Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
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Table of Contents
2 Alternatives to Incarceration The work described herein includes that of the Drug Policy
6 Marijuana: Toward Responsible Regulation Alliance, a 501(c)(3)(h) organization and DPA Network,
8 Reducing Harm, Promoting Health a 501(c)(4) organization that have worked with various
12 Just Say Know: Parents and Teens 501(c)(4) affiliates, including the Center for Policy Reform,
16 Provoking Debate the Campaign for New Drug Policies and Americans for
18 Building the Movement Medical Rights.
20 Conclusion
21 Grants, Donors, Board and Financials
Letter from the President
and Executive Director
If we win, the new law will provide a national model for a We know that ours is destined to be a multi-generational
public health approach to substance abuse and addiction. struggle, just like most other movements that advance
But California isn’t the only place where reforms are afoot. individual freedom and social justice. But we feel more
As you’ll see, we’ve been busy in Congress and in our other energized and optimistic right now than we have in years.
target states – Alabama, Connecticut, New Jersey, New As we move into a new phase of our work, one that builds
Mexico and New York – and in the District of Columbia. on many of our major state and federal wins, we take pride
in the fact that DPA is a stronger organization now than at
New additions to our U.S. Honorary Board also reflect this any time in our history.
trend of sane and sensible drug policies entering the political
mainstream. One of our newest members, George P. Shultz, We hope you enjoy learning about our work over the last
served as both U.S. secretary of state and secretary of the year; please don’t hesitate to call or email our staff to discuss
treasury in two Republican administrations. He’s now been any of the report’s contents.
joined by Russell Simmons, the hip hop impresario, who
played an important role in advancing Rockefeller Drug Law Many thanks for your continued support.
reform efforts a few years ago.
Prison and Sentencing Reform in California treatment and rehabilitation, and lock in funding every year.
The measure would also save more than $2.5 billion by
California has emerged as the central battleground in the rendering future prison construction unnecessary. Should it
fight to replace the ineffective over-reliance on incarceration, become law, Prop. 5 would essentially supersede Prop. 36,
probation and other punitive sanctions with policies of expanding access to effective rehabilitation services to tens of
compassion, treatment and harm reduction for nonviolent, thousands more nonviolent offenders and saving billions in
drug- and addiction-related offenses. The state faces one of taxpayer dollars through reduced demand for prisons and
the nation’s most severe prison-overcrowding crises. At lower recidivism.
175 percent of capacity, this $10-billion-a-year system is
largely fueled by excessive incarceration of nonviolent Prop. 5 also includes a number of other important provisions.
offenders, including many convicted of low-level drug law It reduces to an infraction – equivalent to a traffic ticket –
violations. Acute overcrowding is exacerbated by the failure to the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana,
provide meaningful programs to reduce recidivism, including effectively eliminating the 40,000 marijuana arrests California
addiction treatment and other rehabilitation services. police make each year. To help young people struggling with
substance abuse, Prop. 5 dedicates about $65 million per year
Since 2001, California’s landmark treatment-instead-of- to build a system of treatment – where none now exists – for
incarceration law, Proposition 36, has been addressing this at-risk youth. Prop. 5 also dramatically expands rehabilitation
crisis. DPA and our allies drafted and championed the measure, services for people in prison and on parole and provides for
approved by a resounding majority of voters. According to community-based sanctions, rather than prison time, for
research by the University of California, Los Angeles, Prop. nonviolent offenders who commit minor parole violations.
36 saves $2.50 to $4 for every dollar invested. Since going into These programs are proven to reduce crime and recidivism,
effect, this statewide system of alternatives to incarceration and their cost will be more than offset by reductions in prison
has graduated 84,000 people and saved taxpayers almost and parole expenditures.
$2 billion. In spite of Prop. 36’s overwhelming successes, DPA
has consistently needed to defend the program’s $120 million
annual budget against proposed cuts. DPA and our fellow
advocates fought back hard against this year’s cuts and won a
major victory, convincing California’s legislature to maintain “Providing treatment,
current funding levels for this important treatment program. rather than conventional
But in the end, despite our hard lobbying efforts, Sacramento sentencing to jail or prison,
slashed this important program by $12 million in 2008. This
not only improves the lives
steep budget cut means that the state will spend an even
greater amount of money on incarcerating those who merit of individuals and their
treatment rather than prison. loved ones, it also saves
taxpayers vast sums.”
