“The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation’s guardian of liberty, working daily in
courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties
guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”
American Civil Liberties Union Of New Mexico
“Protecting the rights of New Mexicans through leadership, education, mediation, lobbying,
litigation, effective community coalition building, and efficient administration. We are
open to using any legal peaceable means to transform the promises of the Bill of Rights
into daily reality for all New Mexicans.”
Americans Against the War on Drugs
“It is our mission to educate not only the general population but business people, public servants
and political aspirants at all levels regarding the reasons the national and local War on Drugs has
failed. Further, it is our goal to provide these same groups with information leading to new ways of
dealing with and understanding drug issues and to advocate improved and more effective drug policies
and laws.”
Americans for Safe Access
“Americans for Safe Access is an aggressive grassroots campaign designed to force the federal
government to stop its attack on patients and respect the rights of voters to choose medical
marijuana policy.”
“The Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation exists to encourage a more rational, tolerant
and humanitarian approach to the problems created by drugs and drug use in Australia.”
“A Better Way to Deal with Drugs and Crime: Connecticut’s Coalition for Drug Policy Reform.”
“Building Blocks for Youth is an alliance of children’s advocates, researchers, law enforcement
professionals and community organizers that seeks to protect minority youth in the justice system
and promote rational and effective justice policies.”
“The Campaign for Effective Criminal Justice is an organization of over a dozen distinguished
leaders in law enforcement, politics, business, and clergy intent on reforming New York’s
drug sentencing laws.”
“A National Organization Reforming Drug Laws and Policies.”
“The aims of the Foundation include: (1) acting as a forum for the exchange of views among those
interested in reform of drug policies, (2) serving as a vehicle for sharing those views and for
discussing significant drug policy issues with government, the public, other organizations and
the media, and (3) where necessary, recommending alternatives that will make Canada’s drug laws
and policies effective and humane.”
“Welcome to the meeting place for individuals and organizations across Canada dedicated to reducing
the social, health and economic harms associated with drugs and drug policies.”
“As Health Canada continues to put the lives of critically and chronically ill Canadians in jeopardy
through its failed Marijuana Medical Access Regulations, we must organize to protect the right of
Canadians to have safe access to medicinal cannabis.”
Cannabis Action Network
“The Cannabis Action Network is a nationwide team of individuals and organizations working to
make cannabis legally available for medicinal, industrial, and personal uses. This network unites
over 250 groups, from 50 states and around the world, in a powerful grassroots coalition.”
Cato Institute
“The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration
of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and
peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent,
concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.”
Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
“The Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics is a nonprofit education, law, and policy center
working in the public interest to foster freedom of thought. The CCLE’s projects are critically
important at a time when developments in pharmacology and other technologies hold both enormous
promise and peril for cognitive liberty.”
“The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
A private non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society’s reliance on the
use of incarceration as a solution to social problems.”
“It’s a campaign, founded by parents and business professionals, to educate the public
about the tremendous waste of our tax dollars for the ‘war on marijuana’ and the
increasing threat to our basic civil liberties.”
“The purpose of the Civil Liberties Monitoring Project is to monitor, document, advocate and
educate about civil rights and civil rights abuses by law enforcement and other government
agencies. The aim of CLMP, founded by local citizens of Southern Humboldt County, CA, is to
encourage public awareness of constitutional rights and encourage involvement of the whole
community in preserving and protecting them.”
“Common Sense for Drug Policy is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with offices in
Washington, DC; Lancaster, PA; and Los Angeles, CA, dedicated to expanding discussion
on drug policy by resonating the voices of those raising questions about existing law
and educating the public about alternatives to current policies.”
Coalition for 
“The Coalition for Compassionate Leadership on Drug Policy, a non-partisan, broad-based
coalition of policy groups, brings a civil rights and public health perspective to the
selection of public officials dealing with the issue of drug abuse.”
“The Council on Spiritual Practices is a collaboration among spiritual guides, experts in the
behavioral and biomedical sciences, and scholars of religion, dedicated to making direct experience
of the sacred more available to more people.”
