Friend,

“Stop using our children as pawns for policies that don't work. Get them the help that they deserve and need.”

That’s the message Marianne brought to our leaders on Capitol Hill earlier this year.

She lost her son Shawn to overdose after struggling to find adequate treatment. Shawn was a loving and altruistic young man, known as the Mayor of Maple Avenue for always offering a helping hand on his block.

Marianne is a member of this movement, just like you. And she knows the human cost of the drug war in a way that no one should. We fight beside her and parents like her, and we are driven by the love and memories of so many people we’ve lost.

We owe it to all of them to end this horrible drug war.

Giving Tuesday is about generosity. And at the Drug Policy Alliance, it’s also about gathering strength for the fights ahead.

I’m asking you to be generous, to give us that strength, Friend and donate today. Especially while your early Giving Tuesday gift will be triple matched.

We are at a crossroads. Overdose deaths were coming down for the first time in years.

Proven interventions—naloxone, fentanyl test strips, medications for opioid use disorder, and low-barrier treatment—were delivering on their promise.

A better approach to drug policy was starting to save lives.

But instead of building on that progress, this administration gutted overdose prevention and addiction treatment funding.

And now they’re sending the National Guard into cities across the country, under the false pretense of combating “drugs and crime.”

We can all see through the lies, and I think you know the truth: our shared future is on the line, unless we defend it with everything we’ve got.

Your triple-matched support today will power the fight tomorrow. So please, show your solidarity with allies like Marianne. To prevent harm. To protect our communities. Give today.

Thank you for being part of this movement. There’s never been a more important time to keep fighting.

P.S. An early Giving Tuesday gift is one of the best ways to respond to our government ramping up the drug war. Triple your gift to DPA today.