Stories by Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmann is founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance.
Posted on Mar 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Amid a dramatic turn of events in the drug policy debate, the challenge will be to sustain this momentum, even as the U.S. government works desperately to suppress it.
Posted on Dec 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The foremost U.S. authority on the harm of the drug war paints a clear and brilliant picture of the path to a better future.
Posted on Nov 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
This year, federal authorities have done almost everything in their power to undermine state regulation of medical marijuana. It is time Obama implement his original policy.
Posted on Feb 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Four decadesafter President Nixon declared his war on drugs, let's take a look at the devastation and figure out how to end this thing.
Posted on Dec 13, 2010, Source: The Nation
The persistent failure of drug war policies and generational change are turning reformist ideas once considered taboo into mainstream thinking.
Posted on Nov 3, 2010, Source: AlterNet
California's Proposition 19 didn't win a majority of votes, but it already represents an extraordinary victory for the broader movement to legalize marijuana.
Posted on Sep 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Drug prohibition is remarkably ineffective, costly and counter-productive -- it has cost people their lives, and put millions behind bars. Is the tide turning?
Posted on Sep 3, 2010, Source: The Nation
A new law narrows the gap in cocaine sentencing and signals a shift in priorities.
Posted on May 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet
It's time now for DPA to launch a new organizational identity that fully expresses each of our roles as agents of change.
Posted on May 12, 2010, Source: Change.org
The struggle to end America's disastrous war on drugs is a struggle for common sense, human rights and of course for racial justice.
Posted on Feb 16, 2010, Source: Change.org
It's only a matter of time before marijuana is taxed, controlled, and regulated in the United States.
Posted on Jul 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Later in life, Cronkite became an outspoken crusader to end our nation's disastrous policies on illicit drugs.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
If the 500,000 nonviolent drug offenders in jail had white faces, would society allow it?
Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet
If ever there were a time for politicians to open up this debate, it is now.
Posted on Nov 7, 2008, Source: Drug Policy Alliance
We have an opportunity to re-shape drug policy for a generation.
Posted on Apr 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The U.S. dwarfs the rest of the world when it comes to locking up its citizens, due in large part to madness of our incarceration policies.
Posted on Dec 20, 2007, Source: Foreign Policy
Rhetoric should not be driving drug policy. Legalization would strip addiction down to what it really is: a health issue.