Prompted in part by the persistent challenges of defending
Prop. 36 against funding cuts and other attacks, DPA intro- Margaret Dooley-Sammuli
duced a new sentencing reform initiative, unprecedented in
Deputy State Director,
scope and magnitude, for California’s November 2008 ballot.
If passed as expected, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Southern California
Act (Proposition 5) will become a national model for reforming
unjust and unnecessary incarceration policies. Within just a USA Today
few years, the measure will transform California’s costly January 3, 2008
and dysfunctional prison system, significantly reducing the
nonviolent prison population while protecting public safety.
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Alternatives to Incarceration
Jasmine Tyler
Deputy Director, National Affairs
The Economist
January 11, 2008
Exposing Incarceration’s Hidden Costs in member of the Assembly Budget Committee, participated in
the report’s release event and press conference, which also
Connecticut and New Jersey launched DPA New Jersey’s new sentencing reform campaign.
Two DPA reports, published this year, examined how incar- Cryan praised the report, calling it, “a blueprint of economic
ceration is an ineffective and costly waste of public resources and moral balance.” Media coverage was extensive and
that perpetuates the cycles of abuse, addiction and crime. generated numerous editorials calling for the end to
In April 2008, DPA commissioned a hard-hitting report, mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offences.
Diversion Works, from Justice Strategies. With nearly
20,000 people behind bars, Connecticut’s prison population
has never been higher. It increasingly includes people with
addiction and mental illness problems that would be better “The state of New Jersey is
handled in alternative, community settings. The report details
wasting, literally, billions.
how Connecticut can downsize prisons, improve public safety
and save money with a comprehensive mental-health and It is all money that would
substance-abuse approach to drug-related crime. Connecticut have gone into the larger
media covered the report extensively and favorably. New Jersey economy.”
New Jersey leads the nation in the proportion of its prisoners Roseanne Scotti
sentenced for nonviolent drug offenses. DPA New Jersey
State Director, New Jersey
Director Roseanne Scotti co-authored a report entitled,
Wasting Money, Wasting Lives. Released in May 2008,
the report tallies the price tag for New Jersey’s overuse of Asbury Park Press
incarceration: hundreds of millions of dollars in direct May 29, 2008
costs plus hidden costs, including lower lifetime wages, tax
revenues and child support. Newark Mayor Cory Booker and
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, deputy majority leader and a
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Last year, DPA was at the center of a successful
campaign that made New Mexico the twelfth
state to enact medical marijuana legislation.
Today, hundreds of thousands of people
suffering from serious and debilitating condi-
tions are no longer criminals under state law.
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Marijuana:
Toward Responsible Regulation
Our work in New Mexico entered an important new phase Nearly 40,000 violent drug raids take place each year in the
this year as the state’s medical marijuana law took effect on United States, according to a Cato Institute report, Overkill:
July 1, 2007, prompting a political struggle over implementa- The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America. Many lives
tion. The landmark Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act is are lost, and many more are ruined, by these paramilitary
the first law in the nation to require a state production and operations – all in the name of the war on drugs. These
distribution system. DPA advocated strongly for a system that SWAT-style raids undermine state laws and further militarize
would provide a safe and secure supply for patients. During a law enforcement.
