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Drug Policy - Public Health or Criminal Justice Issue? - UBC Continuing Studies

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[Courtesy of UBC Continuing Studies Series] 

If you missed this engaging series of free panel discussions facilitated by Stephen Owen, UBC Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations, webcasts of each session are available below.

In communities across Canada, discussions are going on – public and private – about how to deal effectively with the growing problem of illicit drug use. Decisions are being made about how to educate our young people and how to allocate public money.

Vancouver has been at the centre of the drug debate since 1995. It has led the way in taking public action, researching the effect of different strategies and considering current community attitudes.

At this time of escalating concern about drug and alcohol problems, and drug-related crime, this series looks at a wide spectrum of perspectives and research – often conflicting – to consider what information is useful in guiding us as parents, co-workers and citizens.

Drug Policy

 

February 13:

Where Should Public Health End and Criminal Justice Begin?

 

To view a webcast of this session, please click here webcast.

With Larry Campbell, Canadian Senator, past Vancouver Mayor and past BC Coroner; Dr. Brian Emerson, BC Ministry of Health, medical consultant and Secretary, Health Officers Council and Inspector Scott Thompson, Vancouver Police Department, Drug Policy Unit.

 

 

February 20:

What Do We Tell the Kids?

 

To view a webcast of this session, please click here webcast.

With Dr. Rick Mathias, UBC Professor of Health Care and Epidemiology (with expertise on toxicity of drugs on the body); Sergeant Bob Hall, RCMP (responsible for drug prevention initiatives for the RCMP in BC); and Dan Reist, Director of Communication and Resource Centre, Centre for Addictions Research (developed substance abuse and mental health programs and resources for BC schools).

 

 

February 27:

How Should Public Money Be Spent?

 

To view a webcast of this session, please click here webcast.

With Philip Owen, past Vancouver Mayor and leader of the Four Pillars Approach; Stephen Easton, SFU economist and Senior Scholar at the Fraser Institute (author of The Costs of Crime: Who Pays and How Much ) and Penny Ballem, past Deputy Minister, BC Health and Health Care expert.

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