Connecting Juvenile Justice and Drug Policy Reform: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

Connecting Juvenile Justice and Drug Policy Reform: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead 
San Gabriel A, Lobby Level
While the drug war is a driving factor for over-criminalization of both youth and adults in the United States today, there is seemingly little collaboration between the fields of drug policy reform and juvenile justice.  What are some of the obstacles to collaboration? And what opportunities have yet to be explored? Speakers will tackle thorny issues such as adolescent drug use and selling, and innovative interventions that aim to avoid pathologizing young people. 

Facilitator: Jasmine Tyler, Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance, Office of National Affairs, Washington DC

• Lori Albin, Director, Fiscal Policy Center, National Juvenile Justice Network, Washington DC
• Kyung Ji Rhee, Director, Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives, Brooklyn, NY Mike Males, Principle Investigator, Youthfacts.org  (Invited)
• Kim McGill, Director, Youth Justice Coalition , Los Angeles, CA (Invited) 
• Chuck Ries, Director, UpFront, San Diego, CA (Invited)
• Christopher L. Scott, Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations (Invited)
• Jason Ziedenberg, Director, Policy and Research, Juvenile Justice, M & R Strategic Services, Washington DC