4/10/97
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April 5 and 12, Rochester, NY
Conflicts Getting You Down? Workshop at the Judicial Process Commission,
cost $40. For info, call (716) 325-7727.
April 11, noon, Rochester, NY
Vigil and picket against the death penalty, at the Liberty Pole,
2nd Friday of each month. Call (716) 325-7727 to confirm.
April 13, 11:00am-dusk, St. Louis, MO
Thomas Jefferson Birthday Celebration, at the Stone Shelter in Tower
Grove Park, near the intersection of S. Kings highway Blvd. and Magnolia
Ave. Sponsored by the St. Louis Area Libertarian Discussions Clubs and
St. Louis NORML. For info, contact St. Louis NORML, (314) 995-1395, [email protected].
April 13-16, Chicago, IL
AMTA Methadone Conference, "Brave Leadership in Challenging Times",
to be held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers. For information, contact:
American Methadone Treatment Association, 217 Broadway, Suite 304, New
York, NY 10007, (212) 566-5555 . Methadone advocates, especially patients,
should inquire about "working scholarships".
April 16, Columbus, OH
High Times Hemp Tour, at South Heidleburg Bar, North High St., (614)
258-4367.
April 16, 6:30-8:00pm, Eugene, OR
Cannabis Liberation Society weekly meeting/monthly potluck dinner,
For info and location, call (541) 744-5744 or e-mail [email protected].
April 17, 4:00pm, New York, NY
Prescribing Methadone in the United Kingdom. Dr. Emily Finch, MBBS,
MRC Psychology, examines recent developments in methadone prescribing by
general practitioners and community drug teams, distribution via community
pharmacies in the United Kingdom, and the British experience with prescribing
injectable methadone. At The Lindesmith
Center, 888 7th Ave., 27th floor, New York, NY. Call (212) 887-0695
to reserve a place.
April 17-20, San Diego, CA
American Society of Addiction Medicine 28th Annual Medical-Scientific
Conference. For info, contact Sandy Metcalfe, (301) 656-3920, or Louisa
Macpherson, (910) 452-4920.
April 18-20, Pendleton, IN
Hemp Expo, at Pine Lake Campground, off exit 19 on Interstate 69.
For info, call (317) 228-9125.
April 18-20, Carborro, NC
2nd Annual Green Fest. For info, contact Andrew Ogden @ Carolina
NORML, (919) 967-4013.
April 19, 8:00pm-1:00am, Fremont, OH
NORML Spring Clean & Fling, at Sensations, 1528 W. State St.
For info, call (419) 334-9310.
April 20, 8:00pm-2:00am, San Francisco, CA
Hemp for Victory benefit concert for cannabis reform, at the Maritime
Hall at 450 Harrison, ticket price $10. For info, call (510) 486-8083.
April 20, Portland, OR
Benefit Concert for the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act campaign, at the
Temple at 39th and SE Hawthorne. For info, call (503) 235-4606 or visit
http://www.pantless.com/~octa99
on the web.
April 20, evening, Michigan
Benefit Concerts for Marijuana Law Reform, in E. Lansing, Ypsilanti,
Standale (near Grand Rapids), Saginaw and Kalamazoo. For info, call Henry
or Lisa, mid-Michigan NORML, (517)873-6807.
April 20, 5:00pm, Rochester, NY
Judicial Process Commission 25th Anniversary and Dinner, with guest
speaker Rev. Holsey Hickman, National Interreligious Task Force on Criminal
Justice. Cost $20, at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church, (716) 325-7727.
April 23, 4:00-6:00pm, San Francisco, CA
Needle Exchange: The Second Generation of Research, with Sheigla
Murphy, Ph.D., at The Lindesmith Center
West, 2233 Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA, (415) 921-4987.
April 23, 6:30-8:00pm, Eugene, OR
Cannabis Liberation Society weekly meeting. For info and location,
call (541) 744-5744 or e-mail [email protected].
