Calling a Truce to the War on Drugs

Speaker from Calling a Truce to the War on Drugs, a City of Berkeley sponsored forum. (2000)

Two-part forum (4 hours) hosted by the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission, and the Police Review Commission. Features various speakers addressing current drug enforcement policies and the medical impacts of drug use.
Viewed on cable access in Berkeley.

 

Panel One: Punitive solutions involving police and prisons is worst for individuals and society then the drug problem itself.

• Alexander Cockburn, "CIA, the U.S. government and the drug trade"
• Chris Conrad, co-author "Shattered Lives"
• Dale Gieringer, National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws
• Superior Court Judge James P. Gray, Orange County, California
• Ethan A. Nadermann, Director Lindesmith Center
• Virginia Ressner, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
• Marsha Rosenbaum, Director Lindesmith Center West "Youth and Drugs", a parent's Perspective {on Drug education}.
  
  Panel Two: Public health solutions to problems that are associated with the abuse of drugs
  
• Maria Quevedo, Harm Reduction Coalition "How the War on Drugs creates a public health risk."
• Emmanuel Sferio, DanceSafe, RAIDS vs. RAVES, Ecstasy, harm reduction and the adulterated market.
• Professor Robert MacCoun, Goldman School of Public Policy, U.C. Berkeley
• Dan Macallair, Associate Director, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice "Growth and Political Power of the Correctional-Industrial Complex Under the Drug War"