series of public hearings convened by the Department of
Health we gave voice to the concerns of patients, experts and In response to ongoing federal raids on medical cannabis
other allies regarding the need for a patient-centered program. dispensaries and growers in California and other states, DPA
stepped up our efforts to advance common-sense cannabis
Redoubling Our Efforts in Connecticut policy in the halls of Congress. DPA fought back against
these wasteful federal raids with the Hinchey-Rohrabacher-
In Connecticut, this year’s top priority was securing legal Farr-Paul amendment. The law would have prohibited the
access to medical marijuana, and we came extraordinarily use of federal tax dollars to pay for Drug Enforcement
close to realizing that goal. Together with the local drug Administration raids on patients and caregivers in states with
policy reform organization and DPA Advocacy Grants medical marijuana laws. Though our legislation ultimately
awardee, A Better Way, we assembled a remarkable coalition failed, we identified new allies on both sides of the aisle and
of patients, doctors and racial justice groups in support of laid a foundation for our future efforts to get this important
medical marijuana legislation. This coalition won strong bill passed. We are confident next year’s Congress will present
support in both the Connecticut House and a more favorable climate for legislation that brings a needed
Senate and the legislation passed by a measure of compassion to our federal marijuana laws.
better than 60/40 margin in both
bodies. But, in spite of a concerted
effort that included letters and “[The Connecticut Governor’s veto] guarantees
calls from national public
the continued criminalization of people who are
health leaders, Governor
trying to relieve pain and suffering.”
M. Jodi Rell vetoed the bill.
DPA is determining whether
the governor will sign a slightly gabriel sayegh
revised bill next year while Director, State Organizing and Policy Project
working to solidify both our
coalition and lawmaker sup-
The New York Times
port for broader drug policy
June 20, 2007
reform in the coming years.
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DPA made significant progress on our harm
reduction agenda this year. We helped get
the ban lifted on D.C. syringe access funding
and forged new relationships with the
recovery community. In New Jersey, we
spearheaded implementation of sterile
syringe pilot programs, and we helped
expand sterile syringe access programs
and pharmacy sales in California. DPA
also issued a national report on the
methamphetamine problem, and worked
with big-city mayors to reformulate drug
policies from a public health perspective.
Reducing Harm,
Promoting Health
Public Health Prevails in Washington, D.C. DPA’s work with Congress resulted in the lifting in June 2007
of the decade-old D.C. ban. In the wake of that important
In Washington, D.C., injecting drugs is the leading means of victory, we coordinated with local political leaders, community
HIV/AIDS transmission among women and the second-leading activists and service providers on renewed efforts to stem the
means among men. Overwhelming scientific evidence indicates District’s HIV/AIDS crisis. Elimination of the ban clears the
that sterile syringe programs – syringe exchange, pharmacy way for the District to infuse a planned $1 million into local
sales and physician prescription – decrease needle sharing syringe exchange efforts. DPA was proud to be a part of this
without increasing drug use and are highly effective in campaign, and our success was punctuated by a powerful
reducing transmission of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. These DPA-authored op-ed on the topic in the Washington Post. A
programs also increase the safe disposal of used syringes, similar Congressional ban that prohibits states from spending
significantly reduce the incidence of needle-stick injuries to federal HIV/AIDS-prevention funds on syringe exchange
police officers, and connect people who use drugs to treatment, programs is responsible for tens of thousands of wholly
detoxification, primary health care and other services. preventable deaths, and DPA is now turning its attention to
the repeal of this national ban.
Notwithstanding the scientific consensus, in 1998 the
Republican-led Congress imposed a ban on syringe exchange In addition, DPA co-founded the D.C. Recovery Community
funding in Washington, D.C., making it the only jurisdiction Alliance, a new coalition launched at a public meeting held
in the nation prohibited from investing – even local, non- with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty which drew more than
federal dollars – in this proven HIV/AIDS-prevention strategy. 200 attendees. The Alliance also co-sponsored the District’s
The District of Columbia has a particularly acute need for first-ever commemoration in September of National Recovery
advocacy related to treatment and recovery issues. According Month, an initiative of the federal Substance Abuse and
to the D.C. Department of Health, lost productivity and Mental Health Services Administration. The event brought
social services associated with substance abuse cost D.C. together people in recovery, treatment providers, law
$1.2 billion annually. Only 14 percent of the 60,000 people enforcement agencies and policy advocates. These events
in the city needing drug treatment currently have access to helped solidify DPA’s strong ties to the recovery advocacy
services. Funding for the city’s Addiction Prevention and community in the region, a partnership we intend to pursue
Recovery Administration has remained flat since the 1980s in the coming year.
while D.C.’s jail and re-entry services continue to be log-
jammed with people addicted to drugs and other low-level,
nonviolent drug law offenders.
