Just received this email from last week’s drug policy panel. Watching doctors and prosecutors and DA office representatives around the country discussing best updated practices was very informative. My notes on this panel are here via WeedPress. Below is the email received this morning with future notes and critical links to presentations.
Greetings,
On behalf of the Drug Policy Alliance and our planning committee from Bloomberg American Health Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Innovation in Prosecution, and Fair and Just Prosecution, I am writing to thank you for registering to attend our panel last week.
We have uploaded last week’s recording onto our YouTube channel and you can watch it here. Please feel free to share the recording with anyone else who may be interested!
If you missed our first panel in this two-part series, you can watch “The evidence: Why some prosecutors are declining to prosecute drug offenses and what the research shows” here.
Here are some links that were shared during the presentations:
· From Dr. Susan Sherman’s presentation:
o “Evaluation of Prosecutorial Policy Reforms Eliminating Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession and Sex Work in Baltimore, Maryland” https://jhuflagship.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/prosecutorial-policy-evaluation-report-20211019-accessibility.pdf
o Press release about the above report: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/baltimores-no-prosecution-policy-for-low-level-drug-possession-and-prostitution-finds-almost-no-rearrests-for-serious-offenses
· From Dr. Anna Harvey’s presentation:
o Public Safety Lab https://publicsafetylab.org/
o Prosecutorial Reform Initiative https://publicsafetylab.org/prosecutorial-reform-initiative
o NBER paper https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28600/w28600.pdf
o TIME summary of NBER paper https://time.com/6045637/not-prosecuting-misdemeanors-reduce-crime/
o Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/06/misdemeanor-prosecution-future-crime/
· From Miriam Krinsky, Fair and Just Prosecution:
o 21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor
o Harm Reduction Responses to Drug Use
o Reconciling Drug Courts, Decarceration, and Harm Reduction
o Op-ed: I resuscitated one of my sons after an overdose. Court, Biden must push prevention sites.
o Op-ed: It’s time for drug policy reform – in America and across the globe
Thanks again and hope to see you at one of our future events!
Best,
Sheila
Sheila P. Vakharia PhD LMSW | Deputy Director, Department of Research and Academic Engagement
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Drug Policy Alliance
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