11/10/94
DPF CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK!
a copy of our press release and a schedule follows
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.)
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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