Watch C-SPAN Thur.: Hearing on Economic Impact of US Drug Policy
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 at 10:33 am | By: Radical Russ
SENATOR WEBB TO EXAMINE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF U.S. DRUG POLICY AT JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE HEARING
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) will convene a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) to examine the economic consequences of the United States’ drug policy. The hearing entitled, “U.S. Drug Policy: At What Cost?” will be held Thursday, June 19 at 10am in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The panel will discuss the illegal drug economy in the United States, assess the costs of U.S. policy responses to combating drug use, and address the need for policy reforms. Last year, Senator Webb and the JEC examined the economic implications of the steep
increase in the U.S. prison population.WHAT: Joint Economic Committee Hearing: “U.S. Drug Policy: At What Cost?”
WHEN: Thursday, June 19, 2008 – 10:00am
WHERE: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building (carried live on C-SPAN)
WHO: Peter Reuter, School of Public Policy and Dept. of Criminology, University of Maryland; Anne Swern, First Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York; Norma Fernandes, Community Coordinator, Kings County District Attorney’s Office; John Walsh, Senior Associate for Drug Policy, Washington Office on Latin America
My two-word answer: “Too much.”
Topics: C-SPAN, hearing, Sen. Jim Webb, US Drug Policy
