CAMPAIGNS MARIJUANA POLICY • Medical Marijuana • Marijuana Legalization • Lowest Law Enforcement Priority
SSDP on Capitol Hill
HARM REDUCTION •911 Good Samaritan Policies •Needle Exchange Programs •Stopping Random Student Drug Testing •Harm Reduction Legislation •Prison and Criminal Justice Reform •Repealing HEA Aid Elimination Penalty CAMPUS CHANGE CAMPAIGN •Good Samaritan Policies •Marijuana/Alcohol Penalty Equalization •Harm Reduction Centers •Safe Ride Programs •Dorm Privacy
Call 911 Good Samaritan Policies
(aka Medical Amnesty Policies) are life-saving measures that enable people to make responsible decisions by shielding them from punishment when they call for medical help during an emergency relating to alcohol or other drugs, since the threat of punitive policies can often cause hesitation during confusing and stressful party situations. This is a policy you can enact on the campus and/or state level.
On the Record Project
This is a project of SSDP that seeks to get politicians on the record about their stances on drug policy. Recently, SSDP has taken this project to another level. SSDP chapters in GOP primary states have had the amazing opportunity to put candidates on the spot about their positions on all drug policy issues, not just medical marijuana. The “On the Record” Project mobilized student activists along recent campaign stops in GOP primary states of contention to confront politicians about their drug policies. Our students managed to successfully get GOP frontrunners Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum on video answering our questions about drug policy.
Global Drug Policy
SSDP is ramping up its international activities with students in nine countries working towards changing local, national and international policy. These countries include Mexico, Colombia, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Poland, Australia, Ghana and Nigeria. And we are always looking to support opening new chapters!
The Higher Education Act
Since 2000, students with drug convictions have lost access to federal financial aid as a result of a little known provision of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Added by Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) as a committee amendment in 1998, the Aid Elimination Penalty slipped into the 257-page HEA reauthorization bill without debate or a recorded vote.
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