Top Five Reasons from 2022 to Support SSDP in 2023!
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SSDP is the most widespread, effective, and intersectional youth drug policy organization in the Nation. We are the only Drug Policy organization with deep roots and current programming covering cannabis, psychedelics, and harm reduction at over 100 campuses across the country, creating true pathways toward national systemic change from the ground up. Help us continue this work — our action and victories — by making a recurring donation at ssdp.org/donate/sensible-society/Reason #1: We take direct action and speak truth to power
We took direct action at the front gates of the White House to demand President Biden fulfill his promise to issue pardons for all non-violent cannabis offenders.Reason #2: We pass local policies that decriminalize drugs
SSDPrs mobilized for local drug decrim ordinances across the country.
Reason #3: We empower youth and students to reduce overdose
We’ve organized Narcan administration training from coast to coast and developed partnerships to make drug checking kits more available.Reason #4: We empower young BIPOC leaders to discuss drug policy throughout the South
We launched our first HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) ambassador program, creating 10 SSDP ambassadors located in 10 HBCU campuses across 6 states in the South!- Our first cohort
- SMART and SSDP’s dedicated HBCU outreach program website
Reason #5: We eliminate legal and cultural barriers to expanding psychedelic research
We pushed back on the DEA scheduling of psychedelic research chemicals and held a statewide symposium on psychedelics in California!