The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare the structural inequities within and across societies. Like health care, housing, and criminal justice, drug policy too bears the marks of racism and colonialism. The brunt of punitive and prohibitive drug policies has long been borne by indigenous people and people of color across the world. How are these policies being challenged globally? Can decriminalization and legalization undo the harms of racist and imperialist drug wars? What does a truly decolonized global drug policy look like?
In this conversation, a panel of speakers from the United States, Latin America, and Asia will discuss these questions and imagine a fair and just future for drug policy.
Speakers
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Charles Boyer
Speaker
Reverent Charles Boyer is the founding director of Salvation and Social Justice
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Ricky Gunawan
Speaker
Ricky Gunawan is a program officer with Equity at the Open Society Foundations.
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Kasia Malinowska
Moderator
Kasia Malinowska is director of Drugs Policy at the Open Society Foundations.
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Isabel Pereira
Speaker
Isabel Pereira is drug policy research coordinator for DeJusticia.
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