Press Releases
NEW POLL FINDS OREGONIANS REGRET MEASURE 110, BLAME LAW FOR INCREASES IN CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS
August 24, 2023Two Thirds of Voters Want to Repeal Some or All of Controversial Measure That has Led to Increased Drug Use (WASHINGTON, DC) – A new poll finds that a strong majority of Oregonians support repealing controversial Measure 110, the ballot initiative that decriminalized, and essentially legalized possession of, drugs like fentanyl, heroin and cocaine. The poll, commissioned by the Foundation for […]
Oregon voters souring on Measure 110, with many in favor of a complete repeal, new poll finds
August 23, 2023A majority of Oregonians support repealing the state’s landmark law that decriminalized small amounts of street drugs and funneled hundreds of millions of tax dollars into treatment programs and services, a new poll found. Read the full article here.
NIH STUDY SHOWS US BECOMING NATION OF DRUG USERS
August 18, 2023DATA SHOW RECORD LEVELS OF MARIJUANA AND HALLUCINOGEN USE Adults 35-50 reach all-time past-year use of marijuana and hallucinogens Young adults 19-30 past-year marijuana and hallucinogen use, as well as marijuana and nicotine vaping, significantly increased in the past five years (WASHINGTON, DC) – Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) President and CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet, a […]
Dr. Kevin Sabet: Oregon’s Measure 110 lacks incentives, accountability
August 1, 2023“The data we’re seeing, people we’re talking to are saying they have buyer’s remorse over Measure 110, and they’re kind of looking at what other options there are,” said Sabet, CEO of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions. Read the entire article here.
FDPS’s Jordan Davidson on Albany’s CBS 6 about psychedelic drugs
July 14, 2023FDPS’s Jordan Davidson speaks to Chet Davis from Albany’s CBS 6 about the problems with psychedelic drugs. Watch the interview, here.
LUKE NIFORATOS: Magic Mushrooms As Medicine? More False Promises From The Addiction Industry
June 27, 2023Just days after Minnesota lawmakers narrowly passed a bill to flood the state with the drug THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, addiction profiteers made their next move by advancing another bill to create a “Psychedelic Medicine Task Force,” with the clear goal of commercializing more drugs. It’s an increasingly familiar pattern of behavior in […]
On International Drug Day SAM & FDPS Meet with Italian PM in Rome and head to New Zealand; Call on Global Community to Strengthen Cooperation to Combat Illicit Drug Use
June 26, 2023June 26 is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (ROME, ITALY) – Gripped by an unprecedented drug crisis that is devastating families and fueling profits for drug cartels, Smart Approaches to Marijuana and the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) today called on political leaders around the world to advance public policies focused on evidence-based prevention, treatment, international cooperation, and criminal justice […]
MUSHROOMS AREN’T MEDICINE –– BUT THEY’LL BE A CASH COW FOR INVESTORS
June 22, 2023For Immediate ReleaseJune 22, 2023 Media Contact: Bob DriscollBDriscoll@EmpireStrategy.com Policy Experts Warn Veterans, Others Being Exploited to Create Legal Psychedelics Market Aaron Rodgers Promoting Psychedelics Demonstrates Stunning Ignorance (WASHINGTON, DC) – The Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) issued the following statement today in reaction to New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, former Texas Governor and Energy Secretary […]
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON FENTANYL WILL HELP SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
May 25, 2023Bipartisan House Vote Passes Critical Legislation Creating Access to Treatment, Penalties for Those Peddling Dangerous Drugs For Immediate ReleaseMay 25, 2023 Media Contact: Bob DriscollBDriscoll@EmpireStrategy.com (WASHINGTON, DC) – Following today’s bipartisan vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act (H.R. 467), Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) President Dr. Kevin Sabet released the […]
KENNEDY & SABET: CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE FENTANYL BILL WILL HELP SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
May 24, 2023Ensuring Access to Treatment, Penalties for those Peddling Dangerous Drugs are the Best Ways to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis (WASHINGTON, DC) – With more than 150 Americans dying every day from synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS)President Dr. Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy advisor to Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton, and […]
Nasal spray that can reverse opioid overdose soon available over the counter in US
May 22, 2023FDPS President Dr. Kevin Sabet addresses the opioid crisis and how it will be impacted by expanding the availability of Narcan. Watch the full video, here.
Vancouver’s “The Drugs Store” is About Harm Promotion, Not Harm Reduction
May 5, 2023For Immediate Release: May 5, 2023 Media Contact: Tom Basile Tbasile@EmpireStrategy.com People living with substance use disorder deserve access to quality treatment (Vancouver, BC) – The Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions President and CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet, a former Obama drug policy advisor, released the following statement today following reports that a Vancouver man has opened a store selling […]
SAM President: Must ‘consider a more comprehensive approach to nation’s drug epidemic’
April 17, 2023Kevin Sabet, of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions, said the fact that the nation’s overdose deaths have climbed even as naloxone is more widely available is one reason to consider a more comprehensive approach to the nation’s drug epidemic. “Some people think we should just have test strips and Narcan,” Sabet said. “It’s a […]
Statement on the Passing of Dr. Mitch Rosenthal
November 15, 2022In a statement released today, the Rosenthal Center for Addiction Studies shared that their founder and president, Dr. Mitchell “Mitch” Rosenthal, passed away peacefully on November 14. Dr. Rosenthal was a pioneer in the treatment of substance use disorders, having founded Phoenix House, the nation’s leading non-profit provider of treatment and recovery services. He also […]
New National Drug Policy “Think and Do” Tank Forming to Offer Bold Solutions to the Addiction Crisis Facing America
September 19, 2022(New York, NY) The Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS), a new, transformative, global 501(c)(3) “think and do” tank launching today at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, has been formed in response to the raging addiction crisis and the arcane complications to supporting population-level policies aimed at reducing substance use initiation and disorder. The launch, which […]