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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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Drug Policy : Search and Seizure : Legislative Documents

Santa Cruz, California's Proposed Ordinance Establishing an "Office of Compassionate Use" to Provide Medical Marijuana to Qualified Patients (11/07/2005)

Coalition Sign-On Letter Supporting the Elimination of Barriers for Katrina Victims (10/26/2005)

Coalition Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Opposing H.R. 4547 (09/22/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support of the Farr-Rohrabacher Medical Marijuana Amendment and the Flake Amendment on Travel to Cuba to the FY 2005 Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations Bill (07/06/2004)

Letter to the House Government Reform Committee on the Medical Marijuana Provisions of H.R. 2086, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2003 (05/21/2003)

Testimony of Drug Policy Litigation Project Director Graham Boyd Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on H.R. 5519, the RAVE Act (10/10/2002)

ACLU Testimony on Racial Drug Sweeps in Texas (08/15/2002)

Interested Persons Memo on Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Policy (05/21/2002)

Coalition Letter to the House Education and the Workforce Committee Regarding the Delay or Denial of Federal Financial Aid on the Basis of Any Drug Offense (05/03/2002)

Coalition Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on the Disparity of Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing (04/04/2002)

Letter to Senators Hatch and Leahy on Opposition to S. 304, the "Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001" (06/29/2001)

Texas Informant Corroboration Law (05/17/2001)
Texas passed a law, H.B. 2351, requiring corroboration of all informant testimony in order to secure a drug conviction in 2001.

Comparison of Methamphetamine and Drug Bills (01/31/2000)

Letter to the Senate Regarding the Hatch Drug Amendment to S. 625, the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999" (01/31/2000)

Letter to the Senate Regarding the Hatch Drug Amendment to S. 625, the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999" (11/08/1999)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.R. 3164, the "Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act" (11/02/1999)

Testimony of Executive Director Ira Glasser on National Drug Policy (06/16/1999)

Nadine Strossen's Congressional Testimony on Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform (06/11/1997)

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