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Discussion of Psychedelic & Cannabis Drug Policy with Max Miller ('10)

March 06 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Umbeck Science and Mathematics Center (SMC), Room E-117

This event is open to the public.

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Max has direct experience with three ballot initiatives involving psychedelic and/or cannabis legislation. Oregon’s measure 110 decriminalized personal use quantities of all drugs while leveraging cannabis taxes to massively increase funding for addiction treatment. Measure 109 established a first-in-the-nation psilocybin therapy program accessible to all Oregon residents. Washington DC’s Initiative 81 directed police and prosecutors in the District to stop arresting people for possession or use of four psychedelics.

He will give an overview of these recent developments and try his best to chart the path ahead. Students can expect to learn about some of the money funding recent drug reforms, major players in the space, messaging strategies for winning the PR battle and some of the internal tensions that are beginning to emerge as this movement approaches political maturity.