Organized By: Senators Whitehouse and Portman
The Addiction and Criminal Justice Policy Forum is sponsored by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) and will be held on April 29, 2014 in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building from 9:30 A.M - 3:30 P.M. We will be joined by Governor Peter Shumlin (D-VT), co-lead of the National Governors Association Policy Academy on Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse, along with nationally-recognized researchers, practitioners, policymakers and Members of Congress to help inform addiction and criminal justice policy priorities and an agenda for the next Congress.
The event will highlight four key issue areas to be addressed:
- What Works and Evidence-Based Practices
- Reentry and Strategies to Reduce Recidivism
- Diversion and Alternatives to Incarceration
- Addressing the Opioids and Heroin Crisis
This is the first in a series of bipartisan convenings to help identify a strategy to elevate and advance addiction treatment and recovery nationwide.
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