened today by the governors of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey to discuss a joint approach to cannabis legalization for adult use. The governors cited the lack of […]
Santa Fe, NM – Below is a statement from Emily Kaltenbach, New Mexico State Director and Senior Director of Criminal Justice Reform Strategy for the Drug Policy Alliance, who served on the Governor’s working group on cannabis legalization, in response to the recommendations that were released today by the group: “Having worked towards cannabis legalization […]
New York, NY – Below is a statement from Grant Smith, Deputy Director of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, in response to a final rule by the Trump Administration to allow states to drug test applicants for unemployment benefits: “Drug testing applicants in order to receive benefits they need to survive is deeply […]
Victory Makes Way for Safehouse to Open Site in Philadelphia, Sets Legal Precedent for Others New York, NY – Below is a statement from Lindsay LaSalle, Managing Director of the Department of Law and Policy — Health, for the Drug Policy Alliance, in response to a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruling in United States v. […]
Congress Must Do More Than Marijuana Banking Bill Washington, D.C. – Below is a statement from Queen Adesuyi, Policy Coordinator at Drug Policy Alliance’s Office of National Affairs, in response to the House’s passage of the SAFE Banking Act (H.R.1595) and House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler committing to a vote on the MORE Act (H.R.3884/S.2227). […]
New York, NY – Below is a statement from Melissa Moore, Deputy NY State Director for the Drug Policy Alliance, on the marijuana ‘decriminalization’ and expungement law going into effect today in New York. “The inability of the state legislature and Governor Cuomo to pass comprehensive marijuana legalization means that Black and Latinx individuals remain […]
