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Videos from the DPA Reform Conference in Denver!

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Weren’t able to attend the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) 2013 International Reform Conference in Denver this past October? Sad to miss FLCA co-founders Sara Arnold (aka Sahra Kant) & Jess Cochrane on the CPS and family court panel? Want to watch it at home? Now you can! On Saturday, October 26, 2013 both FLCA co-founders, Sara Arnold (aka Sahra Kant) and Jess Cochrane, participated in “Overlooked Punishment: The Drug War’s Insidious Reach Beyond the Criminal Justice System” panel with Dr. Carl Hart of Columbia University, Emma Ketteringham of Bronx Defenders, Dr. Kay Teel of University of Colorado School of Medicine, and moderated by Lynn Paltrow of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW).   Q&A following  Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) 2013 Reform Conference “Overlooked Punishment: The Drug War’s Insidious Reach Beyond the Criminal Justice System” panel.  Questions are from attendees including activists, grandparents, hospital administrators, a Texas judge, and more. Check them out!...

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See you in Denver!

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See you in Denver!

Co-founders Sara Arnold aka Sahra Kant & Jess Cochrane will be in Denver from this Wednesday, October 23rd until Sunday, October 27th for the Drug Policy Alliance Reform Conference.  Come say hello and talk to us about FLCA!   Please also attend our panel on Saturday, October 26th from 3-4:30pm in room Governor’s Square 15.   From our facilitator, Lynn Paltrow of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW): Recognizing How Child Welfare Systems Promotes and Expands the “War on Drugs” While extensive attention has been paid to the ways in which the criminal punishment system is used to advance the war on drugs, virtually no attention has been paid to the civil child welfare system — an equally insidious and destructive mechanism for expanding the war on drugs and undermining low-income and families of color.   To learn more about this vital issue and what can be done about it please join us on Saturday, October 26th from 3-4:30pm for a Roundtable discussion.   From the conference Program Book, available to all attendees: “Overlooked Punishment: The Drug War’s Insidious Reach Beyond the Criminal Justice System” This session will explore the history and expansion of civil laws and policies that act as a vector for drug prohibition and address the following questions:  In what ways are child welfare laws a mechanism for the war on drugs?  How has drug war propaganda been used in the child welfare system?  How do Family Drug Courts reinforce myths about drug use and parenting?  After legalization in Colorado & Washington, in what ways will abstinence-only ideology be used to punish people?  What drives racial disparities in the child welfare system?  In addition to these questions, the session will highlight successful challenges to the expansion of drug war policies in the child welfare system. Facilitator: Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, New York, NY Co-Panelists:  Sara Arnold  Co-Founder, Family Law & Cannabis Alliance, Clinton, MA;  Jess Cochrane:  JD/MPH Candidate, Family Law & Cannabis Alliance, Boston, MA;  Carl Hart, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor, Columbia University, author of High Price;  Emma Ketteringham: Managing Attorney, Bronx Defenders;  M. Kay Teel, PhD, LCSW, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine.   See you...

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