Drug Policy Project

PRE-CONFERENCE RECEPTION
November 30, 2005
Newmark Tower
1415 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
7:00-9:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening of conversation and refreshments with drug policy reformers and experts, featuring selected conference speakers.

DAY 1 – PUBLIC FORUM
December 1, 2005
Red Lion Hotel on 5th Avenue
1415 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Registration: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Program: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. Introduction

Councilmember Nick Licata, Public Health & Safety Chair, Seattle City Council (Seattle, WA)
Gary Maehara, President, King County Bar Association (Seattle, WA)
Roger Goodman, Director, KCBA Drug Policy Project (Seattle, WA)

8:30 a.m. Panel 1: Historical and Cultural Contexts of Drug Use and Drug Control

Ethan Nadelmann, Director, Drug Policy Alliance (New York, NY)
David Courtwright, Professor of History, University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
Jonathan Wender,
Moderator: Roger Goodman, Director, KCBA Drug Policy Project, Washington State

10:00 a.m. Break

Instructor, Simon Fraser University / Police Veteran (Edmonds, WA)
Moderator: Roger Goodman, Director, KCBA Drug Policy Project (Seattle, WA)

Commentators:

Nora Callahan, Director, November Coalition (Colville, WA)
Andy Ko, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington – Drug Policy Project (Seattle, WA)
Cliff Thornton, Director, Efficacy (Hartford, CT)

10:10 a.m. Panel 2: What the Current Drug Control System Allows Speakers:

Graham Boyd, Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Law Reform Project (Santa Cruz, CA)
Deborah Peterson Small, Executive Director, Break the Chains (New York, NY)
Sanho Tree, Director, Institute for Policy Studies – Drug Policy Project (Washington, D.C.)
Stephen Ziegler, Assistant Professor of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (Bloomington, IN)
Moderator: Eric Sterling, Director, Justice Policy Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Commentators:

Sgt. Robert Benson, Seattle Police Department (Seattle, WA)
Dan Satterberg, Chief of Staff, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (Seattle, WA)

12:00 p.m. Luncheon Address: Lessons Learned from our Northern Neighbor - Senator Pierre Claude Nolin (Quebec, Canada)

1:00 p.m. Break

1:20 p.m. Panel 3: Current Innovations Within the Prohibition Framework Speakers:

Peter Reuter, Professor of Public Policy & Criminology, University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Alan Marlatt, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Craig Reinarman, Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
Eugene Oscapella, Founding Member, Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy (Ottawa, Canada)
Moderator: Kris Nyrop, Director, Street Outreach Services (Seattle, WA)

Commentators:

Fredrik Polak, Psychologist (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Stephen Ziegler, Assistant Professor of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (Bloomington, IN)
Rick Steves, Host of “Rick Steves Europe” (Seattle, WA)
Steve Freng, Prevention and Treatment Manager, Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (Seattle, WA)

2:40 p.m.Special Focus on Current Innovations: Project NEON and Four Pillars Approach

Cathy Speelmon, Chemical Dependency Program Manager, Project NEON, Seattle Counseling Services (Seattle, WA)
Donald MacPherson, Drug Policy Coordinator, City of Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)

3:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions: Considering the Core Issues

Cannabis regulation – reform concepts (Emerald Ballroom)

Peter Reuter, Professor of Public Policy & Criminology, University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance (New York, NY)

The role of law enforcement (Lopez A Room)

Jonathan Wender, Instructor, Simon Fraser University / Police Veteran (Edmonds, WA)
Norm Stamper, Former Chief of Seattle Police Department (Seattle, WA)

Medical practice and addiction treatment (Emerald Ballroom)

Stephen Ziegler, Assistant Professor of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (Bloomington, IN)
Charles Huffeine, M.D., delegate to KCBA-DPP Steering Committee (Seattle, WA)

Methamphetamine – a public health approach (Whidbey Room)

Luciano Colonna, Executive Director, Harm Reduction Coalition (Salt Lake City, UT)

Kids and Drugs – prevention and education (Lopez B Room)

Liz Wilhelm, Client Funding Specialist, Committee for Children (Seattle, WA)
Scarlett Swerdlow, Executive Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (Washington, DC)

4:00 p.m. Free-for-all: Beyond Prohibition – So Now What?

Moderator: Dick Monroe, Steering Committee Chair, KCBA-Drug Policy Project (Seattle, WA)

5:00 p.m. Adjournment

DAY 2 – WORKING SEMINAR
December 2, 2005
One Union Square Boardroom
600 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101
Registration: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Program: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m. Introduction – Roger Goodman, Director, KCBA – Drug Policy Project

10:15 a.m. Briefing and Presentations: Current Regulatory Systems for Drug Control and Civil Systems for Holding People Accountable

Roger Goodman,
Mark Haden, Clinical Supervisor, Addiction Services: Vancouver Coastal Health (British Columbia, Canada)
Rob MacCoun, Professor of Public Policy & Law, UC Berkeley, Schools of Public Policy & Law (Berkeley, CA)

11:45 a.m. Break

12:00 p.m. Working Lunch and Roundtable Discussion: Parameters of a New Legal Framework for Drug Control
Roundtable Participants:

Graham Boyd, Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Law Reform Project (Santa Cruz, CA)
Luciano Colonna, Executive Director, Harm Reduction Project (Salt Lake City, UT)
David Courtwright, Professor, University of North Florida, Dep't of History (Jacksonville, FL)
Mark Haden, Clinical Supervisor, Addiction Services: Vancouver Coastal Health (British Columbia, Canada)
Mark Kleiman, Professor, UCLA School of Public Policy (Los Angeles, CA)
Andy Ko, Project Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Drug Policy Reform Project (Seattle, WA)
Rob MacCoun, Professor, UC Berkeley, Schools of Public Policy & Law (Berkeley, CA)
Alan Marlatt, Professor, University of Washington, Dep't of Psychology (Seattle, WA)
Doug McVay, Research Director, Common Sense for Drug Policy (Lancaster, PA)
Kris Nyrop, Executive Director, Street Outreach Services (Seattle, WA)
Eugene Oscapella, Founding Member, Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy (Ottawa, Canada)
Craig Reinarman, Professor, UC Santa Cruz, Dep't of Sociology (Santa Cruz, CA)
Steve Rolles, Information Officer, Transform Drug Policy Foundation (United Kingdom)
Deborah Small, Executive Director, Break the Chains (New York, NY)
Norm Stamper, Former Chief of Seattle Police Dep't (Seattle, WA)
Eric Sterling, Executive Director, Justice Policy Foundation (Silver Spring, MD)
Cliff Thornton, Director, Efficacy (Hartford, CT)
Sanho Tree, Project Director, Institute for Policy Studies, Drug Policy Project (Washington, DC)
Stephen Ziegler, Assistant Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (Bloomington, IN)

4:00 p.m. Adjournment