Naomi Long
Director, D.C. Metro Area
and
Bill Piper
Director, National Affairs
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Reducing Harm,
Promoting Health
New Jersey has the fifth highest rate of HIV among adults, DPA’s work in California is making tremendous strides on
the third highest rate of HIV among children, and the highest deregulating and expanding effective syringe-availability
estimated proportion of women living with AIDS in the programs. Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed into
country. Injection drug use is the main cause of these infections: law DPA’s bill authorizing local governments to use state
nationally, injection drug use accounts for 25 percent of HIV-prevention funds to purchase sterile syringes. In addition
infections but in New Jersey it accounts for 44 percent of to serving as an important link to drug treatment and medical
infections. In late 2006, DPA successfully won passage of care for people who use injection drugs, this law will save
lifesaving, sterile syringe access legislation in New Jersey – the lives and money and ensure appropriate local control and
last state to provide no access whatsoever to sterile syringes oversight of HIV-prevention funds.
to prevent the spread of blood-borne diseases, either through
syringe access programs or pharmacy sales. The new law, Since its creation by statewide legislation in 2004, counties
championed by DPA, authorizes three-year pilot syringe throughout California have also implemented a critical
exchange programs in up to six cities. The approved cities state harm-prevention initiative, the Disease Prevention
began operations this year. Demonstration Project (DPDP), which allows adults to
purchase up to 10 syringes without a prescription from a
Having taken the lead in promoting sterile syringe access participating pharmacy. Los Angeles County, where an
legislation, we are now helping New Jersey ensure effective estimated 135,000 people are infected with hepatitis C,
implementation of the law. We created operations and became the latest to initiate a DPDP. With support from the
procedures manuals, arranged trainings and provided an California Endowment, DPA helped enroll approximately
array of technical support for four cities: Newark, Paterson, 300 L.A. County pharmacies, including all Longs, Rite Aid
Camden and Atlantic City. We also convened the first-ever and Walgreens drugstores, in this effort. As the DPDP nears
statewide gathering of New Jersey syringe access programs, its review and reauthorization in 2010, DPA will keep working
an event that provided program staff and state and local hard to generate the community support and advocacy
health officials with an opportunity to receive harm reduction that are essential to promoting this lifesaving program and
training and to network with each other and out-of-state ensuring its effective implementation.
experts.
These developments are a major step forward for New Jersey. Proposing a New National Policy for
In addition to our work on syringe exchange pilot programs, Methamphetamine
DPA will continue to provide input on the state’s mobile
methadone and buprenorphine (Suboxone) treatment Similar to the widespread anxiety about the rise in and dangers
programs. Mobile medication units circumvent onerous of crack cocaine use in the 1980s and ‘90s, methamphetamine
regulations and not-in-my-back-yard politics to make an is a source of growing concern for many communities. DPA’s
effective treatment – opioid substitution – more readily new national report on methamphetamine policy, A Four-
available to those who might benefit. This important Pillars Approach to Methamphetamine: Policies for Effective
treatment option became available in Paterson in May 2008 Drug Prevention, Treatment, Policing and Harm Reduction,
and is gearing up to launch in three more cities. released in March 2008, advances a strategy that embodies
the best principles of harm reduction applied to this specific
area of drug misuse and enforcement. The report evaluates
current state and federal methamphetamine policies,
recommends major reforms and is the first in the U.S. to lay
out a “four pillars” approach – the Swiss national model –
to addressing methamphetamine abuse. Already in use in
countries including Australia, Canada and Germany, this
approach has resulted in dramatic reductions in street drug
use, overdose deaths and HIV/AIDS and hepatitis infection
rates. The DPA report was featured at a well-attended forum
for congressional staffers and received coverage by major
newspapers in California, New Mexico and Utah.
