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Articles
Let's End Drug Prohibition
Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Mexican Anti-Drugs Operations
Think Again: Drugs
President Bush's Drug Czar Invades Politics
Want to End the Drug War? Ditch Unreasonable Laws.
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Book Chapters
The End of the Epoch of Prohibition


Bookstore
From Pablo to Osama
Rethinking Our War on Drugs: Candid Talk about Controversial Issues
Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics
Fatal Distraction
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror
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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
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
Over the Influence: Managing Drugs and Alcohol: A Harm Reduction Approach
Perspectives on Drugs and Terrorism


Fact Sheets
The Links Between Drug Prohibition and Terrorism
Treatment vs. Incarceration
What Is Harm Reduction?
Facts on the Drug Czar's Accounting Fraud


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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
Lost Cause? An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmann, in Mérida, Urges Decentralized Approach to Reform
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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
An Open Letter to Bill Bennett
Why I Support DPA, and So Should You
Letter to ONDCP Director John Walters
Ethan Nadelmann's Letter to Frank Sapienza, Ph.D., Chief, Drug and Chemical Evaluation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration
Congressman Ron Paul's (R-TX) Complaint to the General Accounting Office
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Multimedias
DPA vs. ONDCP
Debate: Ethan Nadelmann and James Q. Wilson
Ethan Nadelmann and Daniel Wolfe Discuss International Drug Policy
America's War on Drugs [Audio]
Is The US Winning The War On Drugs? [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
Obama's Drug Czar?
Our Plan
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 Prohibition Doesn't Work
Are Higher Cocaine Prices a Good Thing?
Canada Must Not Follow the U.S. on Drug Policy
Controlling Medical Pot is Not Such an Out-of-Control Idea
The Drug War's Failures
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Polls
Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Teens


Position Papers
FY 2008 Federal Drug Budget: Prevention Funding Continues to Decline
How the Drug War in Afghanistan Undermines America’s War on Terror: Foreign Policy Briefing no. 84
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


Press Releases
Drug Czar Calls for End to ‘War on Drugs’ and Advocates Treatment over Incarceration
Thursday: Senate Judiciary to Vote on Obama’s Drug Czar Nominee
Wednesday: Senate to Hold Confirmation Hearing on Obama’s Drug Czar Nominee
Obama Nominates Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske as Drug Czar Today
Attorney General Eric Holder Says Obama Administration Will End Bush’s Policy of Arresting Medical Marijuana Patients and Providers
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Reports
Drug Policy Alliance Annual Report 2009
Connecting the Dots - ONDCP's (Reluctant) Update on Cocaine Price and Purity
Contractor’s National Evaluation Did Not Find That the Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Was Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use
FY ‘07 Drug Budget: Demand Reduction Being De-Emphasized
The Harm Reduction Approach To Drug Control: International Progress
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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
Remarks by John P. Walters, Director, United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, to United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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
How Drug Prohibition Finances and Otherwise Enables Terrorism
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
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