CURRENT AMERICAN ISSUES--The War on Drugs this Wednesday at MCC
SANHO TREE
THE WAR ON DRUGS: SUCCESS OR FAILURE will be the topic at the next CURRENT AMERICAN ISSUES forum on Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE, room B166/167.
SANHO TREE will be the featured speaker. Tree is a Fellow and Director of the DRUG POLICY PROJECT at the INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES. in Washington, D.C. The project aims at replacing the current WAR ON DRUGS with policies that promote public health and safety while providing economic alternatives to the prohibition drug economy.
Tree was featured in JOHN STOSSEL’S ABC TELEVISION documentary on the drug war which aired in 2002 and has appeared on POLITICALY INCORRECT with BILL MAHER. He currently serves on the boards of WITNESS FOR PEACE and the ANDEAN INFORMATION NETWORK.
Prior to the main program, at 5:30, Tree will conduct a workshop on grassroots advocacy, INNOVATIVE STRATAGIES FOR INFORMING THE MEDIA AND LEGISLATORS. Also participating in this workshop will be GIDEON BLUESTEIN, District Director for REP. MELISSA BEAN (D-8).
Both the evening forum and the workshop are free and open to the public.
This program is co-sponsored by the McHENRY COUNTY PEACE GROUP and the McHENRY COUNTY DEFENDERS Education Committee. For more information call 815 338-5838.