DrugSense and its largest project MAP combine to form a 501 c3 non-profit corporation. We exist to provide accurate information relevant to drug policy in order to heighten awareness of the extreme damage being caused to our nation and the world by our current flawed and failed "War on Drugs." We aim to inform the public of the existence of rational alternatives to the drug war, and to help organize citizens to bring about needed reforms.

To further those objectives, and in recognition of the critical role played by the media and the public, we:

• Call attention to factual errors and excesses of policy as reported by the working press and broadcast news organizations.
• Promote debate and discussion by encouraging citizens to communicate their views directly to the media and the public.
• Provide on-line and technical support for a wide range of reform organizations, large and small, including but not limited to providing free email chat lists, news information feeds, and web site creation and support. See our site map for a list of the organizations we support.
• Create and maintain a growing, easily searched, library of news and opinion as a research and educational tool.

We believe that prohibition is a system which unleashes powerful forces, most notably the illegal drug markets, that inevitably make the underlying drug problem worse while adding a series of costly unintended side effects, including damage to the very values upon which free nations have been founded.

We believe that a public well informed about the death, disease and social blight produced by current US drug policy must inevitably seek to reform it.

DrugSense/MAP Board of Directors and Staff

DrugSense/MAP History