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ACLU and Drug Policy Groups Challenge Censorship of Advertisements Criticizing "War on Drugs" in Federal Court (04/28/2004)
WASHINGTON- In arguments in federal court today, the nation's major drug policy reform groups urged a judge to strike down a law that bars local transit authorities from accepting advertisements critical of the government's "War on Drugs."

Following ACLU Action, Officials Agree Not to Bar Activists at Weekend Festival in South Carolina (04/19/2004)
COLUMBIA, SC - After the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina filed a lawsuit in federal court last week challenging the "Three Rivers Music Festival" organizers' censorship of the marijuana law reform group NORML, the organizers agreed not to enforce the policy, the ACLU said today. The Midlands branch of NORML exercised its First Amendment right this weekend to distribute informational literature to attendees of the music festival without incident.

ACLU of South Carolina Defends Free Speech Rights of Drug Policy Reform Group to Disseminate Message at Three Rivers Music Festival (04/15/2004)
COLUMBIA, SC - The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina today filed a federal lawsuit defending the First Amendment rights of the drug policy reform organization NORML to distribute informational literature and t-shirts at the ""Three Rivers Music Festival"" taking place here this weekend.

ACLU and Drug Policy Groups Sue Over Censorship of Advertisements Criticizing "War on Drugs" (02/18/2004)
WASHINGTON-The nation's major drug policy reform groups today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for censoring the speech of those critical of the government's ""War on Drugs.""

ACLU Asks Court to Protect Confidentiality of Rush Limbaugh's Medical Records (01/12/2004)
PALM BEACH, FL - In a motion filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said state law enforcement officers violated Rush Limbaugh's privacy rights by seizing the conservative radio talk show host's medical records as part of a criminal investigation involving alleged ""doctor-shopping.""

Settlement Reached in ACLU of Michigan Lawsuit Over Mandatory Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients (12/18/2003)
DETROIT - Michigan's attempt to impose mandatory drug tests on all welfare recipients has finally come to an end, the American Civil Liberties Union announced today after a settlement was reached with the Family Independence Agency (FIA). The FIA can now require drug testing of welfare recipients only where there is a reasonable suspicion that the recipient is using drugs.

South Carolina Students Were Terrorized by Police Raid With Guns and Drug Dogs, ACLU Lawsuit Charges (12/15/2003)
GOOSE CREEK, SC - Students as young as 14 were terrorized by police with guns and drug-sniffing dogs in an early-morning SWAT raid at Stratford High School that violated their rights, the American Civil Liberties Union charged in a lawsuit filed today on behalf of 20 families.

Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Protecting Doctors and Patients From Government Censorship (10/14/2003)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to let stand a federal court of appeals ruling that allows doctors to discuss and recommend medical marijuana to patients. Today's announcement effectively upholds the medical marijuana provisions of seven states within the Ninth Circuit, where the original ruling was made.

ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Let Stand Ruling Allowing Doctors to Discuss Medical Marijuana (09/05/2003)
NEW HAVEN - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a legal brief asking the United States Supreme Court to let stand a federal appeals court ruling that allows doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other life-threatening diseases.

ACLU Decries House Legislation that Earmarks $100 Million For Unproven Faith-Based Drug Treatment Programs (07/10/2003)
WASHINGTON - Responding to House legislation that would earmark $100 million for largely faith-based drug treatment initiatives, the American Civil Liberties Union today warned that the lack of quality standards and licensing requirements could harm participants and violate civil liberties.

First-Ever Poll of California's Latino Voters Dispels Myth That Majority Supports Hard-Line Drug Policies (07/02/2003)
NEW YORK - Citing the first-ever poll to ask California's Latino voters about their views on drug policy, the American Civil Liberties Union said today that the overwhelming consensus in opposition to incarceration for low-level drug offenses confirms its call to end the failed experiment of mass incarceration as a way of ending drug abuse.

ACLU Welcomes Bond Hearing for Tulia 13, Says Reform Still Needed (06/16/2003)
WASHINGTON -- Saying that 13 wrongly convicted individuals swept up in the racially charged Tulia drug scandal are one step closer to vindication, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas both welcomed the release of the men and women at a special bond hearing in Texas and applauded a statement released this afternoon by several prominent Members of Congress expressing solidarity with the Tulia defendants.