Stories by Sharda Sekaran

Sharda Sekaran is Managing Director of Communications at Drug Policy Alliance, the nation's leading organization promoting drug policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. subscribe to Sharda Sekaran's feed

When Was the Last Time Someone Made a Case for Justifiable Homicide of a Suburban White Kid for Smoking Pot?

Posted on: Jul 24, 2013, Source: AlterNet

In order to address racism, we must confront the drug war.

Synthetic Marijuana Turns People Into Zombies, Says Atrocious Govt. Anti-Drug Propaganda

Posted on: May 14, 2013, Source: AlterNet

D.C. Govt. advertisement is just as ridiculous as the 1930s film 'Reefer Madness.'

New Policy with a Familiar Consequence: African Americans and the Higher Education Act

Posted on: Feb 26, 2002, Source: Drug Policy Alliance

Thousands of African American men are being barred financial aid and the opportunity to complete their education because of a law targeting non-violent drug crimes, enforced mainly in neighborhoods where minorities reside. In a time when both blacks and whites are taking up drugs in equal proportions, why are minorities being told that their education doesn't matter?