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Opinion: Mandated care ensures that people remain in treatment and don’t drop out, which is consistently shown to be one of the best predictors of a successful outcome In a remarkable turn of events, B.C. Premier David Eby announced last month that the government will support 400 or more beds — the term $1 billion […]

Proposition 36 qualified for the November ballot in California with over 900,000 signatures. Simply put, this ballot initiative will reform aspects of Proposition 47 that in 2014 reclassified several “quality of life” crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies. The most obvious was shoplifting — where the threshold for misdemeanor theft was raised to $950 per offense — and drug possession. […]

A coalition of elected officials from across British Columbia gathered Monday to demand “urgent action” from the federal government on issues of public safety, mental health and drug addictions – including funding for the province’s planned expansion of involuntary care(opens in a new tab). Speaking outside Vancouver city hall, the group also reiterated calls for further […]

Nearly two weeks after brutal attacks left one person dead and another with a severed hand, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is among the municipal leaders speaking out, asking for action from the federal government on safety and other issues through a new coalition. Sim addressed reporters on Monday morning, condemning the current state of public […]

(VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA) – Today, Dr. Kevin Sabet will join Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, and First Nations leaders, public health experts, and law enforcement officials and mayors from across British Columbia to demand urgent action from the federal government to tackle the public safety and the mental health and addictions crisis affecting Vancouver and municipalities throughout […]

Marijuana, Psychedelics, Other Drugs Fuel Suicide Rates Across the U.S. (WASHINGTON, DC) – As the nation gathers to spread a powerful reminder that nearly 50,000 Americans die by suicide annually, making it 11th leading cause of death, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) President and CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet is using National Suicide Prevention Week […]

One in Ten U.S. Adults are in Remission from a Substance Use Disorder (WASHINGTON, DC) – National Recovery Month is a time for public health officials, medical professionals, and lawmakers to come together and have a transformative impact on the health and mental health of millions of American’s suffering from substance use disorder.  During this […]

(WASHINGTON, DC) – As the people around the world come together to spread a message of remembrance for those who have died from overdoses and acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind, the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) celebrates International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31) by spreading a message promoting a broader range of prevention,  treatment, recovery and critical […]

Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions Expresses General Support for RNC, DNC On Drugs, But Much More Must Be Done (WASHINGTON, DC) – With both the Republican and Democrat party platforms now adopted without strong language to combat drug proliferation, the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) is calling on both presidential campaigns to prioritize ending the nation’s drug and […]

According to DC News, the FDA held an advisory panel in June that discouraged approval, saying that the treatment has yet to be proven effective. President and CEO of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions Dr. Kevin Sabet commented, “If you actually look at the science, this isn’t surprising at all,” adding that the FDA made […]

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds… We knew the world would not be the same… A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.” These words, shared by the late J. Robert Oppenheimer describing the sentiment of his team of scientists when watching the first successful detonation of a […]

Earlier this month, Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, attempted to make her province even more of an outlier than it already was in its response to the unprecedented drug crisis. Recognizing that prior harm reduction interventions had failed to bend the curve of the drug crisis, she submitted a report that recommended that British […]

Why does Denver get investment from technology companies, AI, healthcare, and beyond, and Aurora is given the vice industries? At an event that hearkened back to Big Tobacco’s 1950s heyday, Gov. Jared Polis, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, and other city and state officials and tobacco industry leaders toasted the announcement that Phillip Morris will be […]

Provincial Health Officer’s Assertions Is Pro-Drug Propaganda (VANCOUVER, BC) – Following the release of a pro-drug propaganda missive title “Alternative to Unregulated Drugs” by the British Columbia Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS)President Dr. Kevin Sabet, an international drug policy expert and former three-time U.S. White presidential drug policy advisor, along […]

Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions Urges RNC, DNC to Commit to Combating Harmful Drug Access and Addiction in Party Platforms (WASHINGTON, DC) – With Republican and Democratic national conventions just weeks away, the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) is calling on both parties to commit in their respective platforms to combatting the nation’s drug crisis. With more […]

June 26 is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Nations Urged to Embrace Treatment, Prevention, Not Harm Reduction (WASHINGTON, DC) – Despite an onslaught of misinformation and propaganda from pro-drug activists around the world, people are standing up and saying we want safer communities free from dangerous, illicit drugs.   That’s the message being shared […]

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Addiction Profiteers Suffer Setback In Quest to Bring More Drugs Into Illinois’ Communities (SPRINGFIELD, IL) – Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) President Dr. Kevin Sabet, a former White House drug policy advisor to Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton, released the following statement today in response to the defeat of the Illinois CURE Act (SB3695), which will […]

VANCOUVER, BC) – Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) and PROSPER President Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., a Vancouver resident and  former White House drug policy advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, released the following statement today in response to the abrupt announcement that British Columbia has reversed course on its dangerous experiment decriminalizing the possession of illicit drugs: “Given the […]

Governor Kotek, Legislators Should be Praised Fixing the Public Policy Nightmare (SALEM, OR) – Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) President Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., a former drug policy advisor to President Obama, released the following statement after Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed bipartisan legislation to repeal the state’s controversial Measure 110, which decriminalized all drugs and […]

Jonathan Spear was 15 years old when he took hydrocodone for the first time. Doctors had prescribed the pills for his mother’s cancer. The powerful opioid filled Spear with a sense of contented bliss and eased the pain of watching his mother suffer from the disease that would take her life. Spear, now 29, eventually […]

The first state to remove penalties for possession is about to become the first to re-criminalize them. Experts say we should learn from Oregon’s mistakes. “No one wants to see people with addictions in jail or prison because they’re addicted to something,” argued Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions President Dr. Kevin Sabet in a recent […]

The first state to remove penalties for possession is about to become the first to re-criminalize them. Experts say we should learn from Oregon’s mistakes. Read the entire article HERE.

Fatal overdoses have skyrocketed in the Beaver State The bill undoes much of what Measure 110 legalized more than three years ago. Over 58 percent of Oregon voters approved Measure 110 in November 2020. Instead of getting booked into jail, individuals cited for possessing drugs like fentanyl or heroin could choose between paying a $100 fine or […]