DPA Report and Teleconference: It’s Time for the U.S. to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession: Neill Franklin


  • Start: July 11, 2017 1:00 pm (Eastern)
  • End: July 11, 2017 2:00 pm (Eastern)

DPA is launching a new report that lays out a roadmap for how the U.S. can move toward drug decriminalization.

DPA will hold a national teleconference Tuesday, July 11 at 1pm ET / 10am PT  (1-800-311-9402, Password: Decriminalization)

featuring the following speakers:

Tess Borden, Aryeh Neier Fellow, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Jag Davies, Director of Communications Strategy, Drug Policy Alliance (moderator)

Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Emily Kaltenbach, Senior Director, National Criminal Justice Reform Strategy, Drug Policy Alliance

Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Co-Director, U.S. Program, Human Rights Watch

Andrea Ritchie, Attorney, Researcher-in-Residence at Barnard Center for Research on Women, and Member of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table