|
Los
Angeles:
Citizens'
Fact
Finding
Commission
on
US
Drug
Policy
5#22-23
5/7/99
Two day public forum sponsored
by the Institute for Policy Studies. Prominent speakers will discuss
topics including How the Drug Industry Operates, Government Corruption
and Complicity in the War on Drugs, and The Social Impact of Drugs and
the War on Drugs.
A panel of Commissioners
will hear the testimony and issue a final report, including former California
Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, former New York State Supreme Court
Justice Shirley Fingerhood, Santa Ana Superior Court Judge James P. Gray,
former US Magistrate Volney V. Brown, Jr., and National Prison Project
Director-Emeritus Alvin Bronstein, Esq.
The event will also include
a reception and a benefit showing of the award-winning movie Slam, with
an introduction by Producer/Co-Writer Richard Stratton.
Forums will be held at the
University of Southern California campus, West 34th St., between McLintock
and Figueroa Streets, 9:00am-6:00 on Saturday, 5/22 and 10:00am-1:00pm
on Sunday, 5/23. The fundraising reception will be held from 6:00-7:30pm
on Saturday at the University Religious Center, followed by Slam at 8:00pm
in Room 201, Taper Hall. For further information, contact Prof. Robert
Benson, Loyola Law School, (213) 736-1094 or Sanho Tree, Institute for
Policy Studies, (202) 234-9382, ext. 266.
-- END --
|
Issue #90, 5/7/99
DRCNet Passes 10,000 Subscriber Mark, 90th Issue of Week Online | Congressional Black Caucus Chair Calls for End of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Felony Disenfranchisement | Medical Marijuana Petitioners File Federal Suit, Allege Threats, Harassment at Polling Locations | Hyde, Conyers, Barr and Frank Introduce Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill | Mounties Back Canadian Marijuana Decriminalization Effort | Special Report: Safe Injection Room Opens in Sydney | Australian Perspective | Los Angeles: Citizens' Fact Finding Commission on US Drug Policy 5/22/2023 | San Francisco: Medical Marijuana Researcher to Speak at Forum 25-May | Editorial: A Monument to Failure
|
This issue -- main page
This issue -- single-file printer version
Drug War Chronicle -- main page
Chronicle archives
|
PERMISSION to reprint or
redistribute any or all of the contents of Drug War Chronicle (formerly The Week Online with DRCNet is hereby
granted. We ask that any use of these materials include proper credit and,
where appropriate, a link to one or more of our web sites. If your
publication customarily pays for publication, DRCNet requests checks
payable to the organization. If your publication does not pay for
materials, you are free to use the materials gratis. In all cases, we
request notification for our records, including physical copies where
material has appeared in print. Contact: StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug Reform Coordination Network,
P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 293-8340 (voice), (202)
293-8344 (fax), e-mail [email protected]. Thank
you.
Articles of a purely
educational nature in Drug War Chronicle appear courtesy of the DRCNet
Foundation, unless otherwise noted.
|
