Santa Fe, NM – In response to New Mexico’s first day of adult use cannabis sales, Emily Kaltenbach, Senior Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement: “A new era for marijuana justice is here. After years of hard work against long odds, New Mexicans can finally legally purchase cannabis for adult use. […]
House Must Swiftly Pass Comprehensive Marijuana Reform to Ensure Communities Don’t Have to Wait a Moment More for Long-Overdue Justice Washington, D.C.—In response to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer scheduling the MORE Act—the first bill to completely deschedule marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and begin to repair the harms of prohibition through expungement, […]
Momentous Opportunity to Untie the Hands of D.C. Policymakers and Allow District to Tap into Serious Economic, Public Health & Public Safety Benefits of Legalization – Eight Years After D.C. Voters Passed Initiative 71 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance led a group of over 50 criminal justice reform, liberty, business, labor, and […]
Statement from DPA Senior Director Emily Kaltenbach in Response to Passage of Live Saving Legislation Santa Fe, N.M. – In response to news that the New Mexico State Legislature passed a bill (HB 52) to decriminalize the possession of drug checking supplies and devices which can greatly reduce the risk of overdose and other potential […]
New York, NY – February 9, 2022 – Today, in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of National Drug Control Policy’s statement that they will no longer be allowing federal funding to go towards putting pipes in safer smoking supplies, Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, […]
Portland, OR – February 1, 2021 – One year ago today, decriminalization of drug possession took effect in Oregon. The state’s groundbreaking Measure 110 ballot initiative made Oregon the first state in the nation to decriminalize personal possession of all drugs and greatly expand access to health services. While the robust support infrastructure is still […]
Statement from DPA Executive Director Kassandra Frederique in Response to Attempts to Move SAFE Banking Bill in NDAA Washington, D.C. – In response to news that Congress could attempt to move the SAFE Banking Act (H.R.1996) through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), instead of prioritizing comprehensive marijuana reform, Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of the […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on President Joe Biden’s harmful proposal to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs. A classwide scheduling order would expand mass incarceration, worsen racial disparities in the criminal-legal system, and further fuel the cycle […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on President Joe Biden’s harmful proposal to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs. A classwide scheduling order would expand mass incarceration, worsen racial disparities in the criminal-legal system, and further fuel the cycle […]
Drug Policy Alliance, Harm Reduction Coalition, People’s Action & VOCAL-NY Lead Coalition of Groups Calling on Congress to Pass Harm Reduction Funding, MAT Act, STOP Fentanyl Act & Medicaid Reentry Washington, D.C. – Today, following the CDC’s latest provisional overdose counts—showing the that over 100,000 people in the U.S. died of overdose in the 12 […]
