International Drug Policy Reform Conference 2025

Reform Drug Policy. Join us in Detroit. #Reform2025

The Reform Conference is the premier gathering of the growing and dynamic drug policy reform movement. Every other year, the Drug Policy Alliance hosts this event, bringing together people working on the full range of drug policy issues from across the United States and around the world to listen, learn, and strategize. In 2025, the conference will take place in Detroit, Michigan from November 12-15.

Scholarships

We offer two scholarship programs to support the attendance of people directly impacted by the drug war and to ensure that the diversity of our movement is reflected in our Reform Conference attendees.

The scholarship funds are meant for people who are:

• in need of financial assistance to attend the conference,
• in a position to clearly benefit from going to the conference,
• directly impacted by the drug war, and/or
• already affiliated with a complimentary or allied movement, with a solid potential to take home new knowledge, skills and contacts that will benefit their local work in any and all issue areas of the drug policy reform movement.

International Scholarships

The International Scholarships application is now open! If you are based outside of the U.S. and need financial assistance to attend the Reform Conference, apply here. Submission deadline is Monday, May 5th.

National Scholarships

The National Scholarships applications will open after May 15th. If you are based in the U.S. and need financial assistance to attend the Reform Conference, we will have two applications available – one for individuals and one for groups planning to bring 4 or more people to the conference.

We strategized, built community, and organized around:

• Decriminalizing Drugs and Building Health-Based Alternatives
• Ensuring Our Systems Help, Not Hurt by Uprooting the Drug War from Our Daily Lives
• Reinvesting Resources into Communities and Divesting from Punitive Police Responses
• Rethinking and Reducing Punishment of People in the Drug Trade
• Legalizing and Regulating Drugs the Right Way

Visit our Conference Archive to see programs and videos from previous years.