New report finds that 12 states and Washington D.C. still automatically suspend driver’s licenses for drug offenses unrelated to driving

FOR RELEASE ON: December 12, 2016 Contact: Joshua Aiken jaiken@prisonpolicy.org (413) 527-0845 Easthampton, MA — A 26-year-old federal law passed at the height of the War on Drugs pressures states to automatically suspend the driver’s license of anyone convicted of a drug offense, even if the drug offense did not involve driving. A new report by … Continue reading New report finds that 12 states and Washington D.C. still automatically suspend driver’s licenses for drug offenses unrelated to driving