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
“Our goal is to preserve freedom and democracy by improving the criminal justice system. Our mission
is to educate the public about the impact of our drug policy and the problems of policing on the
criminal justice system.”
Cures not
Wars
“We are a coalition of concerned citizens, drug-reform activists, health-care and drug-treatment
providers, drug users and social-justice activists committed to direct action to stop the drug
war, whether in small, local protests or in regional or national actions.”
Delta-9 Coalition
“Delta-9 Coalition was founded in March, 1996, as an off-campus ‘umbrella’ organization to bring
together the three main groups of activists in New Mexico opposing cannabis prohibition.”
DRCNet: The Drug Reform Coordination Network
“The Drug Reform Coordination Network’s founding purpose is to stop the chaos and violence
of the illegal drug trade, end the bondage of mass incarceration suffered by hundreds of
thousands of nonviolent offenders, stem the spread of deadly epidemic disease, secure the
right of patients to appropriate medical treatment, restore Constitutional protections and
ensure just treatment under the law for all.”
“The Drug Peace Campaign is a California Political Action Committee formed January 1, 1999,
whose mission is to seek a peaceful end to the war now being waged by our own governments
against us, the citizens of the United States of America, and the World.”
“Drug Policy Alliance is the leading organization working to broaden the public debate on
drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs based on science,
compassion, public health and human rights.”
Drug Policy Forums of
California,
Florida,
Hawai’i,
Illinois,
Michigan,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Texas,
TriState,
Virginia,
Wisconsin
DrugScope
“DrugScope is the UK’s leading drugs charity and centre of expertise on drugs. We provide balanced
and up-to-date drug information to professionals and the public, conduct research and develop
policies on drugs and drug-related issues, promote humane and effective ways of responding to
drugs and drug use, encourage informed debate and provide a voice for over 800 member bodies
working on the ground.”
Partnership for Drug-Policy Facts and Alternatives
“We exist to provide accurate information relevant to drug policy in order to heighten
awareness of the extreme damage being caused to our nation and the world by our current
flawed and failed ‘War on Drugs.’ We aim to inform the public of the existence of rational
alternatives to the drug war, and to help organize citizens to bring about needed reforms.”
“At Educators For Sensible Drug Policy we encourage drug use to be treated as a mental health issue
and not a criminal behavior. As our revolving door prison system becomes increasingly overcrowded, it
is obvious that incarceration is not the solution for drug users. Instead, we encourage teachers to
help to reduce the harms related to the inevitable experimentation of their students.”
“Efficacy is a Connecticut-based, non-profit organization advocating peaceful ways to respond
to social problems. We use the following vehicles to express this: public presentations;
a newsletter; commercial media; public radio and access television programs.”
Electronic Music Defense & Education Fund
“Mission: to raise and provide funds for legal assistance to innocent professionals in the electronic
dance music business who are targeted by law enforcement in the expanding campaign against ‘club
drugs.’ In addition to providing funds for legal efforts to protect the industry, EM:DEF will serve
as a spokes-agency for the electronic dance music industry -- providing an independent voice on
behalf of industry professionals, while allowing professionals to avoid public association which
could result in retaliation by law enforcement.”
“Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives.”
European Cities on Drug Policy
“The ECDP association regards itself as a modern network with members jointly and
democratically defining innovative strategies and carrying out common activities in the spirit of
our basic political document, the
Frankfurt Resolution (1990) and the
Declaration of the ECDP (1998).
European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies is a network of European non-governmental
organisations and citizens concerned with the impact of current international drug policies on the
lives of the people who are most affected by this issue in North and South.”
“Exponents is a 501(c)3 minority-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of
individuals affected by drug addiction, incarceration, and HIV/AIDS.”
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
“Families Against Mandatory Minimums is a national nonprofit organization founded in
1991 to challenge inflexible and excessive penalties required by mandatory sentencing laws.”
Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (Australia)
“Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform was formed as a direct result of heroin related
deaths in the Australian Capital Territory. It believes that prohibition laws are more the
problem than the solution. It seeks laws and policies which will eliminate the deaths and
minimise the health and social harm.”
