Join Us.Program Schedule
This session schedule is not final; content is subject to change.
Wednesday, November 2
Welcome Reception
California Ballroom
6:00pm – 8:00pm
California Ballroom
Thursday, November 3
Families for Freedom
7:00am – 9:00am
Detention, Deportation and Drug Laws
Room: San Gabriel C
Yoga
7:30am – 8:30am
Instructor: Susanna Eckblad
Location: Beaudry B
8:30am – 5:00pm
Continental Breakfast & Registration
California Foyer
8:30am – 9:30am
California Foyer
9:30am – 10:45am
Youth Drug Education: When D.A.R.E Fails
11:00am – 12:30pm
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel A
Psychedelic Science: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
11:00am – 12:30pm
Panel
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
11:00am – 12:30pm
The Recovery Movement and its Role in Ending the Failed War on Drugs
11:00am – 12:30pm
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel B
State of the Movement: What’s it Going to Take to Make Marijuana Legal?
11:00am – 12:30pm
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
Drug Sellers as Harm Reduction Allies
11:00am – 12:30pm
Roundtable
Room: San Jose
Lunch
On your own
12:30pm – 1:45pm
On your own
Screening of “Play Safe” By Eddie Einbinder
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Canadian Meeting
Room: Santa Anita C
Where Health Care Reform Meets Drug Policy Reform
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel B
From Enthusiast to Entrepreneur: How to Make Marijuana Your Business
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Training
Room: Avalon
Detention, Deportation, and the Drug War: The Impact of the War on Drugs on Immigrant Rights in the U.S.
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Roundtable
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Bad Trips: How to Respond to Unwanted or Dangerous Side Effects of Psychedelics, Opiates & Stimulants
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Training
Room: San Gabriel A
Changing the System II—Drug Treatment and the Criminal Justice System: What Should It Look Like?
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Roundtable
Room: San Jose
Marijuana Policing Targets Youth of Color
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Panel
Room: Emerald Bay
More Money, Fewer Problems: Fundraising Tips from the Inside and Outside
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Training
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Pushing the Envelope: Supervised Injection Facilities and Other Good Ideas
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Panel
Room: San Gabriel A
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Marijuana Reform Hotspots: Colorado and Washington
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
Making Sense of Drug Testing
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel B
Psychedelics, Religion and Cultural Translation
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Panel
Room: San Gabriel C
Mexico’s Crisis and the Bi-national Movement Against the Drug War
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Roundtable
Room: Avalon
NO MORE DRUG WAR Rally
Location: Levitt Pavilion, MacArthur Park
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Levitt Pavilion, MacArthur Park
Friday, November 4
Families for Freedom
7:00am – 9:00am
Strategy Session: Drug Policy and the Immigrant Justice Movement
Room: San Gabriel C
8:30am – 5:00pm
Continental Breakfast & Registration
California Foyer
8:30am – 9:00am
California Foyer
Moms United to End the War on Drugs
9:15am – 10:45am
Moms United to End the War on Drugs National Convening
Room: San Gabriel C
Salvia, Synthetic Marijuana, and Emerging Drug Criminalization Trends
9:15am – 10:45am
Roundtable
Room: Avalon
From School to Prison: Enough Already!
9:15am – 10:45am
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel A
Changing the System IV—Surveillance vs Incarceration: Reducing the Prison Population Isn’t the End
9:15am – 10:45am
Roundtable
Room: San Jose
State of the Movement: Whither Medical Marijuana?
9:15am – 10:45am
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
Can Hip Hop Help End the Drug War?
9:15am – 10:45am
Roundtable
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
9:15am – 10:45am
11:00am – 2:00pm
Review and Update of Current Clinical Psychedelic Research
11:15am – 12:45pm
Panel
Room: San Jose
Innovative Policy Responses to Overdose
11:15am – 12:45pm
Roundtable
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
SSDP Africa Chapter
11:15am – 12:45pm
Social Media Toolkit for Drug Advocacy
Room: Hollywood Ballroom
No Child Left Behind? Creating Drug Policies to Include Young People
11:15am – 12:45pm
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel A
Innovations in Drug Policies and Strategies in Latin America
11:15am – 12:45pm
Roundtable
Room: Avalon
The New, Improved Marijuana Reform Coalition
11:15am – 12:45pm
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
What Do You Say To That Question? How To Have Conversations About Drug Use And Harm Reduction
11:15am – 12:45pm
Training
Room: San Gabriel B
Families to Amend California's Three Strikes
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Three Strikes Reform Initiative 2012
Room: San Gabriel A
Lunch
On Own
12:45pm – 1:45pm
On Own
Drug Policy Alliance
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Stemming the Tide in the States: TANF Drug Testing Bills
Room: Emerald Bay
Naloxone & Overdose Prevention Education Working Group
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Naloxone & Overdose Prevention Education Meeting
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Health Gap
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Drug Users Mobilizing to fight back during the International AIDS Conference
Room: San Gabriel C
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
12:45pm – 3:30pm
SSDP Annual Congress: Day One
Room: Hollywood Ballroom
PRIVATE - MEMBERS ONLY
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Global Drug Policy: Challenges, Trends and Opportunities
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Roundtable
Room: Avalon
How to Engage and Utilize the Ever-Changing Media World
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Training
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Connecting Juvenile Justice and Drug Policy Reform: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Roundtable
Room: San Gabriel A
Stigma and Exclusion: How Can We Overcome It?
