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Students for Sensible Drug Policy
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SSDP Executive Director Kat Murti Gives Keynote at New Approaches Summit 2026
Kat Murti, Executive Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) gave the keynote address at the 5th Annual New Approaches Summit on Friday, September 25, 2026 at the Harvard Club of New York City. Murti’s talk titled, “Depolarizing Harm Reduction: Human Autonomy vs.…
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Global Commission Calls for Youth-Focused Drug Policy Reform – Juta Medical Brief
South African medical news publication Juta Medical Brief released a report on the Global Commission on Drug Policy on September 16th, 2026. The Global Commission on Drug Policy helps to end the War on Drugs by urging countries to replace it with healthcare-focused policy…
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Scientists Launch Legal Challenge to DEA’s Proposed Psychedelic Scheduling, Which Would Criminalize Research Compounds and Jeopardize FDA Breakthrough Therapy for Postpartum Depression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kat Murti Executive Director Students for Sensible Drug Policy kat@ssdp.org Scientists Launch Legal Challenge to DEA’s Proposed Psychedelic Scheduling, Which Would Criminalize Research Compounds and Jeopardize FDA Breakthrough Therapy for…
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Good Samaritan Laws Webinar: Know Before You Call
SSDP and the Network for Public Health Law’s Harm Reduction Legal Project teamed up to host this webinar on Good Samaritan Laws and how they can protect those who call 911. The Harm Reduction Legal Project’s attorneys, Ashleigh Dennis and Amy Lieberman, provided an overview of…
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Why SSDP Chose RiVive: Better Naloxone, More HOPE, More Lives Saved
Not all naloxone is the same. And when we’re putting lifesaving tools into people’s hands, the details matter. At Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), we know that the overdose crisis didn’t happen in a vacuum. Decades of prohibitionist drug policies have fueled an…
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SSDP Urges DEA to Protect Psychedelic Research in Federal Register Public Comment
From promising postpartum depression treatments to groundbreaking neuroscience research, here’s what’s at stake — and why SSDP is pushing back. SSDP has submitted a formal public comment urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to withdraw its proposal to place five…
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SSDP Challenges DEA’s Attempt to Restrict Psychedelic Research
Five psychedelic compounds. A growing body of scientific research. And another attempt by the DEA to put prohibition ahead of science. On October 23, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) joined Mindstate Design Labs and researchers Dr. Benjamin Cummings and Dr. Janelle…
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BREAKING NEWS – HISTORIC SAFE SUPPLY WIN FOR CANADA!
by Julia Hilbert, MSW, Chair of the Board of Directors, SSDP SSDP joins the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in celebrating a historic win for drug policy reform in Canada. On Tuesday, September 29, 2026 the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Drug User…
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5 TRYPTAMINES CALL TO ACTION: SSDP wants to know about your research!
Are you a scientist currently studying or have plans to study one of these 5 tryptamine psychedelics? If so, let us know what you’re working on and how these substances being put in Schedule I might impact your work by filling out our story share tool. The DEA has released a…
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What Will Sara Carter of Fox News Bring as “Drug Czar”? – Filter Magazine
On April 1st, 2025 Alexander Lekhtman published an article in Filter on the appointment of the new director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), or “drug czar”, former Fox News contributor Sara Carter. Lekhtman quotes former SSDP board member Eric Sterling, who…
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A Decade After UNGASS: Overdose Prevention, Harm Reduction, and the Future of Global Drug Policy – UNGA Guide 2026
On September 22nd, SSDP appeared at the United Nations General Assembly 10 years after the special session on the World Drug Problem in 2016. Executive Director Kat Murti and Ambassador Anna Meyer spoke on a panel titled “From UNGASS to What Comes Next?” SSDP was given mention…