Pubdate: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 Source: DrugSense Note: Due to reader interest in this series of discussions we are providing you with the following. WHAT DO JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY, KEVIN ZEESE, KAY LEE, DR. JOE MCNAMARA, DR. TOM O'CONNELL, ERIC STERLING, SCOTT IMLER AND LYNN PALTROW HAVE IN COMMON? During the next seven days all will participate in forums being held online in the New York Times Drug Policy Forum and/or the DrugSense Chat Room. Here Is The Schedule So That You May Mark Your Calendar: MONDAY, 5 NOV. at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific in the New York Times Drug Policy Forum at http://forums.nytimes.com/comment/index-national.html Click on Drug Policy under National Forums. If you are not registered with the New York Times website you will need to do so by following their easy instructions. Special Panel - Superior Court Judge, James P. Gray; Former Police Chief of San Jose, Dr. Joe McNamara; President of Common Sense for Drug Policy, Kevin Zeese; medical marijuana and prison rights activist, Kay Lee; and DrugSense Vice President and author, Dr. Tom O'Connell. All have been guests in previous forums - transcripts of which may be found at the links below. Please submit questions in the forum beforehand for this Special Panel. Judge JAMES GRAY is the author of "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It." which is reviewed at his website at http://www.judgejimgray.com/ This is Judge Gray's second visit to these forums. Items by or about Judge Gray are at http://www.mapinc.org/people/James+Gray Hoover Institution scholar and former police chief of San Jose and Kansas City JOSEPH MCNAMARA is the author of the forthcoming book 'Gangster Cops: The Hidden Cost of America's War on Drugs.' Items by or about Chief McNamara are at http://www.mapinc.org/people/Joseph+McNamara KEVIN ZEESE has worked on a wide array of drug policy related issues as shown here: http://www.csdp.org/kz/ Common Sense for Drug Policy has three websites: http://www.csdp.org/ http://www.drugwarfacts.org/ and http://www.narcoterror.org/ Items by or about Mr. Zeese are at http://www.mapinc.org/people/Kevin+Zeese KAY LEE's activism has included leading four Journey for Justice treks across the states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida and Texas. For details visit her website at http://www.journeyforjustice.org/ A number of news articles about these treks may be found at this link http://www.mapinc.org/journey.htm THOMAS O'CONNELL, MD, retired recently as the news and comments editor of the DrugSense Weekly http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm Dr. O'Connell's latest writing is a history of DrugSense and the Media Awareness Project which is at http://www.drugsense.org/history.htm ~~~~~ TUESDAY, 6 NOV. chat with ERIC STERLING when he visits the DrugSense Chat Room http://www.drugsense.org/chat at 9:30 p.m. Eastern, 6:30 p.m. Pacific. Mr. Sterling is the President of The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation http://www.cjpf.org/ Over 150 news items about or by our guest are at http://www.mapinc.org/people/Eric+Sterling including the transcript of his visit to the NYT Drug Policy Forum. ~~~~~ WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV. at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific SCOTT IMLER, director of the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center http://www.lacbc.org/ visits the New York Times Drug Policy Forum (link above) to discuss the DEA raid. On October 25th, 2001 George W. Bush's Drug Enforcement Administration invaded West Hollywood and destroyed the Cannabis Center leaving 960 patients without the medical marijuana they need to live! Many articles about the center and Mr. Imler's efforts may be found at http://www.mapinc.org/people/Scott+Imler SATURDAY, 10 NOV. at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific SCOTT IMLER continues his discussion in the DrugSense Chat Room http://www.drugsense.org/chat ~~~~~ SUNDAY, 11 NOV. at 9:30 p.m. Eastern, 6:30 p.m. Pacific chat with LYNN PALTROW of The National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) http://www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org/ in the DrugSense Chat Room. NAPW seeks to ensure that women are not punished for pregnancy and addiction and that families are not needlessly separated based on medical and public health misinformation. More information on the above -- and future discussion guests Chris Conrad, Ethan Nadelmann, Lester Grinspoon, and Governor Gary Johnson is at -- http://www.cultural-baggage.com/schedule.htm - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake