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Ending the Global War on Drugs

Tuesday, November 15, 2011
9:00 a.m. — 6:15 p.m.

Due to construction, as Cato expands its facilities, the conference will be held at

NAHB Auditorium
1201 15th Street, N.W., Washington D.C.
(Corner of 15th St. and M St., N.W.)

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Although the global prohibition of drugs has manifestly failed to stem the use of narcotics, it has generated enormous costs and perverse outcomes. In the United States, the war on drugs is generating alarming violations of civil liberties, weakening the rule of law, and compromising law enforcement efforts. The U.S.-led drug war is also undermining legitimate foreign policy goals around the world, including the spread of liberal democracy and an effective war on terror. This conference will bring together prominent scholars and international leaders to analyze current policy and propose practical alternatives such as legalization.

Speakers will discuss:

The impact of the drug war in Mexico, on the U.S. border, and in Central America
How prohibition helps fund terrorist groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond
How Washington's anti-narcotics campaign violates the Constitution
The effects of criminalization on minorities in the United States
Lessons from South America
The evolution of drug policy in the United States and what decriminalization or legalization would look like in practice

Follow the conversation on twitter with the hashtag: #EndDrugWar.

Featuring


Fernando Henrique Cardoso Former President, Brazil	Jorge Castañeda Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico @JorgeGCastaneda	Mary Anastasia O'Grady Member of the Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal	Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou Speaker of the House of Deputies, Uruguay @LuisLacalle400


Glenn Greenwald Columnist and Blogger, Salon @GGreenwald	Leigh Maddox Board Member, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Professor, University of Maryland Francis Carey School of Law @LeighMaddox	Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance @EthanNadelmann	Tucker Carlson Editor-in-Chief, Daily Caller @TuckerCarlson

Special video messages from Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico and George Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State

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Business attire is requested.

For more information about Cato events, please visit Event FAQs.

The Cato Institute is located on the southwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 10th Street.
There is on-street, metered parking around the Institute, as well as a lot located on the corner
of Eye and 10th Streets. We are approximately 5 blocks from Metro Center. Take the metro to Metro
Center and use the 11th Street exit. Walk north so the lettered streets get higher (H, Eye, K, L,
Massachusetts). Make a right on L Street, and walk about 1 block. (See map)