ABOUT US

NAADPC

 

Integrated experience in DRUG POLICY

The National African American Drug Policy Coalition is a coalition of pre-eminent African American professional organizations united to promote drug policies and laws that embrace the public health nature of drug abuse and provide a more effective and humane approach to address the chronic societal problem of drug abuse.

SECTION

Why we are different?

 

 

Public Health Focused

  • To shift public resources into education, prevention, treatment and research programs, which has been proven significantly more effective in reducing drug abuse than the use of expensive criminal sanctions.

 

Service Programs

  • To enhance provision of substance abuse treatment upon request, particularly for those living at or below the poverty level, including necessary ancillary services and assistance such as mental health care, housing, case management, literacy, job readiness and vocational training, transportation, child care and peer and family supports.

 

Drug Offenses

  • To restore equity to the criminal justice system by addressing the disproportional adverse effect of drug law enforcement on people of color and the poor.

 

OUR EXPERIENCE

Prevention

  • To provide enrichment opportunities and comprehensive health education to youth as a means of preventing drug use and other potentially harmful behaviors.

 

 ABOUT US

Our team

Winston Price, MD
President & Chair

Judge Arthur Burnett, Sr. (Ret.)
Executive Director

Ura Jean Bailey, PhD
Secretary-Treasurer

Judge Lynn Sherrod (Ret.)
Vice President of Administration

Julius Debro, PhD
Board Member

William B. Lawson, MD, PhD
Board Member

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