CJPF & News Activities
On May 4th, Eric E. Sterling, in his role as co-vice chairman of Montgomery County’s Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Advisory Council, was quoted in a Gazette article about drug abuse. (The article was printed on May 9, Page B-3)
On May 4th, Eric E. Sterling was interviewed by WAMU, American University Radio, about drug addiction in Montgomery County, Maryland.
On April 26th, Eric E. Sterling attended an event about Len Bias, sponsored by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) and Open Society Foundations (OSF) and titled, "A Losing Game: Sports and the 'War on Drugs'- A Conversation With Authors Dave Ungrady and Gregory Jordan." Eric was called on a few times to supplement the panelists' presentations with his knowledge about the drug policy reform movement and the political climate of the 80s. A video of the event can be found here.
On April 16th, Eric E. Sterling was interviewed on CTV's Power Play in an episode about alternatives to Canada's war on drugs. He spoke alongside Mike Moffatt with the Richard Ivey School of Business.
On April 12th, the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, the Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, and the University of Maryland Carey School of Law chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy hosted a panel discussion titled, "Cannabis: A Viable Treatment for Veterans with PTSD?" Eric E. Sterling spoke on the panel. A video of his speech can be found here.
From March 23-25, Eric E. Sterling and Irina Alexander attended the 13th Annual International Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference, which hosted over 350 students. Here is the hand-out we gave to attendees to update them on what CJPF has been doing. On March 25th, Eric E. Sterling spoke on a panel titled "Schools NOT Prisons, Not Schools TO Prisons." A video of this presentation will be available soon.
On March 19th, Eric E. Sterling's opinion piece titled, "O'Malley gets it wrong on medical marijuana," was published in The Baltimore Sun. Eric discourages Maryland Governor O'Malley from vetoing the state's medical marijuana bill and explains that federal threats to shut down medical marijuana programs and prosecute state officials are all based on a bluff.
On March 19th, Eric E. Sterling was featured on the Marc Steiner Show, where he spoke about a medical marijuna bill in Maryland.
On March 16th, Eric E. Sterling was quoted in a Mercury News article about Washington, D.C.'s medical marijuana program.
On March 7th, Eric E. Sterling was featured on CTV's Power Play, in an episode about the proposed mandatory minimums in Canada. He spoke about the unexpected negative impact of mandatory minimum laws in the United States, countering Justice Minister Rob Nicholson's arguments in support of such laws.
On March 6, Eric E. Sterling met with a delegation of six members of Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, Parliament of the United Kingdom conducting an inquiry into drug policy. The meeting was held in the British Consulate in Miami, Florida, organized by Shawn Heller, Esquire, former Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Mr. Sterling met with Rt. Hon. Keith Vaz (Labour), Chair; Dr. Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrats); Lorraine Fullbrook (Conservatives); Rt. Hon. Alun Michael (Labour/Co-operative); Nicola Blackwood (Conservatives); and Steve McCabe (Labour).
On March 1st, Eric E. Sterling's opinion piece titled, "The War on Drugs Hurts Businesses and Investors," was published on Forbes.com. Eric addresses the dangers to international business activity from prohibition-financed criminal organizations. He notes that profits of American businesses are hurt because sales are reduced when there are so many prisoners and persons with criminal records. He urges business management and investors to study the economic consequences of criminal justice and drug policy choices for their profits. Read this short commentary and send it to your accountant, your parents, your investment advisor, your insurance agent, etc. Comment on it at Forbes.com, tweet it, and post it to Facebook.
On March 1st, Eric E. Sterling was interviewed on The Current on CBC radio, broadcast throughout Canada in a 24-minute segment on mandatory minimum sentencing in the United States and Canada.
On February 29th, Eric E. Sterling's opinion piece titled, "Canada is repeating U.S. mistakes on drug sentencing," was published in The Ottawa Citizen. He was also quoted in The National Post and The Vancouver Sun.
On February 22nd, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition launched a campaign warning Canada against adopting a mandatory minimum sentencing policy for drug offenses. Eric E. Sterling was interviewed by CTV, Global News, The Canadian Press, and CKNX Radio. He was quoted in multiple articles, including the Toronto Sun, TheStar.com, The Windsor Star, and The Globe and Mail.
On January 23rd, Eric E. Sterling's letter to the editor was published in the Washington Post, in response to Al Kamen’s Jan. 18 column, “ Reefer Madness’ for the YouTube Generation."
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Robert Charles Silver Bob was an alumnus of Columbia College and Harvard Law School, class of 1960. In 1987 he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston University. Bob was deeply committed to social service and was a member of the boards of the New England Home for Little Wanderers (a large Boston-based social service agency) and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts. |
From January 4-6th, 2012, CJPF and Students for Sensible Drug Policy kicked off the year by sponsoring College Convention 2012 in Concord, NH, a political conference held right before the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. CJPF and SSDP members spent the rest of the week capturing presidential candidates' answers to questions about drug policy reform on video. CJPF's Chief of Staff and SSDP Board Chair, Irina Alexander, confronted Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul. Eric Sterling spoke to the entire conference on "Drug Policy and the Presidency." He also moderated a panel discussion of law enforcement officers (including members of LEAP) regarding drug prohibition.
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