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Minneapolis
2#5,
San
Francisco
2#5
1/23/98
Boston, Thursday, 1/29: IS THE DRUG WAR FOREVER? The drug war at 25:
looking back, looking ahead.
Inaugural forum of the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers, moderated by
New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis. Opening remarks written for the
occasion by former US Attorney General Elliot Richardson, a board member
of the VCL, will be read. Panelists will include John G.S. Flym, Northeastern
University Law School, David Lewis, M.D., Center for Alcohol and Addiction
Studies and Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy, and the Hon.
Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. From 6:00- 8:00pm,
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, Temple Street (behind the State House).
For more information, call Richard M. Evans at (413) 586-1348 or Michael
Cutler at (617) 739-9093.
Minneapolis, Thursday, 2/5: MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES: ARE THEY WORTH
THE COST? Featuring Jonathan Caulkins, Ph.D., lead author of last year's
RAND Corporation study on the cost-effectiveness of mandatory minimum sentences,
and Julie Stewart, President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Sponsored
by the Open Debate Project, a joint project of the Minnesota Drug Policy
Council and the Minnesota Consortium for Addiction Studies. Reception 6:00-7:00pm,
forum 7:00- 9:00pm, U of M Law School, Auditorium, Room #25, 229 19th Avenue
South. For further information, call Scott Warnick at (612) 292-9815 or
Mark Willenbring at (612) 839-4482, or e-mail [email protected]
or [email protected].
San Francisco, Thursday 2/5: HEPATITIS C: THE NEW EPIDEMIC, sponsored
by The Lindemith Center-San Francisco.
With Joanne Imperial, MD, Stanford University, Joey Tranchina, Director
of Harm Reduction Projects for HCV Global Foundation and Executive Director
of the AIDS Prevention Action Network, Reda Sobky, MD, Medical Director
of HAART, Fort Help and Castro Valley Methadone Clinics, and John Irwin,
Ph.D., patient. At the San Francisco Medical Society, 1409 Sutter St.,
RSVP at (415) 921-4987.
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Issue #26, 1/23/98
New York City Mayor Giuliani is Caught Suppressing Report Of His Own Aids Commission On Needle Exchange | ...But Gets $120 Million from Clinton For More Cops For His New Zero Tolerance Drug War | Justice Department Report: 100,000 More Americans Behind Bars | Two Southern California Medical Marijuana Clubs Targeted by Law Enforcement | 17 Year-Old First Time Offender Faces 10 Years for Role in $20 Marijuana Sale: Excerpt from the Norml Weekly News Bulletin | HHS to Conduct Binding Review of Marijuana's Prohibitive Status: Excerpt from the Norml Weekly News Bulletin | Legal Marijuana Smokers Testify at Institute of Medicine's Public Hearing on Medicinal Marijuana | Forums: Boston 1/29, Minneapolis 2/5, San Francisco 5-Feb | New Hampshire Man Kept Behind Bars for Refusing to Acknowledge God in his Recovery | Penn State Professor Protests Pot Laws with One-Man Smoke-in | Miami School Drug Test Plan Altered | Editorial: From Dr. King's Dream to Drug War Nightmare
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