Drug Policies: Are We Taking The Right Approach?
9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:30 a.m.
Welcome
* Allen Gilbert, executive director, ACLU-VT
9:45 a.m.
Opening address: The Time Has Come for Peace Talks in the War on Drugs
* Robert Sand, Windsor County State’s Attorney
10:30 a.m.
Panel presentation: Is A New Drug Policy Warranted?
* Tim Bombardier, Chief of Police, Barre
* William Darrow, Assistant U.S. Attorney
* Thomas Lauzon, Mayor of Barre
* Kevin Ryan, Vermont Bar Association Director of Education and Communication
* Anna Saxman, Vermont Defender General’s Office
11:45 a.m.
Lunch
12:30 p.m.
Panel presentation: An Inside Look at Drugs and Addiction
* Tony Folland, coordinator for medication-assisted therapy program at Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services
* Rory Malone, Vermont Prisoners' Rights Office
* Renee Robinson, probation officer and Intensive Substance Abuse Program (ISAP) co-facilitator, Barre
1:15 p.m.
Legal Drugs — Alcohol Use
* John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College
2:00 p.m.
Panel presentation: Is It Time For A New Approach To Alcohol Laws?
* Vivian Garay, assistant dean of students, and Todd Weinman, counseling center director, University of Vermont
*Jay Leff, college student and former president of the Vermont chapter of the National Youth Rights Association
*C. Martin Prevost, Sr., Liquor Investigator for Washington and northern Orange Counties, and Sgt. Anthony Facos, Montpelier Police Dept., Washington County START team leaders
*Brice Simon, attorney with Stevens Law Office, Stowe
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