Daily Archives: November 22, 2008

Drugs for Sale! A Discussion of Post-Prohibition Drug Markets (l-r) Tim Lynch (Cato Institute), Ethan Nadelmann (Drug Policy Alliance), Moderator Chris Chiles (SSDP Board) Tim Lynch is very pessimistic about what seems to be happening so far with the Obama … Continue reading →

I got to meet Peter Moskos at the conference. He’s there with his book — I’ve been meaning to talk about it more and will later, but suffice to say right now that it’s an excellent book about policing and … Continue reading →

Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) Plenary: Race, Inner Cities, and the Drug War It was great to have Danny Davis speak. He did a great job of summarizing the ills of the drug war nationally, internationally, and racially. To hear his … Continue reading →

(l-r) Kris Krane, Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Courtland Milloy, Washington Post (Moderator); Kevin Sabet, Students Taking Action Not Drugs The debate started with Kevin Sabet. He really worked on being reasonable-sounding, but a lot of what he said we’ve … Continue reading →

Breakout session: Shots fired: The Casualties of No-Knock Police Raids in America (l-r)Alison Grimmer (SSDP board), Radley Balko (Reason Magazine), David Borden (Stop the Drug War), Cheye Calvo (Mayor, Berwyn Heights) Radley was great. I’m not going to regurgitate what … Continue reading →

Was drug czar taking bribes?

Opening session (l-r) Kris Krane, Matt Palevsky, Rob Kampia, Bill Piper, Caren Woodson, Adam Wolf, Aaron Houston Kris Krane (SSDP Executive Director) started out with a stirring opening about how this generation of college students is going to make the … Continue reading →

Well, we made it to College Park, Maryland, after a much too long drive. There were multiple accidents on the freeway near Washington, Pennsylvania that tied up traffic for hours, and then we ran into lots of snow in the … Continue reading →