February 27, 2018 Drugged Driving: What Is the Problem? What Are the Solutions?
Co-hosted by the Institute for Behavior & Health and Smart Approaches to Marijuana
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Heritage Foundation
Agenda
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Senior Legal Research Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Institute for Constitutional Government, The Heritage Foundation
9:15 a.m. Keynote Address
Heidi King, Deputy Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
9:45 a.m. Panel I – Identifying the Problem
Marilyn Huestis, Ph.D., Former Senior Investigator and Chief, Chemistry and Drug Metabolism Section, National Institute for Drug Abuse
Jeff Michael, Associate Administrator of Research and Program Development, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Terry Zobeck, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Research and Budget, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Senior Legal Research Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Institute for Constitutional Government, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator
11:00 a.m. Panel II – Identifying the Solutions
Jake Nelson, Director of Traffic Safety Advocacy, American Automobile Association
Kevin Sabet, President, Smart Approaches to Marijuana
Candace Lightner, President, We Save Lives, Founder, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Dana Stevens, Grassroots and Field Coordinator, Smart Approaches to Marijuana’s High Means DUI Campaign
Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Senior Legal Research Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Institute for Constitutional Government, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator
12:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Robert DuPont, M.D., President, Institute for Behavior & Health
Description
Historically, America’s marijuana and alcohol policies developed independently, but each one buttressed the other’s salutary effects. Today, an increase in the number of marijuana users has led to an increase in the number of marijuana-impaired or marijuana- and alcohol-impaired drivers. Society needs to be able to take steps to prevent medical and recreational marijuana initiatives from increasing the mortality and morbidity that alcohol-impaired driving already imposes. Join us for a half-day conference to discuss this important health and safety issue with some of the leading experts in this field.
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