American Civil Liberties Union

Drug Policy:
The ACLU Drug Law Reform Project is a division of the national ACLU. Our goal is to end punitive drug policies that cause the widespread violation of constitutional and human rights, as well as unprecedented levels of incarceration.

Drug Policy : General : Resources

ACLU Statement to the United Nations: Adopting a Human Rights-Based Global Drug Policy (07/07/2008)
The American Civil Liberties Union joins a diverse coalition of civil and human rights organizations participating in the “Beyond 2008 Forum,” an unprecedented opportunity to review the past decade of international drug policy and to shape its future course.

U.N. Report of Mission to Indonesia: Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights (03/10/2008)
A report from the United Nations Human Rights Council titled, "Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development." Page 45 of the report exposes the torture and capital punishment of Indonesian prisoners accused solely of drug crimes and the role of the U.S. in this process.

About the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project (11/28/2005)

DLRP Internship Opportunities (05/19/2005)

DLRP Past Cases (07/16/2004)

Billions of Taxpayer Dollars at Stake for Local Transit Authorities Under Istook Amendment (02/18/2004)

Statement of Steve Fox, Director of Government Relations, Marijuana Policy Project (02/18/2004)

Statement of Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, the Drug Policy Alliance (02/18/2004)

Statement of Joseph White, Executive Director, Change the Climate (02/18/2004)

Marijuana Law Reform Ad at Issue in ACLU v. Mineta (02/18/2004)
A marijuana law reform ad that the U.S. government blocked from being placed in the Washington, D.C., public transportation system. The ACLU filed a lawsuit over this censorship, and the ad eventually ran after the Department of Justice refused to take on the government's case - a near-unheard of position that speaks volumes about the government's unconstitutional stance.

Statement of Graham Boyd, Director, ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project (02/18/2004)

Profile of Samuel & Joshua Ody (12/15/2003)

Profile of Rodney Goodwin (12/15/2003)

Profile of Cedric Penn (12/15/2003)

Profile of Carl Alexander (12/15/2003)

Profile of De'Nea Dykes (12/15/2003)

Profile of Le'Quan Simpson (12/15/2003)

Profile of Nathaniel Smalls (12/15/2003)

Useful Drug Policy Links (05/19/2003)

Drug Policy as a Health Issue (02/15/2001)

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