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Protecting the Rights of Pregnant and Charting a New National Course
Parenting Women on Drug Policy
In 2008, DPA’s Office of Legal Affairs joined with National Mayors – particularly those of large cities – are taking the
Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) to defend pregnant lead on drug policy reform in an effort to improve the lives
and parenting women from criminal charges related to of citizens. At its 75th Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles
drugs and drug addiction. With our support, NAPW litigated in June 2007, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM)
on behalf of Regina McKnight, a South Carolina woman approved the “New Bottom Line” resolution, which was
convicted of homicide in 2001 because her baby was stillborn drafted by DPA and sponsored by Rocky Anderson, former
and she had used cocaine during her pregnancy. mayor of Salt Lake City and DPA Honorary Board member.
In adopting this resolution, the mayors recognize that addiction
Friend-of-the-court briefs filed by DPA with the South is a chronic, treatable medical disorder and are advocating a
Carolina Supreme Court helped debunk the junk science used policy change in dealing with drug-related crime from a
to convict Ms. McKnight. Unlike Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and criminal-justice to a public health approach, informed by
toxic prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke, which are proven harm reduction principles.
conditions known to harm fetal health, scientific evidence has
not demonstrated a substantial link between cocaine exposure Specifically, the resolution calls for greater access to drug
and prenatal toxicity. The court ruled in Ms. McKnight’s treatment on demand such as methadone and other
favor and ordered her release from prison, garnering national maintenance therapies; eliminating the federal ban on funding
news coverage and invigorating the discussion about how for sterile syringe access programs; establishing local overdose
best to address drug use among pregnant women. prevention policies; and directing a greater percentage of
drug-war funding toward evaluating the efficacy and
accountability of current programs. Adopted resolutions
become the official policy of USCM, which boasts more than
a thousand mayors of cities with populations of 30,000 or
greater and promotes best practices on the most pressing
priorities of our nation’s cities.
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Despite alarmist prevention programs
and zero-tolerance policies, teen use of
alcohol and other drugs remains prevalent.
Increasingly, the country is taking notice
of DPA’s youth policy work, which
promotes drug education that moves
beyond fear-based messages to focus
instead on facts and open dialogue.
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Just Say Know:
Parents and Teens
Reena Szczepanski
State Director, New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal
October 31, 2007
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Just Say Know:
Parents and Teens
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Year after year, DPA marshals the mainstream
press to spread the word and broaden the
debate on common sense drug policy. Our
media relations team generates more than a
thousand stories every year in the U.S. and
international press.
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Provoking Debate
Reaching Millions through Media known for its conservative perspective, aired a surprisingly
sympathetic report, and John McLaughlin recommended the
DPA reaches millions in the U.S. and worldwide through article on his influential talk show, “The McLaughlin Group.”
quotes in major articles, cover stories, op-eds, letters to the Nadelmann also gave numerous radio interviews, including
editor and appearances on local and national television news to National Public Radio. As part of this media blitz, DPA
programs. DPA’s website, www.drugpolicy.org, features the distributed thousands of copies of the article to legislators,
latest drug policy news, an action center that enables members columnists and other shapers of public opinion with cover
to contact government officials, and activist discussion forums. notes from some of our most distinguished allies.
DPA also publishes a monthly e-newsletter and electronic
action and advocacy alerts on important drug policy issues. Three of the six letters DPA had published in the Wall Street
Our New York-based Lindesmith Library contains more than Journal this year were on the topic of drug-related violence in
10,000 books, reports, government documents, periodicals, Mexico, which claimed more than a thousand lives last year.
videos and articles on drugs and drug policy. The San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times ran
a piece by Nadelmann in which he offered a reality-check on
Sparking International Debate the likelihood of Mexico turning a corner in its fight against
the drug trade. Shortly thereafter, the Los Angeles Times
This year, a cover story penned by Executive Director Ethan editorial board sat down with Nadelmann and subsequently
Nadelmann was published in the September-October 2007 published on their website a lengthy synopsis of their
issue of Foreign Policy, a highly influential magazine on conversation on the drug war, the collateral damage in the
international affairs, published in many languages that U.S. stemming from drug prohibition and what should be
commands a global readership. The piece challenge the notion done about it.
that the global drug war can be won. The mainstream North
American media took notice. The article was subsequently
republished in the Chicago Sun-Times and the National Post,
one of Canada’s top national dailies. Even FOX News,
Tony Newman
Director, Media Relations
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This year, DPA launched its presence
on Facebook and accessed a variety of
other new media to bring our message
to younger audiences. We increased
our base of foundation support, and
our biennial international drug policy
conference was the largest and most
inclusive gathering of reformers we’ve
ever assembled.
