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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Drugs : Health : Prisons |
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Panel Discussion: "Why is it Time to Change Our Drug Laws?" |
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by Nancy Dietrich-Rybicki
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18 Apr 2006
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The Channing-Murray April Social Justice Forum will be a Panel Discussion entitled "Why is it Time to Change Our Drug Laws? How UIUC and C-U Drug Policies Affect ALL of Us."
Tuesday, April 25, 7:00 p.m. at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana
It is free and open to the public |
This panel discussion will cover racial disparities in sentencing for drug offenses, prison overcrowding & alternatives to incarceration, needle exchange & opiate maintenance, new treatment modalities, local & University policies regarding drugs & alcohol, and other related topics.
Panel members & topics:
Shaleen Aghi, "The War on Drugs: Caught in the Crossfire"
Shaleen is an Illinois NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) Board Member, Co-Founder of Coalition for Social Change, and UIUC Law Student.
Andrea Brandon, "The Practice and Potential of Harm Reduction in Champaign, Illinois"
Andrea is an MD/PhD Candidate at UIUC; National Secretary for Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and Co-Founder of the Coalition for Social Change.
Tom Betz, "Your Health, Your Rights, and Your University: Alcohol & Drug Policy at the University of Illinois"
Tom is the Directing Attorney for Student Legal Services at the University of Illinois.
Co-Sponsored by: The Activist Forum; Champaign County ACLU; Coalition for Social Change; Illinois Disciples Foundation; Illinois NORML; The Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church; Students for Sensible Drug Policy |
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