Marijuana Policy in the U.S.: From the War on Drugs to Rapid Reform | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Type: Public event

Marijuana Policy in the U.S.: From the War on Drugs to Rapid Reform

Speaker

John Hudak, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Deputy Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution

Date & time

Sep 26, 2016, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Location

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Free and open to the public.

Marijuana reform has become a mainstream part of public policy over the last 20 years. However, the U.S. has had a rocky relationship with the cannabis plant since the Founding. In a new book, Marijuana: A Short History, the Brookings Institution’s John Hudak profiles how policy has evolved; how factors like economics, racism, politics, and public opinion have shaped policy, and what the future of marijuana policy may hold.

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