April 24-26, San Diego, CA
North American Syringe Exchange Convention VII, sponsored by the
North American Syringe Exchange Network
(NASEN), 535 Dock St., Suite 112, Tacoma, WA 98402, (voice), (206) 272-8415
(fax), [email protected]. At the Holiday
Inn on the Bay, (800) 877-8920. Registration $150 until April 17, $240
after.
April 29th, 4:00pm, New York, NY
Harm Reduction and Pregnant Drug Users. Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH,
Lynn Paltrow, Esq., and Machelle Allen, MD, discuss current and alternative
approaches to prenatal drug use. At The
Lindesmith Center, 888 7th Ave., 27th floor, New York, NY. Call (212)
887-0695 to reserve a place.
April 30-May 2, San Francisco, CA
Sixth Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Sponsored by the Federal Bar Association and The United States Sentencing
Commission. For info, contact the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar
Association, c/o James E. Felman, Esq., Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A.,
P.O. Box 3396, Tampa, Florida 33601, or phone Carol at (813) 229-1118.
May 3, New York, NY
Annual Cures Not Wars Medical Marijuana March. This event includes
demonstrations at Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse for testing of
Ibogaine as well as at the Partnership For A Drug Free America for medical
marijuana, followed by a march down 5th Ave. to Washington Square Park.
For info call (212) 677-7180 or visit http://www.cures-not-wars.org
on the web.
May 8, 4:00pm, New York, NY
British Drug Panics. Marek Kohn, author of Narcomania (1987) and
Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground (1992), probes the
illicit drug scene that sprang up in London during the First World War
and lasted into the early 1920s, with the rise of jazz and nightclubs.
Kohn examines the similarities and differences between the reactions to
that scene and reactions to today's underground dance culture. At The
Lindesmith Center, 888 7th Ave., 27th floor, New York, NY. Call (212)
887-0695 to reserve a place.
May 9, New York, NY
Public Sector Psychiatric Patients Abusing Substances, with Dr.
Bob Lichtman. Second of three workshops focusing on clinical applications
of harm reduction theory with three different clinical populations. Sponsored
by the New York State Psychological Association, Division on Addictions.
At the Albert Ellis Institute, $25 per workshop. For info, call NYSPA at
(800) 732-3933 or Andrew Tatarsky, Ph.D. at (212) 633-8157.
May 9, noon, Rochester, NY
Vigil and picket against the death penalty, at the Liberty Pole,
2nd Friday of each month. Call (716) 325-7727 to confirm.
May 9-11, Philadelphia, PA
Historical Perspectives on Alcohol & Drug Use in American Society,
1800-1997, sponsored by the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History
of Medicine of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Admission is
free, but advance registration is required by April 8. For info, call (215)
563-3737 ext. 271or e-mail [email protected].
May 9-11, Denver, CO
Disproportionate Minority Confinement 2nd Annual Planning & Strategy
Meeting, sponsored by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice Ethnic and
Cultural Diversity Committee. For information call Phyllis Copeland at
(202) 467-0864.
May 10-14, Canton, MS
Weaving a New Vision of Hope, Thread by Thread, Color by Color, Design
by Design. National Convocation of Jail and Prison Ministry annual
conference. For info, call NCJPM at (202) 547-1715.
May 15, 3:00pm, New York, NY
Video Screening: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Nature of Things
Segment on Harm Reduction, aired January 30th, 1997. At The Lindesmith
Center, 888 7th Ave., 27th floor, New York, NY. Call (212) 887-0695 to
reserve a place.
May 15, 4:00pm, New York, NY
Obedient Disciple or Rebellious Neighbour to the North? Update on Canadian
Drug Policy. Benedikt Fischer, a researcher at Ontario's Addiction
Research Foundation, evaluates Canada's recent flirtations with harm reduction
drug policies and examines recent changes in Canadian methadone substitution
policy and the prospects for a heroin prescription trial in Canada. At
The Lindesmith Center, 888 7th
Ave., 27th floor, New York, NY. Call (212) 887-0695 to reserve a place.
