Drug Policy for the 21st Century Conference

February 4, 2009

An informed discussion of national and state drug laws and policies, with particular emphasis on examining viable alternatives to the current policy of strict prohibition and the "War on Drugs," and exploring possibilities for implementing new policies and approaches.

Conference Speakers

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Dr. Susan Pease, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, CCSU	Keynote speaker Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance	Dr. Tim Black, Director of the Center for Social Research and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hartford

           Click Here to view the agenda

           Click Here to read a compilation of relevant literature regarding drug decriminalization

           Click Here to read about U.S. states that have decriminalized marijuana

           Click Here to read coverage of the event

Students from Central Connecticut State University, Manchester Community College and the Morgan School in Clinton, CT were in attendance at the conference.

 Institute for Municipal & Regional Policy Director Andrew Clark