National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws

09/19/2022

NAMSDL is excited to become a Division of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions - the new national drug policy “Think and Do Tank’ formed to offer bold solutions to the addiction crisis facing America.

Join me at today’s Official Launch by Patrick J. Kennedy at the Clinton Global Initiative (4pm eastern) and read more about it here:

Stopping drug initiation before it starts is the surest way out of the drug epidemic, but it should be based on evidence and common sense.

08/18/2021

From no entry to reentry, treatment works!

08/17/2021

Predatory treatment practices are among the headlines at NADCP, and NAMSDL is proud to lead the discussion. We’re here to help.

08/15/2021

NAMSDL joins Rome Consensus 2.0 in bringing attention to International Overdose Day, August 31, 2021.

Rome Consensus 2.0 is a Humanitarian Drug Policy alliance, a call from professionals to governments to make urgent moves towards health and human rights base...

07/15/2021

The National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (NAMSDL) and SAFE Project are proud to announce their partnership to co-produce the national resource, SAFE Takes. The blending of each organization’s policy expertise with NAMSDL’s research strengths will provide new insight and “takes” on where White House and National Governors Association priorities are progressing in state and local communities. These results will inform government, communities, non-profits, public and private sectors to understand gaps, challenges, and opportunities to positively impact the country’s addiction crisis.

06/18/2021

As NAMSDL joins the entire nation in marking this historic day, we recommit to the hard work that lies ahead to achieve liberty and justice for all.

“Let’s make Juneteenth a commemorative, not of the horrific institution our country embraced, but rather as a showcase of the strength in the American spirit to recognize wrong and set about making it right. In this same spirit America moves ahead today in leveling playing fields and achieivng ever greater equality. Let us celebrate all that Juneteenth teaches us about our country's greatness in our use of the heart to hear and to learn and to work together for all that is good and just.”
John Albuquerque

04/13/2021

Shatterproof is making it easier for individuals to urge their states to develop a fair and transparent process for how these opioid settlement dollars will be spent. NAMSDL is here to ensure best practices inform state policies, legislation, and regulations. Let's all do our part to end this epidemic.

Shatterproof Take Action:

funds cannot be misspent. Too many lives are on the line. Join me and to call for a transparent process for allocating these funds.

04/09/2021

NAMSDL is proud to have its Model Universal Access to Naloxone Act included in the United States Government Accountability Office's March 2021 Report to Congressional Committee "DRUG MISUSE Most States Have Good Samaritan Laws and Research Indicates They May Have Positive Effects."

Model Naloxone Act: https://namsdl.org/wp-content/uploads/Model-Universal-Access-to-Naloxone-Act-3.pdf

Full Report Language: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-248?utm_source=oenpager&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email_GSL_warm

Between 1999 and 2019, more than 800,000 people have died from drug overdoses in the United States. We found that in recent years, most states have...