IS THE DRUG WAR FOREVER?
See: Update On Voluntary Committee of Lawyers' Boston Forum --Thursday, January 29 -- 6PM
The drug war at 25: looking back, looking ahead

With the declaration of war against drugs twenty-five years ago, the United States embarked upon a pursuit noble in motive and far-reaching in consequence. As with alcohol prohibition, attempts at enforcement have clogged the courts, filled the prisons, corrupted officials at home and abroad, bred disrespect for the law in important communities of our fellow citizens, imperiled the liberties of us all, bankrupted the taxpayers and brought the nation no closer to abstinence.

What more will it take to win the war? How will we recognize victory?
Is there light at the end of the tunnel? What are our options?

A FORUM
For the Bar, the Judiciary and the Public

Introductory remarks: Hon. Elliot Richardson, former US Attorney General

Moderator: Anthony Lewis, The New York Times

Panelists: Hon. Nancy Gertner, United States District Court, D. Mass.
David Lewis, M.D., Director, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, and Project Director, Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy
John G. S. Flym, Esq., Prof., Northeastern Univ. Law School

Thursday, January 29, 1998, 6-8PM, C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Temple Street, Boston (Behind Massachusetts State House, off Derne Street). Free Admission.

Produced by The Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
Co-sponsored by Suffolk Univ. Sociology Dept., Barnstable County Bar Association and the Massachusetts Coalition for Criminal Justice Policy

For more information please call Attorneys
Richard M. Evans 413-586-1348 or Michael Cutler 617-739-9093