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Drug Policy Reform Resources

Links to Organizations that actively support and advocate drug policy reform

A Better Way Foundation

A Better Way Foundation is a Connecticut non-profit organization that is dedicated to a sensible shift in drug policy from one of incarceration to substance abuse treatment and public health.

Features: Policy
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://abwf-ct.org

 

A New Path

A New PATH strives to assure access to quality cost-effective addiction treatment services, lessen the harms associated with addictive illness, reduce recidivism, save lives and move towards a healthier society, free from discriminatory drug policies, violent crime and wasted lives."

URL: http;//www.anewpatsite.org
Last Modified: Wed 27 Mar 2013

 

Addict In The Family

Addressing the difficult period of realisation that a loved one has been using heroin, this book summarizes the current state of knowledge about heroin addiction. Dr. Byrne is a family doctor with a long experience in treating drug addicts. The book is essential reading for those coming to terms with today's number-one epidemic. It gives an optimistic outlook for certain forms of controlled drug use while also encouraging abstinence when this is an attainable goal. It also gives an insight into multiple drug abuse.

Features: Publications, Merchandise
Last-modified: Fri Jul 10 2009
URL: http://addictinthefamily.org/

 

Advocate 4 Justice

Advocate 4 Justice seeks the reinstatement of parole in Federal Prisons. As an advocate, I'm standing up and speaking out on behalf of the thousands of prisoners who have been affected by mandatory and guideline sentencing. My goals include educating the public on the racial disparity in drug sentencing policies, as well as educating the public on how to change the laws that govern imprisonment.

Features: Speakers, News
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://advocate4justice.org/

 

Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia

Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia - ADCA - is the peak, national, non-government organisation representing the interests of the Australian alcohol and other drugs sector, providing a national voice for people working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and other drugs.

Features: Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Membership, Research, Mailing List(s), News
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://www.adca.org.au/

 

AmbitiousAddict

The AmbitiousAddict encourages communication, debate and cooperation among the world's responsible drug users. It does this through forums, volunteerism and the publication of users' works.

Features: News, Commentary, Policy, Search Engine, Merchandise
Last-modified: Wed 14 Oct 2009
URL: http://www.ambitiousaddict.com/

 

American Civil Liberties Union : Drug Policy

The ACLU opposes criminal prohibition of drugs. Not only is prohibition a proven failure as a drug control strategy, but it subjects otherwise law-abiding citizens to arrest, prosecution and imprisonment for what they do in private.

Features: Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Newsletter, Forum, News
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://www.aclu.org/drugpolicy/

 

Cannabisnews.com

Our mission is to distribute accurate and unbiased news about marijuana, cannabis, and hemp.

Features: Commentary, Search Engine, Chat, Forum, News
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://www.cannabisnews.com/

 

Common Sense For Drug Policy

Common Sense for Drug Policy is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by resonating the voices of those raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies.

Features: Commentary, Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Research, Speakers, News
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://www.csdp.org/

 

Count the Costs

The Count the Costs project aims to highlight the negative impacts of the war on drugs in seven key policy areas: Development and Security; Public health; Human Rights; Stigma and Discrimination; Crime; The Environment; and Economics.

Last Modified: Wed 27 Mar 2013
URL: http://www.countthecosts.org/ 

 

Criminal Justice Policy Foundation

The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation provides information to policy makers and the public to promote innovative ideas about criminal justice issues, including sentencing, drug policy reform, and police policy.

Features: Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Audio/Video, Research, Speakers, Newsletter, News
Last-modified: Wed Dec 19 2012
URL: http://www.cjpf.org/

 

DRCNet Online Library

Online library of articles, reasearch papers, books, and essays on drugs, drug policy, prohibition, controlled substances, drug abuse, the drug war, marijuana, medical marijuna, LSD, peyote, psilocybin, ibogaine, psychedelic drugs.

Features: Commentary, Policy, Publications, Search Engine, History, Research
Last-modified: Sat Jul 15 2006
URL: http://www.druglibrary.net/

 

Drug Policy Alliance

This site features full-text articles from the academic and popular press focusing on drug policy from economic, criminal justice, and public health perspectives. We also host an ongoing seminar series.

Features: Merchandise, Membership, Audio/Video, Research, Newsletter, Mailing List(s), News, Commentary, Policy, Publications, Press Releases
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://www.drugpolicy.org/

 

Drug Truth Network

Cultural Baggage, Century Of Lies, 4:20 News

Features: Commentary, Policy, History, Speakers, Blog, Forum, News
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://www.drugtruth.net/

 

Drug War Facts

Read the drug war facts with your web browser, download selected chapters or the whole Factbook in Adobe PDF format, or have the chapters sent to your email.

Features: Search Engine
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/

 

FedCure

Advocacy on behalf of the federal inmate population is the central focus of Federal CURE, Inc. (FedCURE). Realizing that successful advocacy can only occur when society has been enlightened about federal prison reality, FedCURE seeks to create a paradigm where elected officials and American society have a clear understanding of the issues confronted by the federal inmate population. Reducing crime in our communities requires society's involvement so that the federal criminal justice system can effectively addresses escalating crime rates through the adoption of alternative sentencing options in the federal court system; facilitate transitional services during reintegration into the community; and reintroduce effective rehabilitative programming into the federal prison system thus engendering positive changes in the lives of those incarcerated within.