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Training
Room: San Jose
How Are We Ever Going to Clarify Medical Marijuana in California?
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
Nightlife Harm Reduction: A New Harm Reduction Frontier?
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Panel
Room: San Gabriel B
Intercambios Asociación Civil
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Reunión de delegados latino americanos
Room: Avalon
VANDU, WAHRS, BCYADWS, Pacific Hep C Network, Rural Empowered Drug Users & San Francisco Drug Users Union
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Organizing for a Drug User Liberation Movement
Room: San Gabriel B
Criminal Justice Funders & Advocates Network
5:30pm – 7:30pm
CFJAN Meet & Greet
Room: Bonaventure Brewery patio
AWARE - Sober Living Network
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Sober Living in City of LA
Room: San Gabriel C
SSDP Diversity Committee
5:30pm – 7:30pm
SSDP Diversity Committee
Room: San Gabriel A
Screening of “After EDC” By Le Sheng Liu
Room: Emerald Bay
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Room: Emerald Bay
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Bill Zimmerman Talk
Room: San Gabriel A
Screening of “Raw Opium” By Peter D. Findlay
Room: Emerald Bay
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Room: Emerald Bay
Saturday, November 5
Yoga
8:00am – 9:00am
Instructor: Susanna Eckblad
Location: Beaudry B
Continental Breakfast & Registration
California Foyer
8:30am – 9:30am
California Foyer
8:30am – 4:00pm
Too High a Cost: HIV & Drug Policy Reform
9:45am – 11:15am
Panel
Room: San Gabriel A
Think Global, Act Local: Grassroots Engagement to End the Drug War
9:45am – 11:15am
Roundtable
Room: San Jose
Crack Pipes, Cow Wormer, and Controversy: Stimulants and Harm Reduction
9:45am – 11:15am
Roundtable
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Know Your Rights: How to Deal with Law Enforcement and NOT Get Arrested
9:45am – 11:15am
Training
Room: San Gabriel B
Medical Marijuana Science: Latest Advances
9:45am – 11:15am
Panel
Room: Avalon
Psychedelic Healing: Can Psychedelics Reinvent Medicine... and Society?
9:45am – 11:15am
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
Building a Global Movement for Drug Policy Reform: Can Young People Lead the Way?
11:45am – 1:15pm
Roundtable
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Substitution and Maintenance Therapy: Confronting Ignorance, Prejudice and Stigma
11:45am – 1:15pm
Panel
Room: San Gabriel A
Law Students for Sensible Drug Policy
11:45am – 1:15pm
National meet-up
Room: San Gabriel C
How Does Money Shape Marijuana Reform?
11:45am – 1:15pm
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
The Portuguese Decriminalization Model in Global Context
11:45am – 1:15pm
Panel
Room: Avalon
Messaging for Change
11:45am – 1:15pm
Training
Room: San Gabriel B
Conservatives, Libertarians and Drug Policy Reform
11:45am – 1:15pm
Roundtable
Room: San Jose
Drug Policy Alliance/Marijuana Arrest Research Project
1:15pm – 2:30pm
Taking on Racially Biased Marijuana Arrests in Your City
Room: San Gabriel A
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
1:15pm – 4:00pm
SSDP Annual Congress: Day Two
Room: Hollywood Ballroom
PRIVATE - MEMBERS ONLY
California Marijuana Ballot Initiatives 2012
1:15pm – 2:30pm
California Marijuana Ballot Initiatives 2012
Room: Emerald Bay
Lunch
On Own & PLENARY
1:15pm – 2:30pm
On Own & PLENARY
AKA Angels
1:15pm – 2:30pm
AKA Angel Gathering
Room: San Gabriel B
Drugs, Criminalization, and Public Health: Social Justice as Harm Reduction
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Panel
Room: San Gabriel B
Innovative Approaches to Medical Marijuana Distribution and Services
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Panel
Room: Avalon
Ban the Box: Ending Attacks on Civil Rights in Employment and Beyond
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Panel
Room: Santa Barbara A/B
Elected Officials: Hearing From Our Representatives on Drug Policy Reform
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Roundtable
Room: San Jose
Sex, Drugs and Movement-Building
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Roundtable
Room: Emerald Bay
Closing Plenary
California Ballroom
4:30pm – 5:15pm
California Ballroom
Awards Dessert Reception
7:30pm – 10:30pm
Location: Emerald Bay
Separately ticketed event. $25 tickets available for purchase at registration
