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Lindesmith
Center
Seminar
Series,
Autumn
1999
8/20/99
Wednesday, 9/9, 11:00am-1:00pm
(*lunch briefing, note time)
Opiate Overdose Deaths:
Lessons from Australia
Wayne D. Hall, PhD, executive
director, National Drug and Alcohol Research Center, University of New
South Wales, analyzes recent trends in opiate overdose fatalities in Australia.
Hall, professor of alcohol and drug studies, explores a range of initiatives
for reducing death rates.
Thursday, 10/7, 4:00-6:00pm
The War on Drugs:
From Jim Crow to Mary Jane
Graham Boyd, JD, director,
American Civil Liberties Union National Drug Policy Litigation Project,
Reginald T. Shuford, JD, staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union,
and Esmerelda Simmons, JD, director, Center for Law and Public Policy,
Medgar Evers College, survey racial disparities arising from drug prohibition.
Boyd provides an historical overview of the impact of drug prohibition
on African-Americans. Shuford analyzes the issues of "driving while
black" and racial profiling. Simmons examines the Rockefeller drug
laws, with particular attention to the effects of mandatory sentencing
upon African-Americans in New York.
Thursday, 10/21, 4:00-6:00pm
Drug Policy Reform 2000:
Opportunities and Challenges
Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD,
director, The Lindesmith Center, examines recent drug policy developments
in the United States and abroad, focusing on there implications for overall
drug policy reform strategy.
Tuesday, 11/2, 4:00-6:00pm
Preventing and Managing
Binge Drinking in College Students: A Harm Reduction Approach
G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, professor
of psychology and director, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University
of Washington in Seattle, analyzes trends in alcohol consumption among
college students, based on research funded by the National Institute of
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Marlatt, editor of Harm Reduction:
Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High Risk Behaviors (Guilford Press,
1998), offers techniques for managing and preventing alcohol-related harms.
Thursday, 11/18, 4:00-6:00pm
The "Pharmaceuticalization"
of Marijuana
Lester Grinspoon, MD, associate
professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, examines the Institute
of Medicine's 1999 report on medical marijuana. Grinspoon, co-author
of Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine (revised edition, Yale University
Press, 1997), critiques efforts to equate marijuana with pharmaceutical
drugs.
Seminars are held at the
Open Society Institute, New York, NY, 400 West 59th Street (between 9th
and 10th Avenues). Please RSVP to The Lindesmith Center at (212) 548-0695,
fax: (212) 548-4670, [email protected].
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Issue #104, 8/20/99
Household Survey Reports Decrease in Teen Use, While Overall Use Remains Flat | Superior Court of Guam Upholds Freedom of Religion for Rastafarian | San Francisco Plans Methadone Expansion | Members of California Congressional Delegation Urge Governor to Sign Needle Exchange Bill | ACLU Sues Oklahoma School District Over Student Drug Testing | United Kingdom: Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy Calls for Royal Commission on Drug Policy | NORML Foundation Launches Marijuana Ad Campaign in San Francisco | Lindesmith Center Seminar Series, Autumn 1999 | Errata: Methamphetamine Bill Alert, Kubby Plant Count | Editorial: Governor Bush's Cocaine Problem
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