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At Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), we believe that real change begins with education, community, and collaboration. That’s why we’re excited to invite you to the very first meeting of our Harm Reduction Committee! Please complete the Interest Form to get involved.  📅 Date: Thursday, July 31st🕒 Time: 4:00 ...

The Marijuana Policy Project (“MPP”), announced that Adam J. Smith will join the organization as Executive Director. Smith, a 30-year veteran of the drug policy reform movement, brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of advocacy successes that will further MPP's mission of ending cannabis prohibition and ...

SSDP's friend and colleague, Cat Packer, graced the cover of mg Magazine, the leading national trade outlet for cannabis industry professionals. As the first person of color to head a cannabis regulatory agency, Cat helped build the system. Now she’s working to make it more equitable, and she mentions her ...

With nearly 100 company and organization co-signers (and growing!) to our Open Letter to Meta, the fight to end disproportionate censorship of content related to cannabis, psychedelics, and harm reduction has just begun. The recent social media suspensions and bans that have swept through our communities, inspired us at SSDP ...

In a collaborative webinar between Students For Sensible Drug Policy & The Shulgin Foundation, we dive into the attempted scheduling of two serotonergic research chemicals. Hamilton Morris, PhD, Alaina Jaster, PhD, and Robert Rush, ESQ, discuss their experience fighting the DEA in their own courtroom in November of 2024 ...

While the summer sun is beating away, we are brewing some amazing ways to connect with SSDP fam and the larger cannabis community. Join us July 18-19th at the National Cannabis Festival in D.C.!  Music, weed, munchies, and talks allll day! We will be hosting a Cool Down Space, a ...

SSDP's call to end Meta censorship continues to get international attention. This time from El Planteo, an online publication based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The publication informed readers that Meta is located in the US where 24 states have legal cannabis for adult use and 40 for medicine use. The ...

Should all drugs be legal? At SSDP, we certainly think so! The War on Drugs is a War on Us and while all substances do carry risks and can have negative impacts on an individual, prohibition magnifies any negative impacts exponentially while creating new problems of its own. On June ...

On June 24, 2025, SSDP Executive Director Kat Murti, Program Assistant Chandler Huffman, and Archivist Christopher Gagnon attended a Congressional briefing on the latest clinical research into psychedelic-assisted therapies for mental health and addiction, hosted by the Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Therapies (PATH) Caucus. Featured speakers Dr. Frederick Barrett and Dr ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gina Giorgio Director of Strategy and Development Students for Sensible Drug Policy gina@ssdp.org ON WORLD PSYCHEDELICS DAY, DEA ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE SCIENCE BY RECOMMENDING TO SCHEDULE DOI AND DOC By recommending that 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodo-amphetamine (DOI) and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloro-amphetamine (DOC) be added to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances ...

Law360 reports that A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration judge has determined that two unrestrictive research chemicals DOI & DOC belong in Schedule I, the most strigent tier of prohibited substances under the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Read more here. This recommendation directly undermines the future of psychedelic science and sets ...

SSDP alum, Matthew Aragón, is a harm reduction activist who began organizing at age 15 with Students for Sensible Drug Policy. His work expanding access to drug checking tools and drug education. He has partnered with Emanuel Sferios, DanceSafe founder, who has pioneered harm reduction testing methods for nearly 30 years ...

Marijuana Moment reports that SSDP has obtained nearly 100 organizations in the U.S. and abroad to co-sign an open letter to Meta—the social media behemoth behind Facebook, Instagram and Threads—condemning the company for its censorship of marijuana- and drug-related content, which can limit users’ access to health, policy reform and ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gina Giorgio Director of Strategy and Development Students for Sensible Drug Policy gina@ssdp.org ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD CALL ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PARENT COMPANY META TO STOP CENSORSHIP OF CANNABIS, PSYCHEDELIC, AND HARM REDUCTION-RELATED CONTENT The Open Letter to Meta published by Students for Sensible Drug ...

OPEN LETTER TO META: END THE CENSORSHIP OF CANNABIS, PSYCHEDELIC, AND HARM REDUCTION COMMUNITIES To the Leadership and Content Moderation Teams at Meta Platforms, Inc., We write to you today on behalf of a broad coalition of students, educators, researchers, advocates, entrepreneurs, and community leaders working at the forefront of ...

SSDP is getting international attention for standing up against Meta censorship. The German website, metaller.de, quoted SSDP's Executive Director in their recent article. The voice of reason: Kat Murti gets to the point Kat Murti of Students for Sensible Drug Policy sums it up in an interview: "Meta is one ...

Meta appears to have rolled back a restriction on searches for words like “marijuana” and “cannabis," says Marijuana Moment. The company has received criticism that their censorship was overbroad and limited access to education, public health information and political advocacy. Kat Murti, executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, ...

The Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is hosting Psychedelic Science—the largest gathering of the psychedelic movement—at the Colorado Convention Center next week, and SSDP is showing up big! PS2025 begins on Monday, June 16 with two days of classes and workshops hosted by the movement’s top instructors. Then the ...

Since 2007, FreedomFest has been the leader in the liberty movement to bring together thousands of people committed to freedom – concerned citizens, educators, professionals, business leaders, filmmakers, politicians, celebrities, and policy makers. FreedomFest will offer a mix of 2,000 open-minded and inquisitive people, from business experts, politicians, and entrepreneurs… ...

Despite widespread support for cannabis policy reform, prohibitionists continue to perpetuate misinformation to stigmatize cannabis consumers and prevent further reform progress. That's why the Marijuana Policy Project and Students for Sensible Drug Policy have teamed up to tackle these myths head-on, offering evidence-based insights to set the record straight! CLAIM: ...