WHO Calls for Drug Decriminalization

The World Health Organization, the United Nations’ leading health agency, published a report with a clear call for broad drug policy reforms, including decriminalization of drug use and harm reduction practices.

Marijuana Arrests: The Gateway to Mass Incarceration

This Netroots Nation panel, featuring DPA's Kassandra Frederique, explores how the drug war fuels marijuana arrests and, in turn, mass incarceration.

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New York Becomes 23rd Medical Marijuana State

New York is now the twenty-third state to create legal access to medical marijuana for seriously ill patients.

You Can Help End the Assault on Medical Marijuana

It's time to ensure that the U.S. Senate follows the House's lead and votes to stop funding the federal government's aggressive interference in medical marijuana states. The vote could happen at any moment.

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The Youngest Victims of the Drug War at Home and Abroad

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World Health Organization Calls for Drug Decriminalization and Broad Drug Policy Reforms

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Get the Facts

Heroin

To avoid fatal overdose, people who use heroin and other opiates, as well as their peers and loved ones, should be trained to administer naloxone, an overdose reversal drug. Get more heroin facts.

MDMA/Molly

Because MDMA is illegal – and, therefore, unregulated – it is impossible to know what a "dose" contains. In fact, many drugs sold as "ecstasy" or "molly" are not MDMA. Get more MDMA facts.

Marijuana

Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug, with forty-two percent of American adults reporting that they have used it. Get more marijuana facts.

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Approaches to Decriminalizing Drug Use and Possession

We should not arrest people simply for using or possessing drugs.

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Marijuana Stock Photos

These are the type of photos media could be using when doing a story about marijuana legalization.

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Save the Date: 2015 Reform Conference

The 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference will be held in Washington, D.C. November 18-21, 2015.

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DPA's Honorary Board

The DPA Honorary Board includes prominent figures from both the left and the right who are renowned for their leadership in the fields of law, health, business, media and politics.

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