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  • 40 years after Nixon declared the “War on Drugs,” what are its successes and failings? What are alternative policies for drug control?

April 12, Watson Institute

   9:00Introductory Remarks
   9:10Government Responses to Drug Trafficking and Violence:
The Role of Law Enforcement in the US and Mexico

10:45Rethinking Drug Policies in the Americas I:
New Ideas and Alternative Approaches

   2:00Looking Back: What Can HistoryTeach Us
about Future Possibilities for Drug Control Policies?

   4:00Keynote Address Granoff Center
Drug Policies in the Americas: A New Paradigm

  • Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, former President of Colombia, former Secretary General of the Organization of American States

   6:00Roundtable Granoff Center
Drug Wars in the Americas: What Have We Learned
after 40 years?

April 13, Watson Institute

   9:00Rethinking Drug Policies in the Americas II:
Lessons from Colombia

10:45Rethinking Drug Policies in the Americas III:
Comparative Perspectives

   2:00Keynote Panel
Borders, Security and US-Mexican Relations

   3:45Rethinking Drug Policies in the Americas IV:
Lessons from and for Mexico

 

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