Kassandra Frederique

Kassandra Frederique is the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a national nonprofit that works to end the war on drugs.

The Drug War Drives Exploitation. We Need Drug Regulation, Not Criminalization.

Legal regulation is a better path forward than either drug-related mass criminalization or a commercial free-for-all.

May 23, 2022

Decriminalization, in combination with expanded access to health services, can help stem the overdose crisis.

February 7, 2022

From a policy perspective, this has created barriers to transformative approaches to violence like restorative justice.

December 19, 2020

After 47 years and over $1 trillion in costs, it’s time to move toward a human-centered approach to drug use in the U.S.

October 27, 2020