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Articles
Let's End Drug Prohibition
Clinton's Crack Cocaine Apology: Too Little Too Late?
Déjà Vu All Over Again? Precedents to an "Unprecedented" Cocaine Price Spike
Drug Prohibition is a "Policy of Mass Destruction" and the Consultation Document is a "Dodgy Dossier"
Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Mexican Anti-Drugs Operations
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Books
An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy
Drugs as a Social Construct


Book Chapters
Assumptions About Drugs and the Marketing of Drug Policies
The End of the Epoch of Prohibition


Book Reviews
Coke & the CIA: The real thing?


Bookstore
Drugging the Poor
After the War on Drugs: Tools for Debate
Rethinking Our War on Drugs: Candid Talk about Controversial Issues
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror
Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations
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College Courses
Drugs, People, and Society (SW 442)


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
Drug Policy Alliance 990 for Fiscal Year 2008
Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy: Teleconference with Drug Policy Alliance
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Event Archives
Moving Beyond the "War on Drugs"
Beyond Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century
Over the Influence: Managing Drugs and Alcohol: A Harm Reduction Approach


Fact Sheets
Ram Dass: Longtime Spiritual Leader, Opponent of the 'War on Drugs'
Treatment vs. Incarceration
What Is Harm Reduction?
Effectiveness of the War on Drugs


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Interviews
A Policy-Reform Advocate Criticizes the U.S. Role in the International War Against Narcotics and Suggests Some Fixes [Excerpt]
Entrevista / Dice Ethan Nadelmann, Director De Drug Policy Alliance: Hay Que Cambiar Política Antidrogas
Tougher Laws Aren't the Answer, DPA Maintains
Just Say Maybe: The Clean-Cut Look of Today's Drug-Legalization Debate
Lost Cause? An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
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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
Why I Support DPA, and So Should You
Ethan Nadelmann's Letter to Frank Sapienza, Ph.D., Chief, Drug and Chemical Evaluation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Laws: Time to Think of Alternatives
Letter to President Bush Calling for Halt to 'Plan Colombia' at Upcoming Summit of the Americas
Battle Lines in Drug War Not So Easily Drawn


Multimedias
DPA vs. ONDCP
William F. Buckley on Cigarettes, Illegal Drugs and Hypocrisy
Debate: Ethan Nadelmann and James Q. Wilson
Ethan Nadelmann and Daniel Wolfe Discuss International Drug Policy
America's War on Drugs [Audio]
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News Articles
Hero or Big Fat Idiot, Rush Limbaugh Should Not Face Prison


News Summaries
Breaking the Taboo: Latin American Leaders Release Report Calling for Global “Paradigm Shift” in Drug Policy
Breaking News: Obama's New Drug Czar
Reform in Trouble
Ira Glasser Remembers William F. Buckley, Jr.
Ethan Nadelmann Remembers Dr. John P. Morgan
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Newsletter Archives
Methadone eUpdate. Issue 1


Opinions
Drug War Makes New York Legislator Doggone Crazy
Drug War Madness: Smoke a Joint and Your Whole Family May End Up Homeless
CNN's Lou Dobbs Is Clueless When It Comes to the Drug War
Last Shot for a Bush Legacy?
Drug Prohibition Doesn't Work
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Polls
Interdiction and Incarceration Still Top Remedies: 74% Say Drug War Being Lost
Americans Assign Low Grades to the Government in Dealing with the Drug Problem
The Public and the War on Illicit Drugs
More than Half of American Public Surveyed Feel Drug War Cannot Be Won


Position Papers
Books Not Bars: Juvenile Justice, Education and the United States


Presentations
The First International Conference on Heroin Maintenance: Introductory Presentation, Ethan Nadelmann
Some Threats to the Internet as a Neutral Forum for the Free Exchange of Ideas, Civic Involvement and Political Activism
A New Approach to Substance Abuse: Reducing Harm to Substance Abusers, Families, and Taxpayers
How Effective is the Current Drug Policy
Improving the Bottom Line


Press Releases
House Judiciary Committee Eliminates Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
Congress and Obama Administration Embrace Major Drug Policy Reform
The Latin-American Commission on Drugs and Democracy (co-chaired by former presidents, Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil), César Gaviria (Colombia) and Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico)) Releases Groundbreaking Report
The Latin-American Commission on Drugs and Democracy (co-chaired by former presidents, Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil), César Gaviria (Colombia) and Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico) Releases Major Report
Mexican President Proposes Decriminalizing Small Amounts of Some Drugs, Including Marijuana and Cocaine despite U.S. Opposition
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Reports
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
Latin American Drugs I: Losing the Fight
End "Nanny State" Bans, Argues Major New Study
U.S. Assistance Has Helped Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts, but Tons of Illicit Drugs Continue to Flow into the United States
A 25-Year Quagmire: The War on Drugs and Its Impact on American Society
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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
Ethan Nadelmann Speaks in Detroit
Ethan Nadelmann Speech at the National Latino Congreso [Video]
Global War on Drugs: Part of the Edinburgh Lecture Series
Harm Refusal: Making Peace with Cocaine, and Advancing from Harm Reduction to Harm Refusal
The Battle Over How to Fight the War on Drugs


Statements
Government Censors Marijuana Reform Ads: Statement of Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, the Drug Policy Alliance
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
Testimony of Holly Catania, Drug Policy Alliance, Public Hearing On Methadone/LAAM Proposed Rule


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