Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions

01/05/2026

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-cities-u-turn-distributing-drug-supplies-addicts-after-progressive-policies-fail-stem-epidemic

Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast cities combat the drug crisis.

01/05/2026

Remembering Olivia Brennan: Staten Island advocate who led the battle against addiction and saved lives.

She passed just a day after her 81st birthday

09/19/2025

“ 'These kids are learning that chemical highs bring social validation, that risk-taking gets rewarded online, and that household substances can alter their mental state. It’s like giving them training wheels for drug addiction.' ”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-benadryl-challenge-is-gaining-steam-on-tiktok-addiction-experts-are-concerned/

09/08/2025

https://thedrugreport.org/2025/09/03/why-is-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-backing-extreme-harm-reduction/

09/08/2025

https://thedrugreport.org/2025/09/05/the-fda-just-brutally-bodyslammed-mdma-pharma-company-lykos/

09/03/2025

WATCH NOW: Dr. Kevin Sabet, President of FDPS, opened the 50th Oxford House World Convention with a heartfelt keynote on recovery, community, and the threats that ma*****na and kratom pose to sober living.

Kevin spoke at Oxford House's 50th anniversary convention about how to win against addiction and the amazing model the organization built.

08/22/2025

https://thedrugreport.org/2025/08/21/friday-fact-recovery-housing-twice-the-chance-of-staying-off-drugs/

08/05/2025

New TDR episode featuring Kim Humphrey, the Executive Director of Parents of Addicted Loved ones (PALS), in conversation with our own EVP Luke Niforatos. Kim speaks from both a professional and personal perspective on how drugs impact families, and what families can do:

Our latest episode features Kim Humphrey, who grew PAL--a network to help kids and parents affected by drugs--into a powerful national voice.

08/01/2025

With the FDA now recommending the scheduling of 7-OH products, we thought to share information about them, especially their harms.

07/11/2025

New podcast episode alert: gives a first look at his upcoming book, "One Nation Under the Influence."

Kevin talks on how proven strategies could cut drug use by 2/3, what we can learn from Hawaii’s Project HOPE (70% m**h use drop) & Portugal’s drug policy, and tackles the harmful false dichotomies holding back progress: treatment vs. harm reduction, criminalization vs. legalization, and moral failing vs. medical condition.

🎧 Listen now on The Drug Report podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sneak-peek-kevin-talks-about-his-new-book-here-first/id1731897767?i=1000716708653

Podcast Episode · The Drug Report · 07/10/2025 · 26m

07/10/2025

Sinema touts FDA approval as the “north star” after a chat at Ambio Life Sciences, but glosses over ibogaine’s cardiotoxicity data and lack of scalable safety protocols.

In a candid conversation with Psychedelic Alpha’s Josh Hardman, former U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema shares her case for ibogaine, sidesteps what she describes as ‘drama’, and lays out a strategy for…

07/09/2025

Investors rushing into fast-acting psychedelics should pause. These compounds can trigger psychosis, HPPD (“flashbacks”), elevated heart rate and blood pressure, and exacerbate mental health disorders.