Washington, D.C. – Today, on the 50th anniversary of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) introduced the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), following an unveiling of the bill on Tuesday, June 15 alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on […]
New York, NY – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) released a Bully Pulpit Interactive (BPI) poll showing strong support for eliminating criminal penalties for drug possession and replacing it with a new […]
This Commitment Can and Should be the Catalyst to a Much Larger Change—Ending Drug Testing for All Drugs—that Would Ensure a More Just and Equitable Future for Millions of People New York, NY—In response to Amazon announcing it will no longer test those of its employees not regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) for […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment & Expungement (MORE) Act—with original co-sponsors Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)—in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill is backed by 155 organizations who support moving the […]
A Vital Step Towards the South Achieving the Same Justice and Freedom Granted to the Rest of the Country New York, NY/Dothan, AL – In response to the Alabama Legislature passing medical marijuana, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and The Ordinary People’s Society (T.O.P.S.) released the following statements: Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of the Drug Policy […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights led a coalition of over 150 civil rights, drug policy, criminal justice reform, immigration, public health and faith-based organizations in urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support Rep. Nydia Velazquez’s bill—Demilitarizing Local Law Enforcement […]
Extension of Trump-Era Class-Wide Fentanyl Ban Risks Recreating Same Harms & Racial Injustices—Informed by Fear & Mythology, Rather than Science—of 1980s Crack-Cocaine Hysteria for Fentanyl Washington, D.C.—In response to the Senate following the House in passing the five-month extension of the Trump Administration’s temporary class-wide emergency scheduling of fentanyl-related substances that the Biden-Harris Administration called […]
New York, NY – In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ release of new practice guidelines that will allow more DEA-registered practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine to up to 30 patients without obtaining an X waiver, Kellen Russoniello, Senior Staff Attorney for the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement: “We are grateful […]
New York, NY – In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ release of new practice guidelines that will allow more DEA-registered practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine to up to 30 patients without obtaining an X waiver, Kellen Russoniello, Senior Staff Attorney for the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement: “We are grateful […]
Black, Latinx & Indigenous People Deserve to Live in a World Where They are Given the Same Chance to Live Regardless of Whether or Not They Use Drugs New York, NY – In response to new details released in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by North Carolina police during a search and arrest warrant […]
