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Sep

No Tolerance for Zero Tolerance

By Tamara No comments yet Beyond Zero Tolerance, California, DPA, drug education, Drug Policy Alliance, high school, Lynne Lyman, Safety First, school to prison pipeline, student resources, Teachers, UpFront Programs, zero tolerance

When Doug and Catherine Snodgrass shared the story of their autistic son’s arrest for drug sale charges this past February, they put a face to the very real problems perpetuated by zero tolerance policies in schools. On September 12th, the parents joined four experts in a teleconference on improving drug education hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) to once