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The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is a New York City–based nonprofit organization that seeks to advance policies that "reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies". [1]
Kassandra Frederique was born in 1986 () in Manhattan, New York to Haitian immigrant parents. [1] Frederique worked as the managing director of Policy Advocacy and Campaigns for the Drug Policy Alliance, and in September 2020, she became the executive director, proceeding Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno. [2]
Through the Drug Policy Alliance, the Lindesmith Library continues to distribute materials to community organizations seeking science-based information about drug use and misuse. The center was named after Alfred R. Lindesmith (1905–1991), a professor of sociology at Indiana University, who was a prolific writer on drug use and policy. [2]
Connecting drug laws to border control policy is an “old playbook," Frederique says. ... But, some of the families the Drug Policy Alliance works with have expressed frustration with “the ...
Sep. 24—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday appointed Emily Kaltenbach, who previously served as senior director of state advocacy for the Drug Policy Alliance, as secretary-designate of the ...
Kaltenbach, who will officially start her $200,000 per year job on Nov. 4, is the former director of the New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance. In that role, she advocated for drug decriminalization ...
The bill analysis, [33] indicated that opposition to the bill was registered by, among others, Daniel Siebert and the Drug Policy Alliance. The bill was defeated in Committee by a 3–2 vote. A reconsideration was granted and the second hearing was on January 15, 2008. [31] The bill wording was significantly amended on January 7, 2008.
According to data from the Drug Policy Alliance, the United States government spends $39 billion each year on the war on d***s. Cumulatively, it amounts to $1 trillion since 1971. However, recent ...