• Drug Policies and Policy Reform

  "Drug Policy Facts (originally known as Drug War Facts) is a project of the Real Reporting Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to expanding harm reduction and informing the debate over public policy in the areas of public health, healthcare, justice, and human and civil rights."
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior, 3rd edition

  Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. 4 volumes.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse

  Information on prescription medications, illegal drugs, steroids and more.
• Pew Research Center: Drug Policy

  American Opinion on drug policy.
• Primary Source Discussion Sets: The War on Drugs

  Primary sources from WGBH and the Library of Congress.
• Statement of Drug Control Priorities

  From the Trump 2024 Administration.
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

  Information about drug use, drug prevention and more from the U.S. Department of Justice.
• World Anti-Doping Agency

  Information about steroid use in sports from a non-profit organization.

• Amnesty International: Drug Policy Reform

  "Drug policies designed to punish people exacerbate the risks and harms associated with drug use. These policies can lead to increased transmissions of HIV and other diseases. They also obstruct access to drugs for medical purposes, including for pain relief and palliative care, resulting in further harm and suffering for millions of patients."
• A Brief History of the War on Drugs

  Essay from ACE, "a national, nonprofit, think tank driven by the next generation of policy researchers. We combat political polarization by creating a more objective, informed, democratically-engaged generation."
• Drug Policy Alliance

  "Transforming the direction of drug policy across the U.S. and world."
• The Global Commission on Drug Policy Report: The War on Drugs

  "Fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the US government’s wr on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed. In this seminal report, the Global Commission on Drug Policy calls on global leaders to join an open discussion on drug policy reform."
• The Global Drug Policy Index

  Provides each country with a score and ranking that shows how much their drug policies and their implementation align with the UN principles of human rights, health and development. It offers an essential accountability and evaluation mechanism in the field of drug policy.
• International Drug Policy Consortium

  A global network advocating for drug policies that advance social justice and human rights.
• Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on Drugs

  "I have a long view of the criminal punishment system, having been in the trenches for nearly 40 years as an activist, lobbyist, legislative counsel, legal scholar, and policy analyst. So I was hardly surprised when Richard Nixon’s domestic policy advisor John Ehrlichman revealed in a 1994 interview that the “War on Drugs” had begun as a racially motivated crusade to criminalize Blacks and the anti-war left."
• RAND Drug Policy Research Center

  "Addressing today’s most pressing substance use issues. Informing the drug policy of the future."