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- From: borden@netcom.com (David Borden)
- Subject: PRESS RELEASE from the Drug Policy Foundation
- Message-ID: <bordenCz2v11.DwM@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 00:36:34 GMT
-
- The following announcement comes to you courtesy of the Drug Reform
- Coordination Network (DRCNet). For more info, email "drcnet@netcom.com",
- or contact: DRCNet, P.O. Box 381813, Cambridge, MA 02238-1813, phone:
- (617) 648-2655, fax (temporary): (617) 646-0657.
-
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- DPF CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK!
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- a copy of our press release and a schedule follows
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-
- International Conference Brings
- Drug Policy Reform Debate to Washington, DC
-
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - Hundreds of advocates for major reforms in drug policy
- will meet in Washington tomorrow to debate new options for drug control
- policy. The conference will focus on how the war on drugs affects
- individual rights and health care, as well as ways to elevate the drug
- debate on Capitol Hill.
-
- The Eighth International Conference
- on Drug Policy Reform
- Thursday, Nov. 17 - Saturday, Nov. 19
- Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
- 480 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Wash., D.C.
- 202-484-1000
-
- The Drug Policy Foundation, an international forum for drug policy
- alternatives, is sponsoring the event, the largest of its kind in the United
- States. Following is a partial list of featured speakers.
-
- * Gustavo de Greiff, the former Colombian prosecutor general, who raised the
- conviction rate for drug cases in Colombia from 20 to 75 percent. He has
- sparked controversy in the United States by calling for a serious study of
- legalization as the best means of putting criminal traffickers out of
- business. Dr. de Greiff is now Colombia's ambassador to Mexico.
-
- * U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who is now serving his seventh term
- in Congress. Rep. Frank is an outspoken critic of many components of the
- drug war, such as mandatory minimum sentencing. He chairs the House
- Subcommittee in International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary
- Policy, and is also a member of the Judiciary and the Budget committees.
-
- * Kristine M. Gebbie, former U.S. AIDS Policy Coordinator, oversaw the
- nation's HIV and AIDS agenda in research, services and prevention. Prior to
- her appointment by President Clinton, Ms. Gebbie served as Secretary of the
- Department of Health for Washington state.
-
- * Dr. Robert G. Newman, president, the Beth Israel Medical Center in New
- York City, has played a major role in developing and directing addiction
- treatment programs throughout the world during the past 25 years. He has
- served as a consultant to the World Health Organization and has consulted
- and lectured in Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand and throughout Europe. Dr.
- Newman will be giving the keynote address at the Friday luncheon.
-
- * Dr. Peter Beilenson, director, Baltimore Department of Health, works
- with both the mayor's office and the police department to help implement
- programs for addicts and the inhabitants of the poorer areas of the city.
- Most recently, Dr. Beilenson aided the Maryland State House in adopting
- historic needle exchange legislation.
-
- The conference covers a wide range of policy issues and includes two
- professional tracks: one for doctors and one for lawyers. (A preliminary
- schedule follows.)
-
- ====================================================
- WINNERS OF ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
- ====================================================
-
- The Drug Policy Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the
- 1994 Achievement Awards in Drug Policy Reform. The winners, who will be
- recognized at the Saturday evening banquet, are (in order of presentation):
-
- The New Haven (CT) Board of Young Police Commissioners
- for Achievement in Law Enforcement
-
- Michael Moore
- legislator, Australian Capital Territory
- for Achievement in Law
-
- Stanton Peele
- psychologist and author
- for Achievement in Scholarship
-
- Jack Herer
- activist and author,
- and
- Louis Jones
- founder, STANDUP Harlem
- for Achievement in Citizen Action
-
- Robert G. Newman, M.D.
- president, Beth Israel Medical Center
- for Achievement in Medicine and Treatment
-
- William Finnegan
- staff writer, The New Yorker
- for Achievement in Journalism
-
- Gustavo de Greiff
- former prosecutor general of Colombia
- for Outstanding Achievement in Drug Policy Reform
-
- ====================================================
- To register for the conference, contact Whitney Taylor in the Washington
- office @ (202) 537-5005, M-F or register at the hotel. Fees are $200, plus
- extra for special events (luncheon, party, awards banquet). Special package
- deals are available and offer savings on events. Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
- currently has no vacancies, however, the Holiday Inn near the conference
- still does, 202-479-4000.
