Fact Sheet

911 Good Samaritan Laws: Preventing Overdose Deaths, Saving Lives

January 31, 2013
Drug Policy Alliance

This fact sheet explains how 911 Good Samaritan laws can save lives. These laws protect people from arrest and prosecution for drug possession when they call 911 to report an overdose.

Bring Back Balance: Sentencing Reforms Save Money & Improve Realignment

June 26, 2011
ACLU of California, Drug Policy Alliance, and the Ella Baker Center

It's time to reform California's sentencing laws. Californians are fed up with misguided policies that have packed our prisons & jails, drained our state budget and led to one of the highest rates of recidivism in the country.

Taxing and Regulating Marijuana in California

California continues to fight a battle it cannot win. Every year, more and more people are arrested for marijuana possession. That enforcement disproportionately targets young people of color, especially African Americans. If California spent only a fraction of what it currently spends on marijuana arrests and prosecutions on drug treatment and education, we would be well on our way to a responsible marijuana policy.

Marijuana Prohibition is a Catastrophe: The Solution is Legal Regulation and Control

May 1, 2012

Legal regulation is not a step into the unknown – we have centuries of experience in legally regulating thousands of different drugs. Legal regulation means commonsense controls – marijuana wouldn’t be treated like Coca-Cola, available to anyone of any age, anywhere, at any time. Under many regulatory proposals, it would be taxed and regulated in a manner similar to alcoholic beverages.

Annual Marijuana Arrests in the US

NORML

Graphs of annual marijuana arrests in the US from 1969 - 2009

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Marijuana Arrests Investigation

NORML

NORML's Marijuana Arrests Investigator: Here you can map arrest data taken from the report Crimes of Indiscretion, Marijuana Arrests in the US

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What Is The Role Of Prisons And Jails In HIV Prevention?

March 1, 2009
Barry Zack MPH and Katie Kramer MSW/MPH

Criminal justice and public health systems can work together to provide comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment inside and outside correctional facilities. Incarceration presents a window of opportunity for primary prevention, screening, treatment and establishing comprehensive, pro-active transitional linkages for persons approaching release and follow-up.

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Access to Sterile Syringes

Centers for Disease Control

These fact sheets focus on HIV prevention issues related to syringes.

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Laws, Fees and Possession Limits for States with Medical Marijuana

ProCon.org

Summary Chart and details of the 17 states and DC that have enacted laws to legalize medical marijuana

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After the Drug War: Toward a Health and Public Safety Approach

January 31, 2013

Here are the stats we will have to look back on after the drug war is over. The war on drugs is a war on families, a war on communities and a war on our constitutional rights. We need drugs policies that move away from the criminal justice system by addressing drug overdose, addiction and misuse through a health-oriented framework.

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