The Network for Public Health Law and the Drug Policy Alliance's fact sheet for harm reduction organizations and individuals outlines the legal rights that apply relative to drug paraphernalia and drug possession laws, rights under the 4th and 5th Amendments, and a list of additional resources.
U.S. overdose deaths dropped ~27% in 2024 compared to the previous year. Learn about the factors behind this decrease, including health-based approaches that are currently at risk.
Most Americans support a health approach to drugs — focusing on reducing the risk of drug use and overdose, and prioritizing health services that help people recover, stay safe, and thrive.
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Rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III would boost corporate profits and could expand some research, but would maintain criminalization, harmful enforcement, and barriers to health and safety.
The federal government is gutting lifesaving health solutions to address overdose and addiction. This includes massive cuts to Medicaid, the largest funder of addiction treatment. And cuts to the CDC and SAMHSA, which have provided people nationwide with services that save lives such as naloxone, fentanyl test strips, addiction treatment, recovery supports, and so much more. And Congress could make even more cuts to these critical agencies soon. At the same time, the administration is killing people abroad. Unauthorized U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific have continued, killing a total of at least 83 people. Officials have invoked the overdose crisis to justify these deaths, yet fentanyl is not produced in Venezuela. These illegal killings mark a dangerous expansion of the drug war, where drugs are used as a pretext for reckless violence, threatening the safety of us all. Our response must be clear and collective: Urge Congress to restore lifesaving health services and stop killing people. Join us, parents who lost children to overdose, anti-war and human right advocates by taking action today.
Addiction treatment can be a life-changing support for people navigating addiction. Learn more about current treatment models, what’s working and what needs to improve.
As the overdose crisis continues to take lives in the U.S., the Trump administration is continuing massive budget cuts that will make it harder for people to get the help they need. This funding cuts tracker works to keep up-to-date information on the complicated federal cuts affecting addiction and overdose support.