About Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative (IDPI)

• Mission Statement
• Leadership Council
• Press Releases
• Staff/Contact

Mission Statement

The Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative was established in November 2003. The following is our mission statement, as it appears in our Articles of Incorporation:

The purpose for which this non-profit corporation is formed is to organize people of faith to promote drug policy reform; i.e., moving from prohibition laws toward reasonable and compassionate drug regulation, education and treatment.

To these ends, the corporation will:

(a)  research the sociological, psychological, spiritual and other factors regarding drug use, abuse and addiction;

(b)  from a moral, ethical, and religious perspective, evaluate existing and potential laws and policies regarding drug use, abuse and addiction;

(c)  transmit such information to people of faith and faith-based organizations and institutions, for the purpose of building an interfaith constituency of people who support non-punitive, non-coercive alternatives to the "war on drugs";

(d)  organize advocacy to persuade federal, state and local legislators (and other appropriate government entities) to reform the drug laws accordingly;

(e)  bolster public support for drug policy reform through speaking engagements, educational seminars, and the mass media; and

(f)  engage in any other lawful activities to carry out its purposes.

Leadership Council

Press Releases

March 18, 2004: "Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative Testifies in Maryland House Judiciary Committee for Mandatory Minimum Repeal Bill"

June 4, 2004: "Faith Groups Call For Compassionate Alternatives to the Drug War"

June 15, 2004: "Major Religious Denominations Urge Congress to End the White House's Persecution of Medical Marijuana Patients"

September 21, 2004: "Major Religious Denominations Denounce Mandatory Sentencing Laws"

Staff/Contact