SESSION 1 – Hosted by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University and the Drug Policy Alliance, with support from the Charles Koch Institute.
8:30 – 8:45 am Breakfast and morning coffee
8:45 – 10:15 am Overview of overdose crisis: The role of fentanyl in overdose deaths, and trends in policy responses
Moderator:
- Kara Gotsch, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Sentencing Project
Panelists:
- Will Miller, Coordinator, BMORE Power
- Lindsay LaSalle, Director of Public Health Law and Policy, Drug Policy Alliance
- Daniel Raymond, Policy Director, Harm Reduction Coalition
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Fentanyl and the Federal Government: The View from the Hill
Moderator:
- Douglas Berman, Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, The Ohio State University
Panelists:
- Jasmine Tyler, Advocacy Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch
- Congressional staff
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
SESSION 2 – Hosted by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University and the Drug Policy Alliance.
1:00 – 2:15 pm Strategy 1: Strategies for opposing laws that enhance sentences for opioid-related offenses
Moderators:
- Michael Collins, Director, National Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
- Jason Pye, Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Freedom Works
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:45 pm Strategy 2: Ideas and models for effective drug policy reforms
Moderators:
- Mark Osler, Professor and Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law
- Douglas Berman, Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, The Ohio State University
- Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Action Partnership
3:45 – 4:30 pm Afternoon Coffee and Networking