Wed, May 6, 2020
Past event
Drug Policy
When: Wed, May 6, 2020, 1 p.m.–2 p.m.
Baker Institute drug policy experts Katharine Neill Harris and William Martin considered the likely impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on drug use and addiction.
Wed, Mar 9, 2016
Past event
Baker Institute
Where: James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas
When: Wed, March 9, 2016, 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Law enforcement experts discussed the impact of drug prohibition on society and public safety.
Wed, Nov 12, 2014
Past event
Baker Institute
Where: James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas
When: Wed, November 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
A discussion of the therapeutic promise and legislative possibility for medical marijuana in Texas will feature a physician, a Baker Institute drug policy expert, a veteran Texas legislator and other experts.
Wed, Jun 18, 2014
Past event
Baker Institute
Where: James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas
When: Wed, June 18, 2014, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.
For many military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, their only relief comes from a drug that is illegal in Texas: marijuana. Can marijuana help veterans with PTSD? Should Texas legalize the drug? William Martin, director of the Drug Policy Program, addressed these …
Mon, Mar 31, 2014
Past event
Baker Institute
Where: James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas
When: Mon, March 31, 2014, 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
After 40 years and $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars, the war on drugs is widely recognized as a failure. While having a negligible impact on supply and demand, America’s longest war has enriched criminal cartels south of the border and …
Fri, Aug 23, 2013
Past event
Baker Institute
Where: James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas
When: Fri, August 23, 2013, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
The Houston-Harris County Office of Drug Policy will hold its fourth annual Community Drug Awareness Day at Rice University's Baker Institute. This educational conference provides the latest information on substance abuse and drug challenges within the Greater Houston area, as …
Mon, Aug 27, 2012
Past event
Baker Institute
When: Mon, August 27, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
After drug traffickers murdered his son last year, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia founded the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity in Mexico. Since then, he has been traversing that country accompanied by a caravan of families also affected by …
Tue, Jun 19, 2012
Past event
Baker Institute
When: Tue, June 19, 2012, 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Award-winning producer, director, author and consultant Gary A. "Rusty" Fleming Jr. draws upon his extensive understanding of Mexican drug cartels to explain the inner workings of the drug trade, the violence it breeds and the way it preys upon teenagers …
Fri, Mar 9, 2012
Past event
Baker Institute
When: Fri, March 9, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
For nearly a century, U.S. drug policy has been characterized by the punitive prohibition of illicit drugs, with "zero tolerance" for drug users, producers and traffickers. This bipartisan policy has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and produced an incarceration …
Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Past event
Baker Institute
When: Thu, March 8, 2012, 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
At this event, along with sharing the value of travel and how it has impacted his worldview, travel writer Rick Steves describes how Europe is fighting its drug abuse problems differently and, he believes, more effectively than the United States. …
