Drug Policy Reform in Texas

The ACLU of Texas supports a range of drug policy reforms, with particular emphasis on changing the draconian policies that result in the unnecessary imprisonment of tens of thousands of low level offenders.

ACLU National Drug Policy Project
For the first time in history, the number of inmates in American prisons and jails has exceeded 2 million people, a rate of incarceration that is the highest in the world! The ACLU believes that much of this incarceration could be avoided with better drug laws designed to discourage drug use through proven alternatives to incarceration. Read More...

Harm reduction promotes civil liberty
Texas criminal laws create a barrier to effective public health initiatives and stand between doctors and the best treatment for their patients. Let doctors, not law enforcement, practice medicine! Read More...