“On Tuesday morning, San Diego State University student Randy Hencken [founder of SDSU SSDP] woke up, checked his email, saw that 75 of his fellow students had just been arrested in a massive drug bust, and realized that a national news story had just landed on his doorstep. So he rolled up his sleeves, grabbed his cell phone, and got to work.

By Wednesday afternoon, Randy and his chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy had successfully reframed the story for nearly every local and national news outlet that covered it. In less than 24 hours, they had pulled together a demonstration and a press conference that forced the media to question the wisdom of the War on Drugs — rather than simply parroting the prohibitionist talking points spouted by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ” - Micah Daigle, SSDP

Randy was advocating for a Good Samaritan policy to be enacted at SDSU. The policy would encourage people to call 911 when there is a drug or alcohol related emergency, this way no one hesitates when their is a life on the line. At Cornell, 911 emergency calls doubled after their Good Samaritan policy was enacted.

SSDP@UH is working on a campaign right now to implement a Good Samaritan policy at our campus. We’ve been building support inside the administration, and with SGA. But it’s going to take a lot people’s support to help get this policy in place. If you want to get involved and change this university, contact us.