Events - International Drug Policy Reform Conference

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2005 International Drug Policy Reform Conference
November 10-12, 2005
The Westin
Long Beach, CA

Topics will include cannabis, civil liberties, drug treatment, GLBT people and drug law reform, harm reduction, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, methadone, methamphetamine, psychedelics, racial injustice, teen issues, and more.

Go to www.drugpolicy.org for more information.

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2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference
Hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance
December 5-8, 2007
New Orleans, Louisiana

The International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the world's principal gathering of people who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. No better opportunity exists to learn about drug policy and to strategize and mobilize for reform.

The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference will address a wide range of policy, legal, political and scientific issues including:

Drug Sentencing Reform
Treatment
Drug Testing
Race and the Drug War
Marijuana
HIV, Hep C and Overdose Prevention
International Developments
Drug Education
Entheogens-Science, Spirituality and Law
Alternatives to Prohibition
Pragmatic Steps for Ending the Drug War

This year's conference will be held at the Astor Crowne Plaza in the legendary French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Why New Orleans?

Old world ambiance, hot jazz, cool eats and sizzling night life... The Astor Crowne Plaza is within walking distance of many of the landmarks of New Orleans' worldwide appeal: courtyards and iron-laced balconies, famous restaurants and galleries, Bourbon Street, the mighty Mississippi River and legendary Jackson Square.

New Orleans also presents us with the opportunity of “Working Toward a New Bottom Line” – our conference theme. We can’t convene in this location without engaging the tragic conditions both the city and the state of Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina laid bare an array of problems, many of which are exacerbated by drug war policies. Meanwhile, the state of Louisiana comes close to leading the nation in the rate at which it incarcerates people for drug law violations. But such excesses also create opportunities for reform. Drug policy reform has always been particularly challenging in the South, but we aim to use the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to build momentum for meaningful change – both in New Orleans and more broadly.

Conference Programming (Confirmed Panels)

• Campus Change
• Canada
• Collateral Consequences
• Conservative Black America
• Drinking Age / Youth Alcohol HR
• Drug Law Informants
• Drug Textbooks
• Drug User Organizing
• Drugs & Violence
• Elevator Arguments
• Hallucinogens
• Harm Reduction Therapy
• HEA
• History of Harm Reduction
• Ibogaine
• Immigration
• International
• Juvenile Justice & BZT
• Meth & Stimulants
• Mexico
• MJ Arrests
• MMJ / Implementation
• MMJ / Legislative
• Netroots Activism
• NOLA Drug Markets
• NOLA Placeholder
• OD Prevention
• Partner / Law Enforcement
• Pregnant Women
• Prescribing Heroin
• Recovery Community
• Safer Injection Sites
• Selective Enforcement
• Student Drug Testing
• Syringe Access
• Tobacco & HR
• TR: Anti-Racist
• TR: Buprenorphine
• TR: BZT
• TR: Fundraising
• TR: Hep C
• TR: Media
• TR: OD Prevention
• TR: Working with Law Enforcement
• TR: Youth Engagement
• Treatment / Addicts
• Treatment / Nonaddicts
• UNGASS 08
• Voting Issues

http://kessjones.com/conf07/