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Building the Movement
In December, we brought together our strongest, most diverse This year, DPA reached out to new audiences in a number
coalition of people and issues ever for the 2007 International of ways. Nearly 26,000 donors contributed financially to
Drug Policy Reform Conference. Representing almost DPA this year in response to our direct mail campaign.
20 countries and the full spectrum of our movement, nearly A highly successful appeal from Walter Cronkite succeeded
1,100 activists, researchers, service providers, government in attracting more than 7,000 new dues-paying members.
officials and others assembled for the single best crash course
available on drug policy. Targeted electronic action alerts resulted in significant
in-kind contributions made online. More than 57,000
Attendees heard from “U.N. Drug Czar” Dr. Antonio Maria advocacy messages went out from nearly 15,000 of our
Costa who described the modest progress his office has made supporters to elected officials and other decision makers on
toward acceptance of harm-reduction principles and later behalf of a variety of urgent drug policy reform campaigns.
debated an international panel of some of his most prominent And our issue reached millions of new, mostly younger
critics. We also heard from Libby Davies, a Canadian Member viewers across the United States when Ethan Nadelmann
of Parliament from Vancouver and outspoken critic of the made his second guest appearance on Comedy Central’s
drug war, who was there to receive the Justice Gerald Le Dain (fake) right-wing, news show, “The Colbert Report.” The
Award for Achievement in the Field of Law. In all, eight interview can be seen at www.drugpolicy.org/colbert.
awards were presented in recognition of major achievements
in a variety of drug policy reform issue areas. Since we launched DPA as a Facebook cause, more than
1,500 people have connected with us there. Our own
Our next gathering will take place November 11-14, 2009 in website, www.drugpolicy.org, boasts an average of more
Albuquerque, New Mexico. For information contact Event than 100,000 new visitors each month who visit for
Manager Stefanie Jones at 212.613.8020 or via email at easy-to-find information, news, opinion and drug policy
sjones@drugpolicy.org. resources. This year, we launched a new section highlighting
the work of the Lindesmith Library featuring new
acquisitions and recent trends in drug policy research.
Clovis Thorn
Managing Director, Development
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Building the Movement Conclusion
Engaging Young Professionals The ground has never been more fertile for a change to our
nation’s failed drug policies. The folly and waste of the drug
In May, DPA reached out to young professionals with an war becomes apparent to ever more lawmakers and citizens
unprecedented gathering, “Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow each day. We are seeing a broader questioning of America’s
Fonder,” that combined art, activism and absinthe – the only gulag drug policy that fills our prisons and jails and empties
alcohol to be banned in many Western nations in the last our coffers, that severely punishes the use of certain drugs but
century. This event at Gallery 151 in New York drew more tolerates, regulates, taxes and even subsidizes others.
than 500 attendees who came to network and taste the
donated Le Tourment Vert absinthe. The event was timed to Yet even as minds and eyes are opening, the assault on
correspond with the re-introduction of absinthe to the U.S. American citizens continues. In 2008, more than 800,000
Obvious to all were the parallels between absinthe – once a marijuana arrests were made, nearly 90 percent of those for
target of official hysteria – and other drug prohibitions simple possession. Nationwide, almost a half million people
rooted in baseless fear. are currently incarcerated for drug law violations. This is
why DPA’s work is so vitally important: to expose the
daily injustices of this destructive war on our families and
Foundation Support Increasing communities; to pursue justice in the courts, in state capitols
and in the halls of Congress; and to renew hope inside state
Foundations account for an increasing proportion of
and federal prisons, on neighborhood streets, and in our
DPA’s revenue. Most often, grants are dedicated to specific
schools and houses of worship.
