Elected Officials: Hearing From Our Representatives on Drug Policy Reform

Elected Officials: Hearing from our Representatives on Drug Policy Reform 
San Jose, 2nd Floor
Elected officials are pivotal to drug policy reform, yet they are often the last ones on board. What are the best arguments for us to use to persuade elected officials that drug use should be treated as a health issue rather than a criminal justice issue? How can we build bipartisan coalitions for drug policy reform? How can we best support our elected allies as they fight for drug policy reform? And what are the lessons of recent legislative victories and defeats? 

Facilitator: Jill Harris, Acting Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance, New York, NY

• Tom Ammiano, Member, California State Assembly, San Francisco, CA    
• Roger Goodman, Washington House of Representatives, Seattle, WA       
• Jerry Madden, Chairman, Texas House Corrections Committee; Co-Chair, Public Safety Task Force, American Legislative Exchange Council, Plano, TX
• Antonio “Moe” Maestas, Member, New Mexico House of Representatives, Albuquerque, NM
• Pat Steadman, Member, Colorado State Senate, Denver