At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse” to be “public enemy number one”…
Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent increase from 2019. This coincides with…
On April 8, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) spearheaded a coalition—including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the…
Young people throughout the world drive the movement to end the War on Drugs. They also remain a demographic highly…
Six Rhode Island senators introduced legislation last week that would end criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of drugs and…
In February 2021, two states decriminalized drug possession. One was much anticipated; the other seemed to come out of nowhere.…
[This article is being published in collaboration with Narcotica, a podcast about drugs and the people who use them, hosted…
Across the state of Oregon, people found by police to be in possession of small amounts of any controlled substance—from…
As President Joe Biden replaces President Trump, advocates are balancing hope with more realistic expectations about how much progress the…
The Marijuana Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 4 by…