9/10/95
The Ninth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, "Harm Reduction: Bringing the International Community Together," sponsored by the Drug Policy Foundation, will take place at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, California, from October 18-21. Featured speakers include ABC Nightly News anchor Catherine Crier, former US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, and immediate past President of the American Bar Association George Bushnell. There will also be a series of pioneering panels dealing with such important matters as the Swiss heroin maintenance experiments, the failures of U.S. drug education, the war on lawyers, the California medical marijuana initiative, and the politics of pain control, among many others.
If you plan to attend this year's conference but have not already made your travel arrangements, you are recommended to do so ASAP, as space is limited at the conference hotel and the best airfares are obtained weeks in advance.
A summary of the conference schedule is attached, followed by a registration form, which you may print out and return to DPF. For more information, contact:
Whitney A. Taylor
Drug Policy Foundation
4455 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite B-500
Washington, DC 20008-2302
Phone: (202) 537-5005
Fax: (202) 537-3007
E-mail: [email protected]
For accommodations, please contact:
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
1700 Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 458-6700
Fax: (310) 458-6761
Conference attendees receive the following special room rates:
Single/Double $145 per night Partial Ocean View $165 per night Full Ocean View $190 per night
Remember to call the hotel directly for your reservations and tell them that you are attending the DPF conference.
Conference Chair
Arnold S. Trebach, PhD, President, Drug Policy
Foundation, Professor, The American University
Medical Chair
David Lewis, MD, Brown University
Honorary Legal Chair
Ronald Sinoway, Esq., Redwood, CA
Wednesday, October 18, 1995
5:00-7:00pm Reception & Registration
Thursday, October 19, 1995
8:00am-5:00pm Registration 9:00am-5:00pm Bookstore
8:45-9:30am Opening Addresses
Arnold S. Trebach, PhD, Pres., Drug Policy Foundation
George E. Bushnell, Jr., fmr. Pres., American Bar Association
9:30-10:15am Reform in Review
Arnold S. Trebach, Drug Policy Foundation
Joseph McNamara, PhD, Hoover Institution
Cheryl Anthony Epps, Drug Policy Foundation
10:30-11:30am Public Attitudes & Strategies
David C. Condliffe, Exec. Dir., Drug Policy Foundation
Ira Glasser, Exec. Dir., American Civil Liberties Union
Sam Vagenas, fmr. Dep. Sec. of State, Arizona
John Sperling, CEO, University of Phoenix
11:45am-1:00pm Reform Around the World
Ethan Nadelmann, PhD, The Lindesmith Center
Anthony Henman, DrugReform Group, United Kingdom
Patrick Aeberhard, MD, Pres., Med. du Monde, France
Ron Owens, Australian Drug Law Foundation
Jean-Paul Grund, The Lindesmith Center
2:15-3:45pm The Swiss Experiment
David C. Lewis, MD, Brown University
Ambrose Uchtenhagen, University of Zurich
Robert Haemmig, MD, Prescription Program, Bern
Claude Uehlinger, MD,Centre Psycho-social, Fribourg
4:00-5:30pm Workshops
Practicalities of Drug Reform Lobbying
Cheryl A. Epps, Drug Policy Foundation
Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Keith Stroup, National NORML
Psycho-Pharmacology & Smoking Policy
Barry Beyerstein, Simon Fraser University
Dianne Riley, Canadian Center for Substance Abuse
Eugene Oscapella, Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
Mary Anne Pentz, U.S.C. Medical School
New Ways of Thinking About Drug Use
Allan Clear, LES Harm Reduction Center
Stephen I. Dreyfus, Addictions Counselor, S.C.
Benoit van Caloen, Univ. de Sherbrooke, Canada
Turning Back the Tide: Harm Reduction in Hawaii
Donald Topping, University of Hawaii
Kim Marie Thornburn, MD, Hawaii Dept. of Public Safety
Pamela Lichty, University of Hawaii
Patricia Morgan, PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Treatment Options
Bob Sisko, International Coalition for Addict Self Help
Thomas Maloney & Emily Reed, SODAT
Hugh Boeving, Ellsworth Correctional Facility
Friday, October 20, 1995
9:00-10:30am U.S. Drug Education
Joel Brown, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Rod Skager, University of California, Los Angeles
Bonnie Bernard, Far West Laboratories
Marianne D'Emidio-Casto, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
Nancy Tobler, Research Triangle Institute
Jordan Horowitz, Southwest Regional Laboratory
Elliot Curie, East Bay Coalition Project
10:45am-12:15pm Drugs and Communities of Color
Raymond Brown Jr., Esq., Law Offices of Brown & Brown
Imani Woods, Street Outreach Services
Keith Cylar, Housing Works
Beny Primm, MD, Addiction Research and Treatment Co.
