Spring Semester, 2010

Intersections and Phi Kappa Phi present

Are We Using the Right Weapons in the War on Drugs?

A panel discussion

The United States alone spends some $40 billion each year on trying to eliminate the supply of drugs. It arrests 1.5 million of its citizens each year for drug offences, locking up half a million of them; tougher drug laws are the main reason why one in five black American men spend some time behind bars. In the developing world blood is being shed at an astonishing rate. In Mexico more than 800 policemen and soldiers have been killed since December 2006 (and the annual overall death toll is running at over 6,000).

—“Failed States and Failed Policies, How to Stop the Drug Wars,” The Economist, March 5, 2009

OCU faculty members discuss The War on Drugs from the perspectives of economics, law, health, ethics, and justice studies. Discuss will be followed by a Q&A session. Open to all OCU students, faculty, and staff.