Maritza Perez

Maritza Perez is the Director of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance in Washington, DC where she leads the organization’s federal legislative agenda and strategy.
Maritza Perez is the Director of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance in Washington, DC where she leads the organization’s federal legislative agenda and strategy.
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Views Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Biden’s Drug Czar Must Be Someone Willing to Diverge From Our Country’s Failed Drug War We are at a moment in time when public perception towards drugs and the people who are involved with them is rightfully changing. There may have been no clearer evidence of this than in the most recent election—where every single drug policy reform initiative on the ballot won, and most, pretty... Read more |
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Views Friday, June 26, 2020 The DEA’s Most Recent Abuse of Power Should Renew Calls for Divestment As calls to divest, defund and abolish local police agencies echo across the U.S., it is also time to elevate those calls to apply to federal paramilitary agencies including the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Over the last few weeks, we have watched President Trump respond to the nation's... Read more |
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Views Friday, June 12, 2020 The Congressional Police Reform Bill Fails to Meet the Moment On Monday, House and Senate Democrats introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020. This bill includes much-needed provisions to help end racial profiling, ban chokeholds, create a national database for police misconduct and use-of-force, as well as establish a national use-of-force standard. But... Read more |