12:30-2:00pm Luncheon
Keynote: Joycelyn Elders, MD, fmr. US Surgeon General
2:15-3:45pm Cannabis Update 1995
Lester Grinspoon, MD, Harvard Medical School
Chris Conrad, Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp
John Morgan, MD, City College of New York
Lynn Zimmer, PhD, City College of New York
Dennis Peron, Californians for Compassionate Use
Keith Stroup, National NORML
Richard Cowan, National NORML
4:00-5:30pm Workshops
Medical Caucus
David C. Lewis, MD, Brown University
Medical Track Planning Committee
Regulating Psychedelic Drugs
Neal Goldsmith, PhD, Tribeca Research Inc.
Alexander T. Shulgin, PhD, Univ. of California, San Francisco
Charles S. Grob, MD, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Rick Doblin, MPP, Kennedy School, Harvard
Drug Policy and the Media:
Dan Weiller, The Lindesmith Center
Rob Stewart, Drug Policy Foundation
Dave Fratello, Drug Policy Foundation
Clifford Schaffer, Canyon Country, CA
Practicalities of Drug Litigation
Jeffrey Steinborn, Steinborn & Associates
Mark Silverstein, Southern California ACLU
William Logan, Esq., Three Rivers, CA
Janet Sherman, Sherman & Sherman
Harm Reduction: The Cutting Edge
Jon Paul Hammond, Prevention Point Philadelphia
Kelli Trombacco, Minority AIDS Project
Renee Edgington, Clean Needles Now
Saturday, October 21, 1995
8:45-9:30am Special Address
Catherine Crier, ABC News
9:30-11:00am The War on Lawyers
Arnold S. Trebach, Drug Policy Foundation
William Moffit, Esq., Moffit Zwerling & Kemler
Gerald Goldstein, Esq., Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley
11:15am-12:45pm Youth on Drugs & Violence
Sarah Kershnar, Harm Reduction Coalition
Heather Edney, Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program
Brandon Miller, Minority AIDS Project
Chandra Andrews, Street Survival Project
2:15-3:45pm Methadone Maintenance
Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD, Institute for Scientific Analysis
Ernie Drucker, PhD, Montefiore Medical Center
Stan Novick, National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
Reda Sobky, MD, Fort Help
Joyce Lowinson, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
4:00-5:30pm Workshops
HIV/AIDS Prevention & Outreach
Lori Jenkins, Center for Innovative Programs
Robert Broadhead, MD, University of Connecticut
Heather Edney, Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program
The Right to be Different
Benson Roe, MD, Univ. of California, San Francisco
Hugh T. Miller, University of Wisconsin
John Beresford, MD, Committee on Unjust Sentencing
Dale Gieringer, California NORML
California Reform Forum
John Petit, Southern California ACLU
Dennis Peron, Californians for Compassionate Use
Sara Kershnar, Harm Reduction Coalition
Joey Tranchina, AIDS Prevention Action Network
Politics of Pain
Harvey L. Rose, MD, Family Physician, Legislative Consultant
Arnold S. Trebach, Drug Policy Foundation
John Morgan, MD, City College of New York
William Marcus, Dep. Attorney General, California
Coca `95: A Necessary Drug Policy Alternative
Douglas Willinger
Hugo Cabieses, Andean Action
Baldomero Caceres, Empersa Nacional de la Coca
Jorge Hurtado, International Coca Research Institute
Theobaldo Liosa, Clinico Los Olivos
Ricardo Parves, Coca `95
6:30-10:30pm Awards Reception & Banquet
9th International Conference Registration Form
__ Registration:
September 1-October 13 $250; On Site $275
__ Luncheon $40 __ Pool Party $15
__ Banquet $75 __ Conference Manual $25
__ Professional Manual $50 __ Credit & Manual $75
__ Professional Package (Save $50!):
September 1-October 13 $365; On Site $390
Includes: Registration, Luncheon, Banquet, Party & Conference Manual
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Whitney A. Taylor
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The Drug Policy Foundation
4455 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite B-500
Washington, DC 20008-2302
Phone: (202) 537-5005
Fax: (202) 537-3007
E-mail: [email protected]
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