New York City Bar Association - Committee on Drugs & the Law

All are welcome to our event tomorrow at 6:00pm at the Association. We have a number of distinguished speakers and look forward to seeing you there!

How is he doing? Discuss!

Checking in on Trump's promises to combat the opioid epidemic CBS News sat down last week with Richard Baum, acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

I am pleased to announce that the Committee's letter of recommendations to the Trump Administration has been sent to the Administration. The letter is available in full at:http://s3.amazonaws.com/documents.nycbar.org/files/2017136-DrugsTrumpTransition_FINAL_5.10.17.pdf

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DATL Committee members concluding the 2015-2016 year.

great end of the year dinner last night.
thank you all for a wonderful and eventful year!

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Please register for our event on June 2, 2016. The event marks the official release of our new report "Charting A Wiser Course: Human Rights and the World Drug Problem." We look forward to seeing you there!

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Heather Haase and Zarah Levin-Fragasso's letter to the editor of "Rethink the Global War on Drugs" is now featured in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/opinion/international-drug-policy.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160427&nlid=56696698&tntemail0=y&_r=0

International Drug Policy The New York City Bar Association writes that “international legal instruments need to be revisited.”

We are pleased to announce the release of "Charting A Wiser Course: Human Rights and the World Drug Problem."

The report, as well as the official Association press release, is available via the following link: http://www.nycbar.org/media-aamp-publications/press-releases/press-2016/2441-new-york-city-bar-association-releases-report-on-world-drug-problem

Many thanks to our authoring subcommittee, Zarah Levin-Fragasso, Heather Haase, Madelon Gauthier, Luke Schram, Hanna Liebman Dershowitz, Kyle M. Ellis, Adam Horowitz, Afrodite Fountas, Nicolas Eyle, & Joshua Schrimpf, whose tireless efforts ensured that the report was released in time for the 2016 UNGASS.http://www.nycbar.org/44th-street-blog/

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