We are a student-led organization working to promote more sensible drug policies while empowering young people to stand up against the war on drugs.
UAlbany has both a chapter for undergrad students and graduate students ([email protected])
05/18/2018
Finding my passion for harm reduction - SSDP In high school, I dated someone who I thought was going to be my soulmate for almost 4 years. After watching his life change due to his chaotic relationship with opiates, and knowing I would never be able to help him, I became inspired to go to college and become a therapist specializing in substanc...
12/23/2017
Help END the drug war!
Support Student Leaders and Your Gift Will Be Matched - SSDP We’ve got wonderful news to share: because our work is more urgent than ever, several of SSDP’s closest donors have come together to pledge a $50,000 matching gift! We need your help to reach our goal and unlock the match. We know you support many worthy causes and you’re hearing from all of t...
Tonight is the first episode in "America's War on Drugs"!
Meet us in Humanities 129 at 7:15.
09/18/2017
Join us for a 4 part film screening of History Channel's "America's War on Drugs"
Every Monday from October 9th-30th in HU 129 at 7:15.
“America’s War on Drugs” is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers. In exchange for support against foreign enemies, the groups were allowed to grow their drug trade in the United States. The series explores the unintended consequences of when gangsters, war lords, spies, outlaw entrepreneurs, street gangs and politicians vie for power and control of the global black market for narcotics – all told through the firsthand accounts of former CIA and DEA officers, major drug traffickers, gang members, noted experts and insiders.
Night one of “America’s War on Drugs” divulges covert Cold War operations that empowered a generation of drug traffickers and reveals the peculiar details of secret CIA L*D experiments which helped fuel the counter-culture movement, leading to President Nixon’s crackdown and declaration of a war on drugs. The documentary series then delves into the rise of the co***ne cowboys, a secret island “co***ne base,” the CIA’s connection to the crack epidemic, the history of the cartels and their murderous tactics, the era of “Just Say No,” the negative effect of NAFTA, and the unlikely career of an almost famous Midwest m**h queen.
The final chapter of the series examines how the attacks on September 11th intertwined the War on Drugs and the War on Terror, transforming Afghanistan into a narco-state teeming with corruption. It also explores how American intervention in Mexico helped give rise to El Chapo and the Super Cartels, bringing unprecedented levels of violence and sending even more drugs across America’s borders. Five decades into the War on Drugs, a move to legalize ma*****na gains momentum, mega-corporations have become richer and more powerful than any nation’s drug cartel, and continuing to rise is the demand for he**in and other illegal drugs.
09/01/2017
Recruiting graduate students to the SSDP Graduate Chapter!
04/26/2017
04/16/2017
Here's som**hing related to last week's meeting about psychedelics. Don't forget to come to our meetings for more in depth discussion and info on all things drug and drug policy. -Arturo
Really Intense Interviews with People Who Just Smoked DMT Within a few seconds of inhaling its thick, harsh smoke, one is taken to a place very different from what most of us refer to as reality.
03/24/2017
Vote for Graduate Chapter President Lauren Parasconda for SSDP Board of Directors
Board of Directors- Candidate Slideshow SSDP Board of Directors 2017 Candidate Highlights 1
03/15/2017
Hi all! I'm Lauren Parasconda and I'm the President of the University at Albany Graduate Chapter. I'm running for the Students for Sensible Drug Policy Boards of Directors. Here you'll find information about the Board of Directors and links to my application and/or highlights. Voting will take place at the conference in Portland, Oregon next week or online for chapter members who cannot attend. More information on the voting process coming soon!
What to know about the SSDP Board of Directors elections | Students for Sensible Drug Policy Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international grassroots, student-led organization working to end drug prohibition.
02/14/2017
General Interest Meeting this Thursday!
02/08/2017
NY State Assembly Bill A3506 Enacts the "ma*****na regulation and taxation act"; relates to the description of ma*****na, and the growing of and use of ma*****na by persons eighteen years of age or older; makes technical changes regarding the definition of ma*****na; relates to the qualification of certain offenses involving ma...