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Medical Marijuana in New York

Presented by the Drugs and the Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street (off Fifth Ave.) Thousands of patients obtain and use marijuana under the laws of eleven states providing for its medical use. Except in the case of the handful of patients who obtain marijuana from the federal government, federal law prohibits any use, sale, or cultivation of marijuana. Join the Drugs and the Law Committee for a discussion of proposed medical marijuana legislation for New York and the growing body of cases addressing this conflict between state and federal law.

Medical Marijuana Debate: Should the sick be able to smoke?

The Donald & Paula Smith Family Foundation Presents a debate: Medical Marijuana: Should the sick be able to smoke? Featuring: Bob Barr Former Congressman 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union

Russ Luncsford will be featured at Christmas in Prison Arts and Crafts Show

This Prison Arts and Crafts Show is sponsored by the Prison Art Gallery and the Prisons Foundation. It will be held at First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 E Street, NW from 10 AM to 5 PM, with free admission, live entertainment and hundreds of pieces of prison art for sale from prison artists across America, including original art and prints by ex-prisoner Russ Luncsford. Luncsford will appear on December 9 noon at the First Trinity Arts and Crafts Show and also on the same day at the Prison Art Gallery at 3 PM (1600 K Street NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC).

Get Plugged-In!! The network for preventing harmful drug use

On Saturday November 18th, 2006 the City of Vancouver will host “Get Plugged-In!! The network for preventing harmful drug use” at Tupper Secondary from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sign in will take place between 10 - 10:30). This event has been created by youth and youth allies to bring together youth, service providers, funders, policy makers and adult allies, to elaborate on our understanding of what prevention efforts can look like as they relate to substance use.

OR: First Public Meeting of the New Willamette Valley NORML chapter

The first public meeting for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws new local chapter is scheduled for Saturday, November 11, at 5 o'clock. The meeting will be held at Spencer View Family Housing Center, 2250 Patterson Street, in the Community Center

“The Drug War” Art Installation by Anthony Papa

“The Drug War” is a multimedia art installation which visually portrays some of the most compelling drug war issues in the news. The visual narratives, which include bloody syringes and crying babies, are powerful reminders of the raging war on drugs that devastates our neighborhoods, homes and families.

Seminar on Addiction: Thinking Outside the Box

Getting Beyond Drugs, Getting Beyond the DTES, Getting Beyond the Four Pillars: Images of the DTES tell us little about addiction problems in other areas of the city and suburbs and other parts of the world. Facilitator Bruce Alexander shares stories about how all four pillars were used throughout the 20th Century. Our existing solutions are helping many individuals but they're not stopping the tidal wave. It's time to start thinking about addiction 'outside the box'. Joining Bruce are Savannah Walling, Vancouver Moving Theatre, Donald MacPherson and Gabor Mate, doctor, newspaper columnist and author. Your ideas are important, bring them along. Free.

The Sentencing Project executive director Marc Mauer appearing at Prisons Gallery of Art

The Prisons Foundation is pleased to announce that Marc Mauer will appear at this week's Justice Sundays event at the Prisons Gallery of Art, 1600 K Street NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC. Marc Mauer is executive director of The Sentencing Project and the author of some of the most widely cited reports in the field of criminal justice, including Young Black Men and the Criminal Justice System and the Americans Behind Bars series.

THE 20-YEAR LEGACY of CRACK & POWDER COCAINE SENTENCING: Senate Staff Briefing

Senate Staff Briefing Sponsored by the Justice Roundtable Friday, October 27, 2006 12:00 – 1:00 226 Dirksen (Bring your brown bag lunch) On October 27, 1986 President Ronald Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. The law’s mandatory penalties for crack cocaine offenses are the toughest ever adopted for low-level drug offenses. A defendant convicted with five grams of crack cocaine (the weight of less than two sugar packets) is subject to a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. The same five-year penalty is triggered for powder cocaine only when the offense involves 500 grams, 100 times the minimum quantity for crack. Twenty years later it is time to re- evaluate the implications of this law and determine whether the law’s application reflects Congress’s intent in 1986 when the legislation was enacted. Panelists will discuss the effects of the legislation on drug abuse and public safety, as well as a range of proposals for reform.
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