SSDP Report Card for December 2019

SSDP staff, board, students and alumni (about 30 people standing in rows, smiling) during the 2019 SSDP Strategy Summit - roughly 30 people smiling, standing in rows in front of trees

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Note from the team

For many, December is a quiet month, but if you follow us on social media, you already know that we have been as busy as ever. You can read all about what we were up to — things like creating tools to make advocating for drug policy at the United Nations more accessible and launching the Psychedelic Pipeline mentorship program — in the December Report Card.

As we predicted, 2020 is off to a wild start! Just a week in, and we’re already in full gear for one of the biggest years of drug policy reform proposals we’ve ever seen. Cannabis legalization, expansion of safe consumption facilities, and all-drug decriminalization are just a few of the cutting-edge issues gaining traction everywhere you might find an SSDPer around the globe. Yet some members continue to fight murderous regimes or incarceration when they speak up for human rights. No matter the drug policy issue, we know we can find bright, passionate, energized collaborators in SSDP, so we’re gearing up for the largest annual gathering of members at #Sensible2020, our international conference.

Of course, we can’t do it without you, and this month we want to particularly thank the 200+ people who collectively gifted more than $123,000 during our 2nd annual Cannabis Challenge Match. We will put each one of those dollars to its best use as we cultivate today’s drug policy and tomorrow’s drug policy reform leaders.

Action Alerts

Demand MORE and support U.S. federal legislation legalizing marijuana with reparative justice.
Call on U.S. Congress to treat the overdose crisis as a public health emergency and move the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2019.
Support higher education opportunities for all U.S. students through comprehensive reform of the Higher Education Act with repeal of the Aid Elimination Penalty and access to Pell Grants for incarcerated students.

New Activists and Chapters

SSDP Graz (Austria)

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Stats

$123,008 given to support our Cannabis Challenge Campaign
151 one-on-one coaching calls
32 campuses graded through our Campus Policy Gradebook
21 certified Just Say Know Peer Educators & 6 new educators in training
34 countries and 43 states where there was an active SSDP presence in calendar year 2019
44 members in SSDP’s new Psychedelic Pipeline mentorship program

Network Highlights

SSDP Nigeria chapters hosted country-wide World AIDS Day events, including a “Drugs and People” Symposium with free HIV testing
SSDP Budapest raised 900€ from their University to implement drug education
NYU Abu Dhabi SSDP hosted a rave featuring a harm reduction seminar and widespread information distribution
Willamette University SSDP has met with the offices of 29 Oregon state Senators and Representatives to lobby for the chapter’s social equity proposal
Brown University SSDP continue their campaign for campus drug testing with a proposal for university-funded distribution of fentanyl testing strips
SSDP Nigeria (University of Calabar) co-hosted a human rights conference with the United Nations Information Center and the Nigeria Youth SDGs Network
Willamette University and Reed College SSDP are volunteering with the Oregon all-drug decriminalization and psilocybin therapy campaigns
The University of Missouri SSDP chapter successfully lobbied their school’s wellness center to change the wording in the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Annual Notification, which is distributed to all members of the University of Missouri community, to include a summary of Missouri’s Good Samaritan Law
SSDP Ghana joins the response against the Call for Drug (Cannabis) Criminalisation by Civil Service Organizations

Just Say Know Drug Education Roundup

In our December edition of the monthly Just Say Know Drug Education Roundup, our Director of Drug Education has compiled some of the biggest news and developments in the drug education front, including an update on the “vaping crisis,” new data and drug education resources, and much more!

SSDP in the News

From the Blog

Upcoming Events and Days of Action

These events include those which are hosted by SSDP global, or by SSDP chapters, or in which we are partners or co-hosts, or feature an SSDP member as a speaker. If your chapter is hosting an event that you’d like listed, please let your SSDP staff member know.

January 5-9 | Manchester, NH, USA | New England College Convention
January 11 | Chicago, IL, USA |Illinois SSDP Mini-Conference at DePaul University
March 2-6 | Vienna, Austria | 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
March 13-22 | Austin, TX, USA | South by Southwest with Alex Kreit ‘98, Dan Goldman ‘99, Kris Krane ‘98, Troy Dayton ‘98, and Betty Aldworth
March 27-30 | Baltimore, MD, USA | #Sensible2020: The Young People’s Drug Policy Conference + Lobby Day
April 3-4 | Chicago, IL, USA | Illinois Cannabis Convention
October 15-20 | San Juan, PR, USA | 13th National Harm Reduction Conference
Available to stream any time | Everywhere | Cannabis Economy’s Digital Workshop with Amanda Reiman ‘98, Shaleen Title ‘02, & Betty Aldworth

Member discounts & givebacks

Dip Devices’ Dipper – Get 15% off and give 15% to us with code “SSDP”
Dip Devices’ EVRI – 1% of all sales go to SSDP & MPP
Gift your credit card rewards to SSDP with Charity Charge
Find your next employee with H2 Talent or THC Staffing & a portion of your fees will be donated
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