Governor Defies Scientific Consensus and Embraces Outdated Drug War Ideology to Justify Killing Life-Saving Bill CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2018 Contacts: Tony Newman and Laura Thomas Late last night California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 186 READ MORE
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2018 By: Suchitra Rajagopalan According to the FBI’s latest Uniform Crime Report, released today, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made 1.63 million arrests for drug law violations in 2017, a 3.83% READ MORE
SITSA Would Have Given Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Broad Powers to Ban Any Drug They Want and Enact Draconian New Criminal Penalties; Bill Passed the House, But Its Exclusion is a Victory for Health-Based Approaches READ MORE
“President Trump is the last person who should be defining the global debate on drug policy,” says one expert. “Trump has shown complete disdain for human rights and international law.” NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2018 By: READ MORE
Broad Coalition from Across Political Spectrum Agrees that Government Abuse of Asset Forfeiture Must End; Across Country Police Seize and Forfeit Property from Mostly Low-Income People NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2018 Contacts: Tony Newman and Theshia READ MORE
Attempts to Thwart Growing Momentum and Support for Sensible Marijuana Laws and Life-Saving Overdose Prevention Strategies Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 31, 2018 Contacts: Tony Newman and Anthony Papa The Trump Administration is ramping up the war on READ MORE
California Passes Groundbreaking Supervised Consumption Sites Legislation, Heads to Governor for Signature Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2018 By: Tony Newman and Anthony Papa The Trump Administration’s Justice Department ignored a mountain of evidence and came out strong READ MORE
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2018 By: Jag Davies Drug decriminalization has rapidly emerged as a mainstream political issue in Canada and several other countries, but few U.S. policymakers have embraced it so far. That could change soon. READ MORE
Before blaming migrants for their plight, we must look at how the drug war creates violence and displacement CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2018 By: Eunisses Hernandez and Norma Palacios Last month, Marco Antonio Munoz, a 39-year-old Honduran READ MORE
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 By: Anthony Papa, opinion contributor Like so many Americans, I’ve watched in horror as immigrant children have been separated from their parents due to the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy of READ MORE
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