Past Event
Drug Policy: A 21st Century Approach to Reform
The illegal drug problem has posed challenges to the United States and Latin America for many decades. While efforts to disrupt the cultivation, processing, and trafficking of drugs to the United States have shown mixed results, the drug trade continues to pose serious threats to citizen security, economic prosperity, environmental conservation, human rights, and democratic governance throughout the hemisphere.
How is the U.S. reforming its policies to address this problem and show sustainable results?
Speakers
R. Gil Kerlikowske
Director of Drug Control Policy at the White House
Daniel Mejía Londoño
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Carlos Pita Alvariza
Ambassador of Uruguay to the United States
Tom Gjelten
Moderator;
Correspondent, National Public Radio
Correspondent, National Public Radio
Scott Wilson
Chief White House Correspondent for The Washington Post