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America's New Drug Policy


America's New Drug Policy - The New York Times

The US focused on trying to scare people away from drugs, instituting tough criminal penalties and emphasizing law enforcement over addiction treatment.

Drug Policy - DEA.gov

This placement is based upon the substance's medical use, potential for abuse, and safety or dependence liability. More information can be found in Title 21 ...

Office of National Drug Control Policy | The White House

ONDCP leads and coordinates the nation's drug policy so that it improves the health and lives of the American people.

America's New Drug Policy Landscape | Pew Research Center

A national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that 67% of Americans say that the government should focus more on providing treatment for ...

FACT SHEET: White House Releases 2022 National Drug Control ...

The President's National Drug Control Strategy is the first-ever to champion harm reduction to meet people where they are and engage them in ...

Drug Policy Alliance - No More Drug War

The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the leading organization in the US working to end the drug war, repair its harms, and build a non-punitive, equitable, and ...

Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know ...

4 Drug Data Organization, 124-136 ; 5 Supply-Reduction Policy, 137-186 ; 6 Sanctions against Users of Illegal Drugs, 187-207 ; 7 Preventing Drug Use, 208-240.

Opioid Misuse in Rural America - USDA

Adults aged 35-44 experienced the highest rates of drug overdose deaths while young people aged 15-24 experienced the greatest percentage increase in deaths. We ...

Approaches to Decriminalizing Drug Use & Possession

22 Pew Research Center, "America's New Drug Policy Landscape," Pew Research Center,. April 2 2014. 23 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, ...

Why Has US Drug Policy Changed So Little over 30 Years?

Internationally, much less emphasis was placed on blaming Latin America for the inflow of drugs. Meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox in February 2001, ...

Drug Overdose Deaths: Facts and Figures

Latest from NIDA · Cannabis and hallucinogen use among adults remained at historic highs in 2023 · Over 115 million pills containing illicit ...

Opinion | America Has Lost the War On Drugs. What Now?

Laws are changing, too. Doctors who want to treat opioid addiction with medications like buprenorphine no longer have to secure a waiver from ...

U.S. Drug Policy: Our Strategy | The White House

Specifically, the new Strategy is guided by three facts: addiction is a disease that can be treated; people with substance use disorders can recover; and ...

Drug policy reform - Amnesty International

Governments and civil society organizations are designing new models for regulating and decriminalizing drugs in many places around the world. While some ...

The Fentanyl Crisis in America: Inaction is No Longer an Option

The influx of fentanyl is a response to market demand. More crucially, fentanyl is just the latest manifestation of what drug policy analysts call ``the iron ...

DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment - DEA.gov

DEA's top priority is reducing the supply of deadly drugs in our country and defeating the two cartels responsible for the vast majority of drug ...

The Morning: America's New Drug Policy - O'Neill Institute

The Morning: America's New Drug Policy ... The country has undergone a “decided shift” in favor of harm reduction, said Regina LaBelle, who led ...

The Buyers - A Social History Of America's Most Popular Drugs - PBS

From 1951 to 1956 stricter sentencing laws set mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related offenses. In the 1950s the beatniks appropriated the use of ...

Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs) - Drug Policy Alliance

Sixty-four percent of Americans support opening OPCs. Yet, they are not widely available across the US. There are two OPCs in New York City. One is expected ...

The U.S. has spent over a trillion dollars fighting war on drugs - CNBC

June 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the war on drugs. · Since 1971, America has spent over a trillion dollars enforcing its drug policy, ...