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2008 

• Students and Parents Protest Drug Bust With Mock Graduation Ceremony (05/07/2008)

[2007 and early 2008 press releases have not yet been uploaded.]

 2006

• Court Upholds Drug Penalty on College Financial Aid (10/31/2006)
• Cop Who Says "Legalize Drugs" to Speak at URI, RIC (10/18/2006)
• One Marijuana Arrest Every 40 Seconds in U.S. (09/25/2006)
• U.S. House Votes to Expand School Drug Searches (09/20/2006)
• Congress to Vote on Expanding School Drug Searches (09/18/2006)
• War on Drugs Keeps Students Out of College (08/29/2006)
• GAO: Government Anti-Drug Ads Don't Work (08/28/2006)
• Department of Education Tries to Dismiss Student Lawsuit (05/29/2006)
• Bush Declares "National D.A.R.E. Day" (04/09/2006)
• Students in Drug Raid to Split $1.2 Million (04/06/2006)
• April Fool's 2006 (04/01/2006)
• Students Wanted: Help Sue the Government (03/27/2006)
• ACLU and Students Sue Feds Over Drug Law (03/23/2006)
• Student Activist to Debate Former DEA Official (03/20/2006)
• White House Pushes Student Drug Testing in Falls Church (03/14/2006)
• Students Just Say "No More" to Drug War - 2006 SSDP Midwest Regional Conference (02/28/2006)
• White House Pushes Drug Testing in San Diego (02/16/2006)
• Profiteers Push Drug Testing on Capitol Hill (02/15/2006)
• President Bush Wants $15 to Drug Test Kids (02/13/2006)
• Student Group Forces Congress to Soften Drug Law (02/06/2006)
• Congress Softens Drug Conviction Penalty (02/01/2006)
• Education Department Sued for Withholding Information (01/26/2006)
• Students: "The War on Drugs Has Failed Us" - Monitoring the Future Results (12/19/2005)
• Congress Can't Justify Financial Aid Ban for Drug Convictions (09/29/2005)
• Congress Scaling Back Recovery and Education Roadblock (09/08/2005)
• U.S. House Committee Scales Back Drug Law (07/26/2005)
• House Subcommittee Reconsiders Drug Law (07/12/2005)
• Ed. Dept. Removes Misinformation from Website, But Not Before Financial Aid Application Deadline (07/05/2005)
• Unlocking the Doors to Education - RISE Act Press Conference (03/10/2005)
• Rhode Island Legislators Buck Federal Financial Aid Ban (03/03/2005)
• Bush Requests $25 Million for Student Drug Testing (02/10/2005)
• Arizona Legislators Say Scrap Ban on Aid for Students with Drug Convictions (02/03/2005)
• Congressionally-Appointed Committee: "Scrap Drug Question on Student Aid Form" (01/24/2005)
• Students: "The War on Drugs Isn't Working" (12/21/2004)
• Students in the Crossfire - Boston Fundraiser for John W. Perry Fund (12/08/2004)
• One Marijuana Arrest Every 42 Seconds (10/25/2004)
• Students Ask Legislators: "Reinvest in Us" - 2004 SSDP Northeast Regional Conference (09/27/2004)