The Drug Policy Alliance
No more drug war!
US organization which promotes alternatives to the war on drugs, and encourages legal medical use of cannabis.
The Drug Policy Alliance is the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs, created in July 2000.
- Making marijuana legally available for medical purposes;
- Curtailing drug testing not related to detecting impairment;
- Ending asset forfeiture abuses; Restoring constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures;
- Redirecting most government drug control resources from criminal justice and interdiction to public health and education;
- Supporting public health measures, notably syringe exchange and other harm reduction programs, to reduce HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other infectious diseases;
- Supporting effective, science-based drug education and ending support for ineffective programs;
Making methadone maintenance and other effective drug treatment more accessible and available; - Removing obstacles to proper use of opioid and other medications for treatment of pain and terminal disease;
- Repealing mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenses and ending incarceration for simple drug possession;
- Ending criminal penalties for marijuana, except those involving distribution of drugs to children;
- Ending invidious discrimination against people with past drug abuse problems or offenses; and
- Ending racially discriminatory drug policies and enforcement measures.
This statement of objectives and issues should not be regarded as comprehensive, but rather as suggested components of a drug policy based not upon fear, prejudice and punitive prohibitions but rather science, compassion, public health and human rights.
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