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Events. Publications & Resources. Store. I am... an Advocate. a Student. a Parent. a Woman. a Music Fan. Yo Soy. View all resources. Drug Policy Alliance Blog 08/23/17 The Kids are Alright - Colorado Adolescents Did Not Increase Marijuana Use in the Year after Retail Sales By Sheila P. Vakharia “But what about the kids?” Most of us drug policy reformers have been asked this question (or one like it) by a well-meaning adult concerned that marijuana legalization sends the ‘wrong message’ to... Read More Share: 08/18/17 Trump and Sessions Unmask Historical Links Between the Drug War and White Supremacy By Bill Piper President Donald Trump’s defense of white nationalist groups in the wake of Charlottesville is shocking, but not really surprising to anyone who has been following his Administration. From appointing Jeff Sessions as... Read More Share: 08/17/17 Drug Defelonization a Solid Step towards Full Decriminalization By Art Way Oregon has recently joined a handful of other states to lower criminal penalties for drug possession in limited circumstances. Advocates, legislators and the governor in Oregon should be applauded for their efforts to create... Read More Share: 08/17/17 District Court Holds that Congressional Rider Protects Medical Marijuana Growers from Federal Intervention By Jolene Forman Last week, a U.S. District Court blocked federal prosecutors from pursuing a case against a California duo, Anthony Pisarski and Sonny Moore, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture and sell medical marijuana.... Read More Share: 08/16/17 Why a Drug Policy Organization Needs to Speak Out Against White Supremacy By Megan Farrington The drug war is a tool of racial oppression. We see this in racial disparities in arrest and incarceration rates for drug offenses that exist even though white people and people of color use and sell drugs at about the same... Read More Share: 08/03/17 2012 Honduras Tragedy and Subsequent Cover-up Hint at Larger Pattern Regarding U.S. Interventionism on the Drug War Front By Henry York In 2012, Honduran police opened fire on a small passenger boat they thought carried drug traffickers. Instead, firing shots from both a police boat and a machine gun-equipped helicopter overhead, the police killed four... Read More Share: 08/01/17 New Report Shows Racial & Ethnic Disparities Apparent in Bernalillo County Drug Arrests and Booking Rates By Jessica Gelay Racial and ethnic differences have been part of the fabric of the political and social fiber of the United States since it was established. The writers of the Constitution codified white racial superiority in the... Read More Share: 07/27/17 War on Marijuana and Disparate Policing Communities of Color Must End By Cat Packer *Editor's note: In this monthly blog series, the Drug Policy Alliance will examine the nexus between the war on drugs and law enforcement practices that result in the mass criminalization, incarceration and... Read More Share: 07/19/17 The Media Needs More Than a New Style Guide to Get Them to Stop Stigmatizing People Who Use Drugs By Sheila P. Vakharia On May 31st, the AP announced over 200 changes to their Stylebook – including some guidance on how to write about addiction. Words like ‘addict’ and ‘abuser’ were to be avoided and replaced with... Read More Share: 07/17/17 Criminal justice reform in New Jersey makes progress 50 years after the Newark Rebellion By Ami Kachalia Last week marked fifty years since the Newark Rebellion. 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