Features: Commentary, Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, History, Membership, Research, Speakers, Newsletter, Mailing List(s), Chat, News
Last-modified: Sat Dec 22 2012
URL: http://www.fedcure.org/

 

Flex Your Rights: Just Say No to Police Searches

Flex Your Rights is a nonprofit, educational organization working to train individuals to protect their civil liberties during police encounters. To do this we use creative and interactive teaching methods to provide a hands-on understanding of how the protections afforded by the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution can apply to real-life police encounters.

Features: Search Engine, Membership, Mailing List(s)
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://flexyourrights.org/

 

International Centre for Science in Drug Policy

The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP) is an international network of scientists, academics, and health practitioners that have come together in an effort to ensure that illicit drug policies are informed with the best available scientific evidence. The IDPC aims to promote objective and open debate on the effectiveness, direction and content of national and international drug policy and to advance constructive recommendations for policy makers that lead to the adoption of more humane and effective drug policies

Features: News, Commentary, Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Membership, Research, Speakers, Blog
Last-modified: Tue 18 Dec 2012
URL: http://www.icsdp.org/

 

Journey for Justice

We invite you to assist activists and volunteers nationwide who are building a 'from the bottom up' movement that will assist leaders and policy makers in ending drug war injustice.

Features: Newsletter, Forum, News, Policy, History, Speakers
Last-modified: Fri Jan 11 2008
URL: http://journeyforjustice.org/

 

Justice Policy Institute

The Justice Policy Institute, a project of the Tides Center, is a Washington, DC-based think-tank that is committed to reducing society’s reliance on incarceration.

Features: News, Policy
Last-modified: Mon Dec 24 2012
URL: http://www.justicepolicy.org

 

Managing Pain - A Project of Common Sense for Drug Policy

Pain management: where healthcare and drug control policies intersect.

Features: Policy, Search Engine, Research, News
Last-modified: Tue Dec 4 2012
URL: http://managingpain.org/

 

Marijuana Policy Project

The Marijuana Policy Project's purpose is to develop and promote policies to minimize the harm associated with marijuana use and minimize the harm associated with the prohibition on marijuana consumption.

Features: Search Engine, History, Membership, Newsletter, Mailing List(s), News, Commentary, Policy, Publications, Press Releases
Last-modified: Sat Dec 22 2012
URL: http://www.mpp.org/

 

Media Awareness Project, The

MAP works to ensure more balanced and accurate media coverage of drug policy issues and maintains a comprehensive archive of drug policy news and many free e-mail subscription services.

Features: Commentary, Search Engine, History, Speakers, Mailing List(s), Chat, News
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/

 

Medical Marijuana ProCon.org

Medical Marijuana Pro/Con (formerly known as MarijuanaInfo.org), is a research project of ProCon.org, a 501(c)3 pending non-profit, non-partisan private foundation, without government affiliation of any kind.

Features: Commentary, Policy, History
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://www.medicalmarijuanaprocon.org/

 

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

Since its founding in 1970, NORML has provided a voice in the public policy debate for those Americans who oppose marijuana prohibition and favor an end to the practice of arresting marijuana smokers. A nonprofit public-interest advocacy group, NORML represents the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly.

Features: Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Merchandise, Membership, Speakers, Blog, Mailing List(s), News
Last-modified: Fri Dec 28 2012
URL: http://norml.org/

 

The November Coalition

The November Coalition is a grassroots organization dedicated to educating the public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United States and the steady erosion of our civil rights and freedoms by the federal government. We are dedicated to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights and to the power of the several states. November Coalition seeks to inform the citizenry - particularly those who may be complacent - on the present and impending dangers of an overly powerful federal authority acting far beyond its constitutional constraints.

Features: Commentary, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Merchandise, Membership, Newsletter, Mailing List(s), News
Last-modified: Fri Jul 27 2012
URL: http://www.november.org/

 

RAND Drug Policy Research Center

RAND Drug Policy Research Center provides a firm, empirical foundation on which sound drug policies can be built.

Features: Newsletter, News, Policy, Publications, Search Engine, Research
Last-modified: Fri Dec 21 2012
URL: http://www.rand.org/multi/dprc/

 

The Sentencing Project

Information about crime, courts, sentencing, criminal justice policy analysis, punishment, alternatives to incarceration, jails, prisons, race, economic class, and reform. Technical assistance, training, publications available.

Features: Policy, Publications, Search Engine, Research, News
Last-modified: Fri Dec 21 2012
URL: http://www.sentencingproject.org/

 

Stop the Drug War.org

The Drug Reform Coordination Network is the central Internet resource for drug reform activism. Learn why prohibition is a failure, and what you can do to help end the disastrous Drug War.

Features: Publications, Press Releases, Membership, Blog, Newsletter, Mailing List(s)
Last-modified: Fri 28 Dec 2012
URL: http://stopthedrugwar.org/

 

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Students for Sensible Drug Policy is committed to providing education on harms caused by the War on Drugs, working to involve youth in the political process, and promoting an open, honest, and rational discussion of alternative solutions to our nation's drug problems.

Features: Press Releases, Search Engine, Merchandise, Membership, Audio/Video, Speakers, Mailing List(s), Forum, News
Last-modified: Fri Dec 21 2012
URL: http://www.ssdp.org/