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| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration: Wintergarden |
| 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. |
Opening Remarks: Edward H. Crane, President, Cato
Institute |
| 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Panel I - The Constitution and the Drug War Steven Duke, Professor of Law, Yale University, and author of America's Longest War Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute David Kopel, Director of Research, Independence Institute |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Panel II - The Failure of Drug Prohibition: Law Enforcement Perspectives David Klinger, Professor of Criminology, University of Missouri, and former police officer of Los Angeles Michael Levine, author of Deep Cover and former DEA agent Joseph McNamara, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution,
Stanford University, and former police chief of San Jose |
| 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon Address
Gary Johnson, Governor
of New Mexico |
| 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. |
Debate - Resolved: America Should Legalize Drugs Daniel Polsby, Professor of Law, George Mason University Daniel Lungren, Former Attorney General of California |
| 2:45 - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
Panel III - The Political and Social Effects of the Drug War Julie Stewart, President, Families Against Mandatory Minimums Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute Ethan Nadelmann, Director of The Lindesmith Center |
| 4:15 - 4:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks: |
| 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Reception: Wintergarden |