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 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: March, 9 - An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy |
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I received this email today;
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Dear Friend,
I am delighted to call your attention to this forum on March 9 in Washington at AEI. (AEI = American Enterprise Institue, fp) One of the nation's most experienced analysts of the drug war, Peter Reuter, will present his assessment of the drug war's failure at one of the leading conservative think tanks. Edwin Meese, Rand Beers, and Jacob Sullum, will discuss the authors' conclusions.
Eric Sterling
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http://www.aei.org/events/type.upcoming,eventID.1262,filter.all/event_detail.asp
An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy
Thursday, March 9, 2006 11:00 AM
Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
In its efforts to control the use of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and other illegal drugs, the United States spends about $35 billion per year in public funds. Almost half a million dealers and users are incarcerated. In An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy (AEI Press, 2005), policy analysts David Boyum and Peter Reuter provide an assessment of how poorly this massive investment of tax dollars and government authority is working.
Boyum and Reuter assert that tough enforcementthe centerpiece of American drug policy in terms of rhetoric, budget, and substancehas little to show by way of success. They also argue that the eradication of drug crops should not necessarily be a routine aspect of international interdiction programs, especially when it conflicts with other foreign policy objectives.
By contrast, more effective or promising drug control policies remain underfunded. Most significantly, drug treatment services are in short supply, even though research indicates that treatment expenditures easily pay for themselves in terms of reduced crime and improved productivity.
The panel, including Edwin Meese, Rand Beers, and Jacob Sullum, will discuss the authors' conclusions.
10:45 a.m.
Registration
11:00
Introduction:
Sally Satel, M.D., AEI
11:15
Presenter:
Peter Reuter, University of Maryland
Panelists:
Edwin Meese, Heritage Foundation
Jacob Sullum, Reason magazine
Rand Beers, Kennedy School of Government
Moderator:
James Q. Wilson, AEI, Pepperdine University
12:30 p.m.
Adjournment
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Eric E. Sterling, President
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
esterling  cjpf.org www.cjpf.org
Tel: 301-589-6020 Cell: 202-365-2420
Fax: 301-589-5056
8730 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3649
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I will not be attending btw.
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