“Family Watch is a network of groups and individuals concerned about the impact of drug
policy on families, women and children.”
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights
“Forfeiture Endangers American Rights is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of
federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the
forfeiture process.”
Freedom to Exhale
“A Website Dedicated To Helping People Learn About The Drug War.”
“This site is maintained by Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, Inc.
It is a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Frontiers also maintains a separate educational organization: ‘Frontiers of Freedom Institute.’”
“We aim to take the drug trade out of criminal control and made available in a legal environment.
The supply and profits of drug use should not remain in criminal hands.”
“The Harm Reduction Coalition is committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals and
communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national harm reduction education,
interventions, and community organizing.”
“The mission of the Heffter Research Institute is to conduct research of the highest scientific
quality with psychedelic substances in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the mind,
leading to the improvement of the human condition, and the alleviation of suffering.”
The Albert Hofmann Foundation
“Throughout history people have used mind-expanding substances to explore consciousness and enhance
their lives. Our purpose at the Albert Hofmann Foundation is to gather the records of these endeavors
and to further the understanding and responsible application of psychedelic substances in the
investigation of both individual and collective consciousness.”
“Human Rights and the Drug War
HRDW is a multi-media project that combines the stories and photos of Drug War POWs
with facts and figures about the US Drug War, to confront the conscience of the
American people and encourage individuals to take action for social justice.”
Institute for Policy Studies
“The IPS Drug Policy Project advocates for reform by reaching out to non-traditional allies and
employing innovative tactics to promote a sustainable, constitutional, and humane drug control
policy. The project’s mission is to help foster a paradigm shift by replacing the punitive and
coercive ‘social control’ model of drug policy with a public health and community economic
development model.”
Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
“The purpose for which this non-profit corporation is formed is to organize people of faith to
promote drug policy reform; i.e., moving from prohibition laws toward reasonable and compassionate
drug regulation, education and treatment.”
International Harm Reduction Association
“We work with local, national, regional and international organisations to assist individuals and
communities in the following areas: Public Health Advocacy; Collaboration and Communication; Best
Practice; Education, Training and Research.”
Island Foundation
“The Island Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation with headquarters in Santa Cruz,
California composed of individuals dedicated to the creation of a psychedelic culture. The group is
named for English novelist Aldous Huxley's last novel, Island, about a utopian culture called
Pala.”
“Current and former members of law enforcement who support drug regulation rather than
prohibition.”
“The Lycaeum works to promote public education about all aspects of psychoactive drugs and drug
use.”
“Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse
Addressing the issues of substance use, misuse, and abuse.”
Marijuana Policy Project
“The Marijuana Policy Project works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana – both
the consumption of marijuana, and the laws that are intended to prohibit such use.”
“The Narco News Bulletin works to tell the truth. We call it as we see it. Yet we are
conscious that it’s our truth. The whole truth can only be constructed by the participation
of the people. Thus, we strive to work together, to collaborate, with your truth and the
truths of others, ‘to make a bigger truth.’”
“The National Drug Strategy Network is working for effective approaches to address the
world’s many drug problems by sharing accurate information about drug control strategies.”
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
“Since its founding in 1970, NORML has provided a voice in the public policy debate for
those Americans who oppose marijuana prohibition and favor an end to the practice of
arresting marijuana smokers.”
The November Coalition
“The November Coalition is a non-profit, grassroots organization who are educating the
public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United States due to our
current drug laws.”
“The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that develops
and implements a range of programs in civil society, education, media, public health, and human and
women’s rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform.”
Pacific Drug Policy Institute, Inc.
“The mission of the Pacific Drug Policy Institute is to improve the quality of information
available to the media, the general public, and the institutions of public policy formation
through a program of social science research and education relating to drug/crime epidemic,
the epidemic’s processes and effects, and the means and measure available for the
epidemic’s control.”
Police Officers For Drug Law Reform
“Police Officers for Drug Law Reform is an organization composed of law enforcement officers
both active and non-active who believe that our role in the War on Drugs is inconsistent with
an officer’s duty to protect and serve.”
