Daily Archives: December 8, 2007

Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan – conservative mayor publicly supporting drug policy reform. He is a quadriplegic (from a skiing accident). “I consider this the most important social issue of our time” – Vancouver had the first methadone program in the … Continue reading →

Workshop: Beyond Prohibition: Describing a Drug War Exit Strategy (l-r) Alex Wodak, Australia Fredrick Polak, Netherlands Drug Policy Foundation Steve Rolles, Transform, UK Moderator: Roger Goodman, Seattle Maria Lucia Karam, retired Judge, Brazil Eugene Oscapella, Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy … Continue reading →

Drug Policy Conference – Saturday noon Workshop: To Snitch or Not to Snitch? Diverse Viewpoints on the Role of Informants in American Drug Law Enforcement (l-r) Matthew Fogg, LEAP (not part of the panel) (Bigots with Badges website) Troy Buckner-Nkrumah, … Continue reading →

Workshop: Europe and Drug Policy Reform: Stepping Forward or Falling Back? Moderator: Craig Reinarman, UC-Santa Cruz, (l-r) Michael Jourdan, Centre of Alcohol and Drug Research, Copenhagen Sebastian Saville, Release, London Peter Sarosi, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union Joep Oomen, ENCOD, Antwerp, … Continue reading →