Wednesday, February 25th
12:30 - 1:30pm
Jordan Conference Center Auditorium (UVa School of Medicine)
Marijuana
has had a rocky and peculiar history in the United States. While loosening
marijuana laws became a mainstream policy idea through the Ford and Carter
administrations, in the Reagan White House, a policy of “zero tolerance” took
hold and evolved into a new and costly war on all illegal drugs. In 2012, voter
initiatives in Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana for recreational use
and, in 2014, voters in Washington DC did the same. This seminar will reflect
on why marijuana prohibition suddenly collapsed and on what should happen next.