“A youth-led grassroots organization dedicated to halting prison expansion, empowering youth and
other constituencies affected by prison expansion, and advocating for a fair, effective and humane
criminal justice system.”
Drug Policy Research Center
“Our goal at the Drug Policy Research Center is to provide a firm, empirical foundation on
which sound policies can be built. It’s a goal we have pursued with energy, commitment,
and skill since 1989.”
“Our tax-exempt mission is to educate the public about drugs and drug policies, including
the problems caused by using criminal sanctions to regulate the distribution of drugs and
alternatives to the use of criminal sanctions as regulatory policy instruments that are
being employed by other democratic nations around the globe.”
Reformnav.org
“Rapid-navigation portal for drug policy reform sites.”
Partnership for Responsible Drug Information
“We at PRDI seek to enable the democratic process to develop more effective and humane drug
policies. To this end, we promote open, honest, and well-informed discussion of drug issues
among ‘opinion-leaders’ – educated leaders and professionals, especially in the media.”
Religious Leaders for a More Just and Compassionate Drug Policy
“We represent a group of religious leaders both clergy and religious academics who have felt
called to speak out on an unpopular and controversial issue: U.S. Drug Policy, particularly
the ‘War on drugs,’ with its unjust and discriminatory laws against drug abusers.”
San Francisco Late Night Coalition
“The San Francisco Late Night Coalition is a broad-based group composed of promoters, activists,
dj’s, musicians, artists, community members and club owners. Our goal is to protect, preserve
and promote San Francisco’s late-night culture. We work to encourage understanding and awareness
of the regulations and issues surrounding after-hours entertainment in San Francisco, and to
provide a voice for the rights and the passions of this diverse community.”
“Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is the national non- government drugs policy and information agency
working in partnership with others to co-ordinate effective responses to drug use in Scotland.
SDF aims to support and represent, at both local and national levels, a wide range of interests,
promoting collaborative, evidence-based responses to drug use.”
“A special committee of the Canadian Senate whose purpose is to examine: the approach taken by
Canada to cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations, in context;
the effectiveness of this approach, the means used to implement it and the monitoring of its
application; the related official policies adopted by other countries; Canada’s international
role and obligations under United Nations agreements and conventions on narcotics, in connection
with cannabis, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other related treaties; and the
social and health impacts of cannabis and the possible consequences of different policies.”
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
“Students for Sensible Drug Policy is committed to providing education on harms caused by
the War on Drugs, working to involve youth in the political process, and promoting an open,
honest, and rational discussion of alternative solutions to our nation’s drug problems.”
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
“To fund substance abuse policy research that can help to reduce the harm caused by the use of
alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs in the United States.”
“Transform is the leading independent UK organisation campaigning for a just and effective drug
policy. We exist to minimise drug-related harm to individuals and communities and believe that
this is best achieved by legalising drugs. We provide authoritative and accurate information to
increase understanding, encourage debate and influence policy.”
“UUDPR is a continental coalition of Unitarian Universalists leading the denomination’s
efforts to develop and promote more just and compassionate drug policies. In accordance
with the denomination’s new drug policy Statement of
Conscience, we advocate that drug use should be a health issue, not a crime.”
“Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies favors the return of the drug problem to the
domain of the medical profession. The 80-year old effort by law enforcement to resolve
America’s drug problem has failed and drug-related problems are growing steadily worse.”
“The VCL is an association of lawyers and judges whose members share strong misgivings
about the wisdom and consequences of America’s perpetual drug war. While favoring no
specific drug control policies, the VCL seeks to promote, within the legal profession
and beyond it, informed and honest discussion about the objectives of the drug war and
its costs to our cherished institutions of liberty and justice.”
Vote Hemp
“VOTE HEMP is a non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and free market for Industrial
Hemp. Industrial Hemp is non-psychoactive low THC varieties of the cannabis sativa plant. Currently,
it is illegal for U.S. farmers to grow Industrial Hemp because it is improperly classified as a
‘drug’ under the Controlled Substances Act. Since changes in law require shifts in thinking and this
requires education in the facts, our primary goal is the education of legislators and regulators,
farmers and businesses, students and other concerned citizens.”
