The Drug Debate

Please join us at this important event. Here is the schedule: 9:00am: Welcome 9:10-9:40am: History & Background of Current U.S. Drug Policy - Dean Susan Pease

Race and The Drug War: Part II of Intersections in the War on Drugs A FREE brown bag Summer Video and Speaker Series sponsored by Institute for Policy Studies, Drug Policy Project. Beverages provided. For more information contact: Aaron Sundquist (202) 234-9382.

Simon Hughes MP will kick off Release’s 40th anniversary conference with a consideration of the increasing importance of the voluntary sector to provide a safety net for our most vulnerable citizens.

Please join us for DRUGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD (Is Drug Policy Making Things Worse?) There will be a light supper 5:30 - 6:00 followed by the discussion 6:00 - 8:00. Topics include: Where do we go from here?

Please join the League of Women Voters of Connecticut for our annual meeting featuring guest speaker Cliff Thorton. Mr. Thornton is the founder of Efficacy, a non-profit organization that has been concentrating on drug policy reform. He was the Gubernatorial candidate for the Green Party in 2006. He has lectured frequently in this country and abroad and has always captivated his audiences. His topic will be:

The Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy is pleased to invite you to a report briefing entitled Through A Different Lens: Shifting the Focus on Illinois Drug Policy, An examination of states’ solutions and applicability to Illinois

The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested realized his cocaine source was working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR "the last white hope" shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just dope fiends but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.

Eugene Oscapella of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy will be presenting at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. For more information, see http://www.cfp2007.org/live/index.html, or c

Eric E. Sterling, J.D., President of The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation in Silver Spring, will be speaking on "The Morality of American Drug Policy" to the Unitarian - Universalist Group at Leisure World -- Rossmoor, in Aspen Hill, Maryland, at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in the Leisure World Chapel, 3680 South Leisure World Boulevard, Silver Spring, MD 20906. The event is free and open to the public.

Houston Community College's Pandora's Box Hosts A Distinguished Panel of Experts on April 10 Panelists include: -Stan Furce, Director of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for Houston. -Marcia Baker, director of Houston's Phoenix House.