Over 200 drug policy, harm reduction, health care, and community groups call on Biden administration to prioritize public health solutions to curb overdose crisis and dismantle drug war

Drug policy groups in the US unite to call on the incoming administration to prioritise harm reduction over criminalisation.

News Alerts January 14, 2021

Amid coronavirus pandemic, US drug overdose deaths top record high, CDC says

Experts call for immediate action to curb the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overdose crisis, including through ramping up harm reduction efforts.

News Alerts January 11, 2021

No drugs should be criminalized. It’s time to abolish the DEA.

Abolishing the DEA and decriminalizing all drugs will save tens of billions of dollars that can be redirected towards research and health services.

News Alerts October 28, 2020

We are nurses, not police. The US methadone system expects otherwise

Asking nurses to police people who are prescribed controlled substances does not promote patient health.

News Alerts October 13, 2020

We are nurses, not police. The US methadone system expects otherwise

Asking nurses to police people who are prescribed controlled substances does not promote patient health.

News Alerts October 13, 2020

Dismantling the federal drug war: A comprehensive drug decriminalization framework

DPA proposes a comprehensive overhaul of federal drug policy anchored in the decriminalisation of people who use drugs.

Publications August 6, 2020

The war on drugs and the justification of Black death

Ideas and misconceptions about drugs, addiction and criminality mean that derivative moral judgements and racialised logic about "criminals", as opposed to facts about drugs, is shaping drug policy.

News Alerts June 3, 2020

Altered States: Cannabis regulation in the US – Ensuring social justice and equity

2 June 2020 15:00-16:30

Online

The webinar will launch Transform's new report on the eleven States that have legalised cannabis in the US.

Events 2 June 2020

COVID-19, drug policy, and decarceration: Reflections and looking ahead

7 May 2020 14:00-16:00

Online

DPA organises an online conference on the urgent importance of decarceration and decriminalisation.

Events 4 May 2020

Virginia passes cannabis decriminalisation amid huge racial disparity in arrests

While a much-needed step in the right direction, drug policy reform advocates worry law enforcement discretion could perpetuate policing disparities

News Alerts April 27, 2020

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Over 200 drug policy, harm reduction, health care, and community groups call on Biden administration to prioritize public health solutions to curb overdose crisis and dismantle drug war

Amid coronavirus pandemic, US drug overdose deaths top record high, CDC says

No drugs should be criminalized. It’s time to abolish the DEA.

We are nurses, not police. The US methadone system expects otherwise

We are nurses, not police. The US methadone system expects otherwise

Dismantling the federal drug war: A comprehensive drug decriminalization framework

The war on drugs and the justification of Black death

Altered States: Cannabis regulation in the US – Ensuring social justice and equity

COVID-19, drug policy, and decarceration: Reflections and looking ahead

Virginia passes cannabis decriminalisation amid huge racial disparity in arrests

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