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Thursday, February 23rd 5:30-7pm
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March 1st, 5:30-8pm
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March 13th, 5:30-8:30pm
Community Conversations
Toward a Greater Hartford
Leadership Greater Hartford encourages community-based discussions focused on addressing and solving our most critical community issues. These "conversations" are designed to bring together disparate ideas crossing boundaries of geography, race, gender, and politics.
Below is a summary of our recent "conversation."
May 13, 2011
Mark Twain House and Museum.
Our panel of experts explored whether drug policies are working, whether they need reform and whether there might be better alternatives.
Jack Cole - former State Police Lieutenant/Undercover Officer
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PowerPoint of Presentation
Dr. Mark Kraus - Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer, CT Counseling Centers, Danbury, CT
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Daryl K. Roberts - Hartford Police Chief
Dr. Robert Painter - Hartford City Council and former chief of surgery at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Community Dialogue - Below are links to a series of opinions and artciles that have addressed this topic of conversation
Tom Condon - Legalizing Drugs Would Stop The Bleeding (Hartford Courant - January 9, 2011)
Dr. Robert Painter - Drug-Free Society? That's A Pipe Dream (Hartford Courant - May 8, 2011)
Toni Boucher - No Retreat: Marijuana Is A Dangerous Drug, To Society As Well As Users (Hartford Courant April 1, 2011)
Paul Armentano - Decriminalizing Pot Would Cut Burden On Justice System Without Side Effects (Hartford Courant April 01, 2011)
Tom Condon - Keeping Drugs Illegal Costs Society Dearly (Hartford Courant - May 29, 2011)
To post a comment or opinion, email it to info@leadershipgh.org
For more information, contact Marty Rotblatt at 860.951.6161x16 or email at marty.rotblatt@leadershipgh.org