We are Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the largest youth-led network dedicated to replacing the War on Drugs with policies rooted in evidence, compassion, and human rights — policies that make sense.

On March 26, 2026, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Policies to Protect Our Communities from Illicit Drug Threats,” which included discussion of H.R. 8000, the “End Needless Distribution of 7-OH Act”. This legislation seeks to classify synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a naturally occurring alkaloid found in the kratom […]

A Congressional Briefing hosted by SSSDP and Sponsored by The Honorable Steven Cohen (TN-9) Monday, April 20, 2026 12:00 PM U.S. Congress-Rayburn 2075 To attend the event and get more details, use this link: Sign Up Link On April 20th—a date widely associated with cannabis culture but too often disconnected from the realities of prohibition—Students […]

A 4/20 press conference calling for an end to cannabis prohibition and incarceration Monday, April 20, 10:00 AM U.S. Congress-House Triangle To attend and learn more information, use this link: Sign up form On April 20th, while much of the country celebrates the symbolism of cannabis reform, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) will gather […]

This post was authored by SSDP Ambassadors Benjamin Cummins and Sridevi Swaminathan who are members of SSDP’s Science Policy Committee. On December 15, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemicals to be Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). The administration framed this unprecedented classification as part of an […]