PROMOTING HEALTH, PREVENTING HARM.

Fentanyl poses a significant overdose risk. The Drug Policy Alliance is advocating for health solutions to fentanyl to keep people safe.

The overdose crisis is a public health emergency. The Drug Policy Alliance is advocating for a public health approach to drugs that can prevent overdose deaths and save lives.

Decades of disinvestment in services have worsened addiction, mental health, and homelessness. The Drug Policy Alliance advocates for immediate connection to care and long-term investments in addiction and social services.

Long wait lists, unaffordable rates, and a shortage of providers are just some barriers to treatment. The Drug Policy Alliance is advocating for increased access to effective addiction services.

Drug criminalization increases overdose risk, drains community resources, and creates instability. The Drug Policy Alliance advocates for a public health approach prioritizing health, social support, and community well-being.

People need support, not punishment. The decision to punish drug use has affected nearly every aspect of daily life. The drug war has now spread beyond the criminal system into education, employment, housing, and more. The Drug Policy Alliance is working to end the punishment and surveillance that harm families and communities.

People have a right to know what goes in their bodies. Prohibition has created an unregulated drug supply that is unpredictable. It is driving overdose deaths. The Drug Policy Alliance is exploring legal regulation and safer supply as a legal, known alternative to the unregulated drug supply. It will replace prohibition with equity-centered policies and practices.

No one should be criminalized for marijuana use or supply. As reform efforts expand across the United States, it is important that we legalize and regulate marijuana right. The Drug Policy Alliance is leading the fight to ensure marijuana reform centers health, justice, equity, and reinvestment.