- ====================================================
- Preliminary Conference Schedule
- ====================================================
-
- Thursday, November 17, 1994
-
- PLENARY SESSIONS
-
- 9:00a-10:00a
- State of the Reform Movement
- Arnold S. Trebach, President, DPF
- David C. Condliffe, Executive Director, DPF
- Ira Glasser, Executive Director, ACLU; Board of Directors, DPF
-
- 10:00a-11:15a
- Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
- Chair: Julie Stewart, President, FAMM
-
- 11:30a-12:45p
- Human Rights: The Crucial Next Stage
- Chair: Kevin B. Zeese, Esq.
-
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- 2:30p-3:45p WORKSHOPS
-
- Moral & Religious Dimensions
- Chair: The Reverend Andrew Leigh Gunn
- The War on Reproductive Rights
- Chair: Lynn Paltrow, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
- Beyond Marihuana as Medicine
- Chair: Lester Grinspoon, Harvard University
- Addict in the Reform Movement
- Chair: Allan Clear, New York
-
- ====================================================
- 4:00p-5:30p WORKSHOPS
-
- Drug War & the Media
- Chair: Cynthia Cotts, DPF
- Marijuana & First Amendment Religious Issues
- Chair: Don Fiedler, Esq.
- WHO Cocaine Panel
- Chair: David Lewis, Brown University
- ====================================================
-
- Friday, November 18, 1994
-
- PLENARY SESSIONS
-
- 9:00a-10:30a
- Health Perspectives on Drug Policy
- Margaret A. Hamburg, New York City Health Commissioner
- Kristine Gebbie, frmr National AIDS Policy Coordinator
-
- 10:45a-12:15p
- Review of Clinton Administration
- Chair: David C. Condliffe, DPF
-
- 12:30p-2:00p
- Luncheon ($35)
- Keynote: Dr. Robert G. Newman, Pres., Beth Israel Medical Center
-
- ====================================================
- 2:15p-3:45p WORKSHOPS
-
- International Legal Developments
- Chair: Lorenz Bollinger, Professor, University of Bremen
- Translating Harm Reduction for the U.S.
- Chair: George Clark, Harm Reduction Working Group
- Psychedelics: The Exception to the Drug Abuse Paradigm
- Chair: Dale Gieringer, Calif. NORML
- Methadone Maintenance
- Chair: Henry Blansfield
-
- ====================================================
-
- 4:00p-5:30p WORKSHOPS
-
- Informants: Use & Misuse (Legal Track)
- Chair: Dennis Fitzgerald, Esq.
- Needle Exchange: Practicalities of Implementation
- Chair: Peter Beilenson, Director, Health Services, Baltimore
- Harm Reduction Principles & Practice
- Chair: Ernie Drucker, Montefiore Medical Center
- Medical Professional Round Table
- Chair: David Lewis, Brown University
- Canadian Drug Scene
- Chair: Barry Beyerstein, Simon Fraser University
-
- ====================================================
- 9:00p-1:00a
- THE ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST BALL ($15)
- 1920s-era music, costume & fun
- ====================================================
-
- Saturday, November 19, 1994
-
- PLENARY SESSIONS
-
- 9:00a-11:00a
- Reform Organizations: The Next Generation
- Chair: Ethan Nadelmann, the Lindesmith Center
-
- 11:15a-12:45p
- Pain Control and Drugs
- Chair: Arnold S. Trebach, DPF
-
- ====================================================
- 2:15p-3:45p WORKSHOPS
-
- Acupuncture
- Chair: Lori Jenkins, Parent Resource Center, Dade County
- Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report Centennial
- Chair: Tod Mikuriya
- 25th Anniversary Report -- Eisenhower Fdn.
- Chair: Lynn A. Curtis, President, Eisenhower Fdn.
- Understanding D.A.R.E.
- Chair: Richard Evans, Esq.
- Police Perspectives
- Chair: Joe McNamara, frmr San Jose Chief of Police
-
- ====================================================
-
- 4:00p-5:30p WORKSHOPS
-
- The Medicalization of Ibogaine
- Chair: Howard Lotsof, NDA International
- Needle Exchange: Street Worker's Perspective
- Chair: Jon Paul Hammond, Coordinator, Prevention Point, Philadelphia
- Drug Use Among Students: Casual Assumptions and Prevention Programs
- Chair: Melody Lark, Southwest Regional Laboratory
- Non-Deviant Drug Use
- Chair: David Duncan, Brown University
- Double Jeopardy in Forfeiture Cases
- Chair: Jeffrey Steinborn, Esq.
- ====================================================
-
- 6:45p
- Reception
- 7:15p
- Awards Banquet ($70)
-
- -end-
-
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