Kent State Students for Sensible Drug Policy

KSU SSDP is a new organization on campus. It is being refounded after several years of absence for the 2023-2024 school year. Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an international youth-led non-profit organization that advocates for drug policy reform through evidence based drug policy, promotion of harm reduction, proper drug education and destigmatization. There is a National SSDP organization and smaller groups at colleges called chapters.

KSU SSDP is open to all KSU students. Meetings shall be held in person or through the discord server. The discord server also serves as a meetings place for members to plan and communicate with each other outside of meetings.

In SSDP National's own words: Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society. SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth.

SSDP historically and continues to focus on the following issues: drug policy, the war on drugs, marijuana legalization, psychedelics, juvenile justice, youth rights, drug decriminalization, criminal justice reform, drug education and harm reduction.

Read more at SSDP.org.