DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE
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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE WORKED TO END THE WAR ON DRUGS AND BUILD IN ITS PLACE AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DRUGS GROUNDED IN SCIENCE, COMPASSION, HEALTH, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

REFORMING PUBLIC POLICY -DPA ADVANCES CUTTING-EDGE DRUG POLICY REFORMS IN THE JURISDICTIONS THAT PRESENT THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR VICTORY AND IMPACT, AND INCREASINGLY, IN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND CONSERVATIVE STATES WHERE REFORM MOVES MORE SLOWLY. WE CRAFT POLICY PROPOSALS, EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS, MOBILIZE OUR MEMBERSHIP AND NETWORKS, BUILD AND LEVERAGE COALITIONS, GENERATE MEDIA COVERAGE, LITIGATE WHEN NECESSARY, AND SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O- LAUNCHING A GROUNDBREAKING NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO DECRIMINALIZE THE ALL DRUGS AND CRAFTING MODEL POLICY PROPOSALS TO END ARRESTS, PROSECUTIONS, AND INCARCERATION- ADVANCING POLICING REFORMS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL AND DEFELONIZATION OF DRUG POSSESSION AT THE STATE LEVEL- BLOCKING MISGUIDED POLICY PROPOSALS SEEKING TO INCREASE PUNISHMENTS- PROMOTING MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT IN JAILS AND PRISONS- ADVANCING SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SERVICES (ALSO KNOWN AS SAFER INJECTION FACILITIES), ACCESS TO NALOXONE TO PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS, AND SYRINGE ACCESS PROGRAMS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS AND PROVIDE HELP TO PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS- ADVANCING POLICY PROPOSALS TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS IN SELECT STATES AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

BUILDING GRASSROOTS POWER AND THE REFORM MOVEMENT -DPA FUNDS AND PARTNERS WITH STATE-BASED, CONSTITUENCY-BASED, SINGLE-ISSUE, AND SMALLER NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE DISBURSE MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO 40+ ORGANIZATIONS ANNUALLY THROUGH OUR GRANTS PROGRAM AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR NETWORK OF FUNDED PARTNERS. WE ALSO FORM ALLIANCES WITH NON-DRUG POLICY GROUPS ON SPECIFIC SHARED PRIORITIES, FACILITATE REGIONAL CONNECTIONS AMONG ALLIES, ENGAGE PROMINENT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, AND CULTIVATE TARGETED CONSTITUENCIES. EVERY OTHER YEAR WE HOST THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY REFORM CONFERENCE, THE PREMIER GATHERING OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O- SUPPORTED 35 ORGANIZATIONS THOUGH OUR ADVOCACY GRANTS PROGRAM, WITH GRANTS TOTALING $750,000- SUPPORTED 20 ORGANIZATIONS THOUGH OUR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANTS PROGRAM, WITH GRANTS TOTALING $349,450- SHARED OUR EXPERTISE WITH COALITIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO DECARCERATE PRISONS AND JAILS, REFORM BAIL PRACTICES, ADVANCE AN ANTI-RACISM AGENDA, END CRIMMIGRATION PRACTICES, AND MORE

SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC -DPA SHIFTS THE NARRATIVE ON DRUGS AND PROHIBITION AND USES COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS TO ADVANCE OUR CAMPAIGNS AND THOSE OF OUR ALLIES. WE DISSEMINATE FACTS AND TELL THE STORIES OF PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED. WE GENERATE EARNED MEDIA AND ENGAGE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIRECTLY WITH ORIGINAL CONTENT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROPERTIES. WE ALSO PRODUCE ORIGINAL REPORTS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES AND PARTNER WITH SCHOLARS TO PROMOTE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, WHICH IS EVER MORE IMPORTANT IN THIS ANTI-SCIENCE POLITICAL MOMENT.HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O- GENERATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF OUR ISSUES AND CAMPAIGN AND EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS- RESPONDING IN THE PRESS TO THE MISUSE OF RESEARCH THAT UNDERMINES REFORM- DEVELOPING "SAFETY FIRST: REAL DRUG EDUCATION FOR TEENS," A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HARM REDUCTION-BASED DRUG EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE- HOSTING A CONVENING AND PRODUCING A FOLLOW-UP REPORT, "STIMULANT USE: HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS"- CONVENING OTHER ACADEMICS TO ADVANCE A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA FOR DRUG POLICY- PRODUCING A REPORT, "MUNICIPAL DRUG STRATEGY: LESSONS IN TAKING DRUG POLICY REFORM LOCAL"- PRODUCING VIDEOS ABOUT DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION IN PORTUGAL, COMBATTING STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WHO SELL DRUGS, THE IMPACTS OF 10 YEARS OF ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAW REFORM, AND MORE- PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING AN ARRAY OF FACT SHEETS, PODCASTS, AND OTHER MEDIA ABOUT DRUGS AND DRUG POLICY ISSUES

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