Issues
IDPI focuses its federal work on three main issues:
- 1. Repealing mandatory minimum drug sentencing and publicizing cases like Hamedah Hasan’s.
- 2. Changing federal law to allow for the use of medical marijuana.
- 3. Restoring financial aid to college students who have lost it because of a drug conviction. (Higher Education Act of 1965)
IDPI also works on individual state issues such as promoting ballot initiatives and facilitating educational campaigns like Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Read more about this topic: Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
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