9/27/95
October is a busy month for drug policy reform! The following events of note are all taking place next month:
10/5-7
The International Symposium on Cannabis Policy, Criminal Law and Human
Rights, 10/5-7, University of Bremen, Germany, co-sponsored with the Foundation
for Drug Policy and Human Rights. For further information, contact Dr.
Lorenz Bollinger, FB 06, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, D- 28334
Bremen Germany, 49-421-218-3068, 49-421-218-3494 (fax), e-mail: [email protected].
10/10-12
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Committee on Drugs
and the Law will hold hearings on alterna- tives to drug prohibition. The
hearings are a follow-up to the committee's report, "A Wiser Course:
Ending Drug Prohibition." Speakers include both prohibitionists and
anti-prohibitionists; the roster includes conservative columnist William
F. Buckley, former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, Carter administration
narcotics official Mathea Falco, Congressman Charles Rangel, Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse Exec. Vice President Herbert Kleber, former
Kansas City and San Jose police chief Joseph McNamara, and many others.
Hearings will be held at the NYC Bar, 42 West 44th Street, New York, New
York, 10036-6690, and are free and open to the public. A copy of the report
can be ordered from the NYC Bar, (212) 382-6695.
10/18-21
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 Loew's Santa Monica Beach Hotel
in Santa Monica, California. The DPF conferences are the largest annual
gathering of reform advocates in the US. For further infor- mation, contact
Whitney Taylor at (202) 537-5005, or e-mail [email protected].
10/24-25
After the DPF conference, take a "side-trip" to the Hawaiian
Islands for the Second Hawaii Harm Reduction Conference, "Pragmatic
Approaches to Tough Social Problems," held at the Outrigger Prince
Kuhio Hotel. For further information, contact the University of Hawaii
Conference Center at (808) 956-8204 (registration) or (808) 956-8930 (program
information).
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