Drug Policy Alliance
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The nation’s leading org promoting drug policies grounded in evidence, health, equity, & human rights. #NoMoreDrugWar ED: @kassandra_fred. 501c4: @drugpolicyact
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“I’m gonna tell you that descheduling is the way to go, not rescheduling.” - Montel Williams. We agree! DPA's own Cat Packer joined the “Let’s Be Blunt with Montel” podcast to talk federal marijuana scheduling. Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=jR83oe…
Ryan Marino, MD Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP Salon As a police officer that believed the myth, owning it and I was wrong. Understanding the science, experience those that use fentanyl don’t overdose from touching it-we don’t either. I’m saddened this myth continues,possible misguided laws that will cause more harm than good.
Oregon’s Measure 110 addressed harms of criminalization by preventing thousands of drug possession arrests. Recriminalizing will simply cycle people from jail back to the street w/ no treatment & increase overdose risk. Our ED Kassandra Frederique quoted here: usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Not only is it inaccurate to say that Measure 110 failed, but we actually can say after a century of opioid prohibition in the US that drug criminalization has not worked to make anything better.' Ryan Marino, MD on OR’s Measure 110 rollback in MedPage Today: medpagetoday.com/opinion/toxico…