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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 : Resources

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

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)

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

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

Statement of Graham Boyd, Director, ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project (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.

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

Profile of Cedric Penn (12/15/2003)

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

Profile of Nathaniel Smalls (12/15/2003)

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

Profile of Carl Alexander (12/15/2003)

Profile of Rodney Goodwin (12/15/2003)

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

Walters v. Conant: Judith Cushner - Plaintiff, Breast and Uterine Cancer Patient (10/01/2003)

Walters v. Conant: Marcus Conant, M.D. - Lead Plaintiff (10/01/2003)

Walters v. Conant: Additional Profiles (10/01/2003)

Walters v. Conant: Keith Vines - Plaintiff, AIDS Patient (10/01/2003)

DEA Must Not Be Allowed to Chill Speech or Shut Down Electronic Music Events (09/11/2003)

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