state efforts, from expanding syringe access in New Jersey
to advancing sentencing reform in California. This year,
DPA is committed to a more just and humane future, and
21 local and national funders supported our work:
we will not stop until our society and state houses embrace
• Alliance Healthcare Foundation
a fundamentally different way of dealing with drugs and the
• Angelica Foundation
people who buy, sell, make and use them. We’ve never been
• Cafritz Foundation
more hopeful – and we hope you’ll join us in this historic
• California Endowment
struggle for reason, compassion and justice!
• Consumer Health Foundation
• Educational Foundation of America
• Herb Block Foundation
• Hugh M. Hefner Foundation
• JEHT Foundation
• Krieger Fund
• Levinson Foundation
• Libra Foundation
• Livingry Fund
• MAC AIDS Fund
• McGraw Foundation
• Meyer Foundation
• Open Society Institute
• OSI-Latin America
• Rockefeller Family Fund
• Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust
• Syringe Access Fund
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2007-2008 Advocacy Grants
The Drug Policy Alliance Advocacy Grants Program seeks to Less than $20,000
promote policy change and advance drug policy reform at the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi
local, state and national levels by strategically funding smaller, Borderwalk Productions (NC)
geographically limited or single-issue organizations and Direct Action for Rights and Equality (RI)
projects. Endowed annually at a level of $1.4 million, the DRCNet Foundation, Inc.
Advocacy Grants Program works to raise awareness and Drug Policy Education Group, Inc. (AR)
promote change through two vehicles: the Promoting Policy Drug Policy Forum of Kansas, Inc.
Change Program and the Rapid Response Program. Flex Your Rights Foundation
Harm Reduction Coalition - New Jersey
Promoting Policy Change In Arms Reach, Inc. (NY)
Institute for Policy Studies, Drug Policy Project
$150,000 Justice Policy Institute
Harm Reduction Coalition Los Angeles Overdose Prevention Task Force
Mothers of the New York Disappeared Project
$50,000 New Mexico Women’s Justice Project, Inc.
A Better Way Foundation (CT) NYC AIDS Housing Network
DrugSense Public Policy and Education Fund (NY)
Harm Reduction Project
National Advocates for Pregnant Women Rapid Response
North American Syringe Exchange Network
Students for Sensible Drug Policy Foundation $50,000
2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference scholarship
$20,000 to $49,999
A New Path (CA) $20,000 to $49,999
Alabamians for Compassionate Care / Alabama Court Watch Center for Working Families (NY)
Benedict Center (WI) Critical Resistance
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition New England Policy Advocate Foundation (MA)
Council for Court Excellence
Drug Policy Forum of Hawai`i, Inc. $10,000 to $19,999
Institute for Metropolitan Affairs, Roosevelt University (IL) California NORML
Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative California Society of Addiction Medicine
Justice Strategies Insite (Canada)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition JusticeWorks Community / Seven Neighborhood Action
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (CA) Partnership (NY)
Prison Families Community Forum (NY)
Prison Moratorium Project (NY) Less than $10,000
Rhode Island Family Life Center Harm Reduction Coalition
Safe Streets / Strong Communities (LA) Institute for Metropolitan Affairs, Roosevelt University (IL)
The Defender Association Tenderloin Health (CA)
The Ordinary People Society (AL) Vancouver Island Compassion Society (Canada)
UpFront (CA)
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers, Inc.
Organizations are national unless otherwise indicated.
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Honorary Board of Directors
Rocky Anderson Mayor Salt Lake City, Utah (2000-2008). Penny Harrington Chief of Police, Portland, Oregon
(1985-86); Founding Director, National
Harry Belafonte Singer, actor and activist. Center for Women and Policing, a
division of the Feminist Majority
Frank C. Carlucci III U.S. Secretary of Defense (1987-1989); Foundation (1995-present).
