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Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy (PLNDP) is a non-partisan group of the nation's leading physicians and attorneys, whose goal is to promote and support public policy and treatment options that are scientifically-based, evidence-driven, and cost-effective. The initiative, funded by the JEHT, Robert Wood Johnson, and Charles and Helen Schwab Foundations, and building on the earlier work of Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy, is organized around the belief that effective policies for alcohol and other drugs must be grounded in data, not politics. PLNDP will advocate for evidence-based policy decisions and will encourage local innovation by establishing stable professional partnerships in every state and by supporting community coalitions. For the first time, physicians and lawyers, often viewed as squaring off in policy debates, have joined forces to make a concerted effort to move the national conversation beyond the often misleading and polarizing policy debates of the past. America’s drug policy has too frequently missed the mark, and the national interest requires a largely new, pragmatic and non-partisan approach.

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