Drug Policy Alliance Blog
08/23/17
“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
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08/18/17
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
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08/17/17
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
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08/17/17
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
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08/16/17
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
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08/03/17
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
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08/01/17
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
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07/27/17
*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
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07/19/17
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
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07/17/17
Last week marked fifty years since the Newark Rebellion. On July 12, 1967, Newark, NJ residents rose up in protest after John Smith, an African-American cab driver, was violently beaten by members of the Newark police... Read More