Drug Policy and the Public Good

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
February 22, 2010
10 am to 12 pm

CAMH Russell Street Site - Room 2029
33 Russell Street

Does drug policy matter?
What has been the effect of prohibition?
Do prevention programs have any impact at all?
What about prescription drugs?

Join CAMH for the Canadian launch of Drug Policy and the Public Good, a comprehensive new book and resource for evidence-based drug policy written by a group of leading international experts that examines these and many other key questions related to drug policy. Three of the book's authors and notable Canadian commentators will present and discuss the book's findings and the role of scientific knowledge for drug policy locally, nationally and internationally.

Video conferencing available through Ontario Telemedicine Network.

Moderator: Gail Czukar - Executive Vice President, Policy, Education and Health Promotion, CAMH

Presenters:
Dr. Thomas Babor - Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Dr. Benedikt Fischer - Professor and CIHR/PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health, Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addictions (CARMHA), Simon Fraser University

Dr. Jurgen Rehm - Senior Scientist and Co-Head, Public Health and Regulatory Policies, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Professor and Chair, Addiction Policy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Liz Janzen - Director for Healthy Living, Healthy Communities, Toronto Public Health

Dr. Perry Kendall - Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia

Please register by emailing Janine Luce, Manager of Public Policy, CAMH at Janine_luce@camh.net by Thursday, February 18, 2010.

For more information please contact:
Janine Luce
Email: janine_luce@camh.net

Updated February 12, 2010