May 19, Rochester, NY
Connecting the Strands of Violence: Personal Reflections on Family,
Street, Institutional & Policy Violence. For info, contact the
Judicial Process Commission's Law Enforcement Task Force, (716) 325-7727.
May 23-25, Canton, OH
NORML Rainbow Arts & Music Festival, at Bear Creek Amphitheater.
For info, call (216) 521-9333.
May 31, 8:00pm-1:00am, Fremont, OH
NORML Benefit Campaign for Medical Rights, at Sensations, 1528 W.
State. St., (419) 334-9310.
June 5-7, Albany, NY
Justice Without Violence: Views from Peacemaking Criminology and Restorative
Justice. Conference on crime, punishment and justice, sponsored by
The Institute for Economic and Restorative Justice and the Dept. of Criminal
Justice of Hudson Valley Community College. For information, contact Dennis
Sullivan, The Institute for Economic and Restorative Justice, P.O. Box
262, Voorheesville, NY 12186, (518) 765-2468.
June 7-10, Washington, DC
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants National Convention,
at Trinity College. $100 registration until January 31st, includes room
and board. For information, contact National CURE, P.O. Box 2310, Washington,
DC 20013-2310, (202) 789-2126.
June 13, New York, NY
Psychotherapy With Actively Using Adults, with Dr. Helga Grunberg,
Dr. Debra Rothschild and Dr. Andrew Tatarsky. Third of three workshops
focusing on clinical applications of harm reduction theory with three different
clinical populations. Sponsored by the New York State Psychological Association,
Division on Addictions. At the Albert Ellis Institute, $25 per workshop.
For info, call NYSPA at (800) 732-3933 or Andrew Tatarsky, Ph.D. at (212)
633-8157.
June 16, noon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EuroSummit Party, at Dam-square in Amsterdam, close to the Central
Station. March to the meeting place of the heads-of-government of the European
Union to call for an end to Drug Prohibition in Europe. For info, e-mail
[email protected]
or visit http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/7797/legalize.htm
on the web.
June 27-29, Canton, OH
NORML Freedom Festival, at the Bear Creek Amphitheater. For info,
call (216) 521-9333.
June 29, Detroit, MI
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Training Workshop. For information, call Michigan FAMM at (517) 482-4982
or write to MI FAMM, 115 W. Allegan St. #950, Lansing, MI 48933.
July 26, Fremont, OH
NORML Hemp Fair, at Walash Park on Morrison Rd. For info, call (419)
334-9310.
August 4-7, La Jolla, CA
UCSD Summer Clinical Institute on Addictions, hosted by the Addiction
Technology Transfer Center of the School of Medicine�s Dept. of Psychiatry.
For further information contact Tom Colthurst, (619) 551-2944, (619) 551-
2948 (fax), or e-mail [email protected].
August 21-23, San Francisco, CA
Building Healthy Families, The Gay and
Lesbian Medical Association's 15th Annual Symposium. For info call
(415) 255-4547, or e-mail [email protected].
October 6-8, Sonoma County, CA
Hemp Industries Association Annual Conference. HIA
members only. One may join at the door. Booth/display space available.
For more info contact the HIA at (707) 874-3648 or [email protected].
October 15-18, New Orleans, LA
11th International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, sponsored by
the Drug Policy Foundation. Largest annual gathering of reformers in the
United States. For info, contact Whitney Taylor, (202) 537-5005, [email protected].
Early registration deadline August 4.
October 16-19, Minneapolis, MN
Nicotine Addiction Conference, 10th National Conference sponsored
by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). For info, call (301)
656-3920.
November 9-13, Indianapolis, IN
Communicating Public Health, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association. For info, contact APHA,
1015 Fifteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20005-2605, (202) 789-5600 (voice),
(202) 789-5661 (fax).
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