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School Uses Fake Drunk Driving Tragedy to Scare Students
Say Yes to Teen Drug Prevention
Prop. 36 Evangelist
President Bush's Drug Czar Invades Politics
Solving California's Corrections Crisis: Time is Running Out
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Bibliographies
Proposition 66: Limitation on "Three Strikes" Law
Drug Testing
After School Programs
Drug Education Bibliography
Adolescent Drug Use and Drug Education


Books
Beyond Zero Tolerance


Book Chapters
The End of the Epoch of Prohibition


Bookstore
Parents' Guide to Marijuana
One-Way Ticket
Addiction Proof Your Child
Rethinking Our War on Drugs: Candid Talk about Controversial Issues
Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics
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Cartoons
Corn Valley


Definitions
Ethan Nadelmann's Entry on Drug Prohibition in Collier's Encyclopedia


Documents
2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference: Program & Agenda
2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference: Awards Dinner Program
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
Change in California Arrest Rates for Various Offenses, 2008 Versus 1990
Fact Sheet: Taxing and Regulating Marijuana in California
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Event Archives
Over the Influence: Managing Drugs and Alcohol: A Harm Reduction Approach


Fact Sheets
Prop. 36 Has Cut Prison Costs, Populations
SB 420 and What it Means to California Medical Marijuana Patients
Treatment vs. Incarceration
What Is Harm Reduction?
Drug War Impact on Latinos in California
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Interviews
'Just Say Know’: An Advocate of Drug Law Reform Says D.A.R.E. Is A 20-year Old Failure
How to Legalize: Ethan Nadelmann


Legal
Whitner v. South Carolina, Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center
Whitner vs South Carolina, Appendix of the Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center


Letters
An Open Letter to Bill Bennett
Why I Support DPA, and So Should You
Letter to ONDCP Director John Walters
Congressman Ron Paul's (R-TX) Complaint to the General Accounting Office
California Medical Association Opinion on Syringe Prescription and Distribution
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Multimedias
DPA vs. ONDCP
El Dorado County Supes Approve Medical Marijuana ID Cards
Ottawa Press Conference in Response to the U.S. Drug Czar's Visit to Ottawa [Video]
Ethan Nadelmann Comments on Drug Czar's Visit to Ottawa at Canadian Press Conference [Video]
CBS-2 Feat. Isaac Skelton -- "Booze Clues"
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News Articles
Hero or Big Fat Idiot, Rush Limbaugh Should Not Face Prison


News Summaries
Breaking News: Obama's New Drug Czar
Sixth Annual Hepatitis C Summit
Opportunity in California's Meltdown
California Supreme Court Unanimously Limits Medical Marijuana Defense
Obama's Drug Czar?
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Newsletter Archives
Methadone eUpdate. Issue 1


Opinions
Random Student Drug Testing is Not the Answer
Drug Prohibition Doesn't Work
Are Higher Cocaine Prices a Good Thing?
Governor Schwarzenegger on Marijuana: It's Not a Drug, It's a Leaf!
Students Free Speech Rights Go Up in Smoke
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Pamphlets
Proposition 215 and You


Polls
KPBS Marijuana Survey
Attitudes of Californians toward Effective Correctional Policies
Strong Support For Implementation Of Prop. 215, The State’s Medical Marijuana Law. Californians’ Attitudes About The Drug Have Changed Over Time
Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Teens
The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs
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Position Papers
FY 2008 Federal Drug Budget: Prevention Funding Continues to Decline
Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Information Sheet
Books Not Bars: Juvenile Justice, Education and the United States


Presentations
Some Threats to the Internet as a Neutral Forum for the Free Exchange of Ideas, Civic Involvement and Political Activism
An Evaluation of Fitness-for-Duty Testing: Part I


Press Releases
Los Angeles City Council Poised to Regulate Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
California Budget Deficit Balloons, While Prisons on Schedule to Overspend by $1.4 Billion
Historic Legislative Hearing Examines Marijuana Legalization in California
Prison Rehab Spending Slashed by $280 Million, Literacy, Drug Treatment and Vocational Programs Cut
Revelations of DEA Participation in San Diego Medical Marijuana Raids Raises Questions about White House Policy toward State Law
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Reports
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
Long Term Medical Marijuana Users Seeking Medical Cannabis in California
The Impact of Heavy Cannabis Use on Young People
Connecting the Dots - ONDCP's (Reluctant) Update on Cocaine Price and Purity
California's Criminal Justice System: A Primer
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Sign On Letters
Letter to Co-Sponsors of H. R. 834 and Committee Members [Sign-On Letter]
In Defense of Freedom at a Time of Crisis
Letter of Protest to Istituzione Perdonanza Celestiniana
Letter To Congress Opposing H.R. 3179 - Bill To Expand PATRIOT Act Powers
Letter to the Government Reform Committee Urging the Addition of Provisions to HR 2086


Speeches
Remarks by John P. Walters, Director, United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, to United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Harm Reduction Prevention Policy: A Public Health Perspective on High-Risk Youth Behavior
The Battle Over How to Fight the War on Drugs


Statements
Statement of Clovis Thorn Before the Latino Health and Justice Coalition Press Conference
Appropriate Sentencing Guidelines for MDMA


Testimony
Testimony by Bill Piper on a New Bottom Line for U.S. Drug Policy
Nomination of John Walters as Director of National Drug Control Policy: Testimony of John Walters
Nomination of John Walters as Director of National Drug Control Policy: Testimony of Senator Patrick Leahy
Nomination of John Walters as Director of National Drug Control Policy: Testimony of Senator Orrin Hatch
Nomination of John Walters as Director of National Drug Control Policy: Testimony of Senator Joseph Biden
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