Chairman emeritus, Carlyle Group;
Deputy Director, CIA (1978-81). Calvin Hill Record-breaking NFL running back for
the Dallas Cowboys (1969-74), the
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. U.S. Congressman, Michigan (1964- Washington Redskins (1976-77), and
present); Chairman, House Committee the Cleveland Browns (1978-81).
on Government Operations (1989-94);
Dean and a founding member, Arianna Huffington Nationally syndicated columnist and
Congressional Black Caucus; Chairman, author; Founder of the Huffington Post
Judiciary Committee (2007-present). (www.huffpost.com).
Walter Cronkite CBS Evening News anchor (1962-1981) Gary Johnson Governor, New Mexico (1995-2003).
known as “The most trusted man in
America.” Judge John Kane U.S. Senior District Judge, Denver,
Colorado (1977-present).
Ram Dass Beloved spiritual teacher; Founder,
Hanuman Foundation, which developed Nicholas deB. U.S. Attorney General (1965-66);
the Prison Ashram Project to help Katzenbach Under-Secretary of State, (1966-69).
inmates grow spiritually, and the
Living/Dying Project, a spiritual and Joseph McNamara, Police Chief, Kansas City, Missouri
educational support for terminally ill PhD (1973-76) and San Jose, California
people and their care givers. (1976-91); Research Fellow, Hoover
Institute (1991-present).
Vincent Dole, MD Winner of the Lasker Award (1988)
In Memoriam: “for postulating the physiological Patrick V. Murphy Police Commissioner, New York City
1913-2006 basis of narcotic addition and for (1970-73); Police Chief, Syracuse,
developing methadone treatment for Washington, D.C., Detroit; President,
heroin addiction.” Police Foundation (1973-85); Director,
Police Policy Board at the U.S.
Joycelyn Elders, MD U.S. Surgeon General (1993-94). Conference of Mayors (1985-2006).
Judge Nancy Gertner U.S. District Court Judge, Boston, Beny Primm, MD President and founder, The Addiction,
Massachusetts. Research and Treatment Corporation,
Brooklyn, NY (1969-present);
Director, Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (1989-1993);
U.S. representative on issues of drug
addiction and AIDS, World Health
Organization.
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Board of Directors
Pamela Lichty
President, Drug Policy Forum of Hawai`i
Robert Newman, MD
Director, Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency
Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center
George Soros
Chairman, Soros Fund Management
John Vasconcellos
Former California State Senator
Co-Founder, The Politics of Trust
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DPA Staff
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Financial Statements
Drug Policy Alliance, a 501(c)(3)(h) Nonprofit DPA Network, a 501(c)(4) Lobbying Organization
DPA Statement of Financial Position FY2008 DPA Network Statement of Financial Position FY2008
ASSETS ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,385,147 Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,948,394
Investments $ 384,000 Promissory note receivable $ 400,000
Grants receivable $ 17,421 Accounts receivable $ 61,954
Accounts receivable $ 78,191 Prepaid expenses $ 2,658
Prepaid expenses $ 55,760 Total Assets $ 2,413,006
Property, equipment and leasehold
improvements, net $ 224,750 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Deposits $ 85,715 Liabilities
Total Assets $ 5,230,984 Accounts payable & accrued expenses $ 129,223
Support Services
Management $ 1,357,938
Fundraising $ 1,453,942
Total Expenses $ 9,910,139
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ 2,578,995 * At the end of the FY2008, $3,000,000 in temporary
Net Assets, beginning of year $ 2,399,110 restricted income was deferred toward the following
Net Assets, end of year $ 4,978,105 fiscal year’s program and administrative expenses.
California
DPA Office of Legal Affairs
Berkeley, CA
legalaffairs@drugpolicy.org
District of Columbia
DPA Office of National Affairs
Washington, D.C.
dc@drugpolicy.org
New Jersey
DPA New Jersey
Trenton, NJ
nj@drugpolicy.org
New Mexico
DPA New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM
nm@drugpolicy.org
New York
Drug Policy Alliance Headquarters
70 West 36th Street
16th floor
New York, NY 10018
212.613.8020 voice
212.613.8021 fax
nyc@drugpolicy.org
www.drugpolicy.org