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 : Marijuana Law Reform : Press Releases

ACLU and Supporters Issue Guide on Medical Marijuana (06/24/1999)
SEATTLE -- The American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups that support an initiative to legalize marijuana for medical use in Washington issued a guide yesterday to explain the law to patients, physicians and others, the Associated Press reported today.

ACLU Urges Congress to Reconsider Destructive Drug War Strategy (06/16/1999)
"Our 85-year experiment with criminal prohibition of drugs has not solved the problems it was meant to solve and has created other serious problems resulting from the excessive and unprincipled use of the government's police power," ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser told the House panel.

ACLU Says Author's Life Endangered by Ban on Medical Marijuana (02/18/1999)
The author, Peter McWilliams, has worsened dramatically since the government prohibited his use of the drug. "This is precisely the reason that the people of California -- like those in 5 other western states -- enacted a law legalizing the medical use of marijuana," said ACLU attorney Taylor Flynn.

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