Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is the largest national youth-led network dedicated to ending the War on Drugs. We belong to an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society.

Led by a Board of Directors primarily elected by and from our student and youth members, SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process and brings young people of all political and ideological orientations together to have honest conversations about drugs and drug policy.

We are replacing the disastrous War on Drugs with policies rooted in evidence, compassion, and human rights at a grassroots level. While we focus primarily on policies that directly harm students and youth, the War on Drugs has impacted all communities, and SSDP will continue the fight until everyone is treated with fairness, dignity, and compassion.