Conference examines social impact of illegal drugs
By Greg Hough
Emerald Reporter
Mmv drug policies affect gov
emments and businesses, and
what might be done to improve
such policies, will be a promi
nent theme of "Dealing With
Drugs." a two-day conference
scheduled for today and Satur
day.
More than 175 University
students have enrolled in the
conference, said human ser
vices Associate Professor Ken
neth Viegas. whose department
is co-sponsoring the event.
"The Drug Business," will take
place Saturday.
"In this conference, we're
not dealing with education in
depth, or the treatment of ad
diction," Viegas said “We try
to focus on the (drug) business,
which means (hat we have
more representation from law
enforcement, some from correc
tions, and judicial interests,
both prosecution and defense
positions,"
State Attorney General Dave
Frohnmayer and 14 other pre
seniors will speak at the confer
ence. Speakers include Univer
7 think it'll make drug problems and
drug prevalence worse in younger age
groups, age groups in which no one real
ly believes drug use is healthy or respon
sible. '
-Dave Frohnmayer
Four sessions will be held
during the conference. Three
concurrent sessions are sched
uled today: "Drugs And The
Workplace,” "Drugs And The
Law,” and “Drugs And
Crime." The fourth session,
sity Professors David Schuman
and Steven Meeker, Springfield
Police Captain Jerry Smith, and
Nancy Pemberton, an assistant
federal public defender in San
Francisco.
Pemberton, a member of the
Board of Directors of the Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union
(ACI.t'J of Northern California,
represents indigent defendants
i barged with federal crimes,
many of whom are accused of
committing drug offenses. She
will he among the busiest at the
conference, giving two presen
tations and participating in a
"dialogue" session with
Frohnmayer.
“1 was asked to speak re pro
sooting the position of the
ACLU, which is that drugs
ought to be decriminalized,"
Pemberton said "And I will
take the position that they
ought to. in great part because
the criminalization of drugs,
and the amounts of money we
have spent in trying to combat
drug use with stricter penalties
and law enforcement, is a bank
rupt policy.
"Although (the government)
has increased the amount of co
caine seized by the DEA (Drug
Enforcement Administration),
from 1.7 tons in 198! to 70 tons
in 1987. during that same time
the price of cocaine went from
about $50,000 a kilogram to
$15. All told, i don't think the
'war on drugs' is working I
think that it attacks a symptom
and not a cause." Pemberton
Animal rignts group meets toaay
MEETINGS
Students for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals meets to
day at 4 p.m. in EMU Century'
Room E. All those planning to
_Et als_
participate; in Wold Laboratory
Animal Liberation Week are en
couraged to attend.
Bahai Association meets to
day at 3:30 p.m. in EMU Cedar
Room D.
LECTURES
“Future of Lesbian and Cay
Legal Rights" is the title of a
lecture by lawyer, speaker and
activist Mary Dunlap tonight at
H in law Room 120.
MISCELLANEOUS
International Coffee Hour is
at 4 p.m. today in the EMU In
ternational Lounge.
United Methodist Campus
Ministry goes on retreat at
Odell Lake on Friday and Sat
urdav. There will be no meet
ing on Sunday
Fourth Annual Riverfront
I’ark Picnic: is Saturday begin
ning at 11 a in, between the
Autzen Stadium Footbridge
and the University campus
There will be food, music, ulti
mate Frisbee and more
)ohn Muir Day Rally and
March begins at noon in the
EMU Courtyard. Following pre
sentations from musicians and
speakers. participants will
march to downtown Eugene to
call for a more sustainable man
agement of Old (!rmvlh and
protection of the spotted owl
Deadline for submitting Et
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said.
Pemberton said drug abuse is
linked most strongly with eco
nomic depravity, and the feder
al government "is doing noth
ing to address that. Our eco
no mil polities over the last
eight sears, if anything, have
increased the problem."
Frohnmayer will speak at the
conference on drug legislation
(lending before the Oregon
State legislature He said the
Legislature is currently consid
ering "seven or eight" drug
regulation hills
"I don't think that decrimi
nalization will work." Frohn
mayer said "1 think it’ll make
drug problems and drug prtiva
letice worse in younger age
groups, age groups in which no
one really believes drug use is
healthy or responsible
"We know that the American
economy loses $100 billion a
year in lost productivity time
from industrial accidents,” he
said. "We know that vve are
(laying an enormous amount of
money in social services to
drug-dependent families. We
know that a significant amount
of our crime problem is driven
by drugs Drugs aren’t bad tie
cause they’re illegal, they're il
legal because they’re had for
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All conference sessions will
run from H ill a.m. to 5 p m at
Kugene's Vnlley River Inn.
1000 Valley River Hwy.. said
Betsy lame of Kugene's Quality
(Conferences Ltd which is also
sponsoring the event.
Knrollment for (he sessions is
still being accepted through the
human services office in Hen
dricks Hall
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