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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.


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Center on Wrongful Convictions: The Snitch System (01/01/2005)
A report by the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law documenting how informant testimony has sent innocent Americans to death row.

DLRP Past Cases (07/16/2004)

State-by-State Workplace Drug Testing Laws (04/12/2004)

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)

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)

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)

The Drug Policy Alliance and ACLU Set the Record Straight with New Publication - Drug Testing Does Not Deter Teenage Drug Use (01/21/2004)

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