Events
No Time Like the Present: Drug Policy and Criminal Justice Reform is More Urgent Than Ever
Wed 08 Jul 2020, 12.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 12.30 pm
Virtual (New York time)
Background
DRCNet Foundation (AKA StoptheDrugWar.org)
The COVID-19 crisis has rendered critical issues in drug policy and criminal justice more urgent than ever, including incarceration as a driver of infectious disease spread; public health measures for injection drug users, a marginalized group; and human rights crises including extrajudicial killings. Our panel will discuss efforts to decarcerate, to fully fund harm reduction programs, and to bring accountability to bear for crimes against humanity in the drug war.