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Feds Bring an Ounce of Sanity to Our Drug Laws with the Second Chance Act
What's the Going Price for a Joint?
Addressing Women's Incarceration: A National Survey of State Commissions and Task Forces on Women in the Criminal Justice System
"Operation Any Booking" Just Business as Usual
Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Future Prison Construction, Criminal Justice Costs, and Crime Rates
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Bibliographies
Economics of the Drug War Bibliography


Book Chapters
The End of the Epoch of Prohibition


Bookstore
Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern
Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System
Beat the Heat: How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement
Know Your Rights: Every American's Guide to Dealing with Law Enforcement
Department of Corrections
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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
Demand Prison Solutions, Not More Delays
Drug Policy Alliance 990 for Fiscal Year 2008
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Event Archives
Over the Influence: Managing Drugs and Alcohol: A Harm Reduction Approach


Fact Sheets
The Federal Prison Population: A Statistical Analysis
Treatment vs. Incarceration
What Is Harm Reduction?
Facts About Prisons & Prisoners: The Growing Corrections System


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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
Whitner vs South Carolina, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari: Opinion


Letters
Why I Support DPA, and So Should You
Letter to President Bush Calling for Halt to 'Plan Colombia' at Upcoming Summit of the Americas


Multimedias
Debate: Ethan Nadelmann and James Q. Wilson
DPA's Reena Szczepanksi: "Why I Do What I Do" [Video]
DPA's Bill Piper Issues YouTube Fans a Challenge [Video]
DPA's Stefanie Jones Shares Her Experience With the Drug Scene [Video]
DPA's Daniel Abrahamson Talks About His View Of the Drug War [Video]
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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
101-Year-Old Woman Almost Evicted from her Own Home
DPA New Mexico Urges Comprehensive Prison Reform
Save Money and Lives in Connecticut
Ira Glasser Remembers William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Newsletter Archives
Methadone eUpdate. Issue 1


Opinions
Drug Prohibition Doesn't Work
Excessive Force Used in Marijuana Arrests
Hard Road Home
A New Bottom Line for the War on Drugs
From Sing Sing to Whitney
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Pamphlets
Westchester Connections


Polls
Americans Abandon "Punishment Only" Attitudes in Effort to Reduce Crime
Multilingual Poll of California Ethnic Groups on Criminal Justice Issues
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
Some Threats to the Internet as a Neutral Forum for the Free Exchange of Ideas, Civic Involvement and Political Activism


Press Releases
New Report Released: Healing a Broken System: Veterans Battling Addiction and Incarceration
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Becomes Active Tomorrow: 1,500 Incarcerated People Eligible for Resentencing and Release, Judges Now Have Discretion
Governor Says He’ll Appeal Federal Prison Overcrowding Ruling
State Assembly Overcomes Republican Fear-Mongering, Slimly Approves Modest Prison Bill
Prison Agency Announces Youth Prison Closure, As Proposed by Community Groups
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Reports
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
Healing a Broken System: Veterans Battling Addiction and Incarceration, Drug Policy Alliance; November 2009.
Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States
1 in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008
The Vortex: The Concentrated Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Countie
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Research Briefs
Drug Prohibition & the U.S. Prison System


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
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
Policy Issues Concerning Women Offenders and Their Children


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


Unpublished Documents
New York City Misdemeanor Possession Of Marijuana (MPM) Arrests January - December, 1990 - 2004


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