CHARLES SCHUSTER FORMER DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE TO RELEASE REPORT ON DRUG POLICY

From: Washington Transcript Service | Date: September 2, 1997 | Copyright information

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FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS DRUG POLICY PROJECT RELEASES A STATEMENT ON "PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICAL DRUG POLICY"

SEPTEMBER 2, 1997

SPEAKERS: PETER REUTER, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPRESENTING FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS DRUG POLICY PROJECT CHARLES ROBERT SCHUSTER, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CLINICAL RESEARCH ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY ROBERT MACCOUN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

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