New report documents the critical need to repeal 1033, which allows the federal government to equip local police with military gear. By Maritza Perez, Cyrus O’Brien and Charlotte Lawrence You’ve probably seen it by now, on B-roll if not in real life: Police and sheriff’s deputies spraying protesters with a…

On March 13th, 2020, Breonna Taylor was killed in her home by police officers during a no-knock raid. Her death prompted national attention and outrage as yet another illustrative case of racist and violent police tactics that have taken far too many Black lives, including those of Black women who…

By Grey Gardner, Senior Staff Attorney for the Drug Policy Alliance Last week, the Washington State Supreme Court threw out the state’s simple drug possession statute, finding that it violated the state and federal constitutions. Emboldened perhaps by the voter approved decriminalization measure in Oregon and progress of similar legislation…

Today marks five years since the New York Times published its front-page article proclaiming “In heroin crisis, white families seek a gentler war on drugs.” Many things have changed since then, but the drug war rages on. …

To our loving, complex, and unapologetic community: Today, I assume the role of Executive Director for the Drug Policy Alliance. It’s actually quite incredible to write those words. I never imagined when I started at DPA in 2009 that I would get to learn from incredible visionaries at DPA like…

By Sophie Dowdy, Drug Policy Alliance We are in the midst of an unprecedented moment. Over the past few weeks, people all over the country have mobilized to protest police violence in response to the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks, Carlos Ingram Lopez, and many…