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Designing a post-prohibition future

Ariel Clark, Christopher Medina-Kirchner, Roman Haferd, Betty Aldworth, Paula Graciela Kahn

The harms of drug prohibition have been manifold, from the trauma of incarceration to the prevention of research. A clear need exists for policies that move beyond psychedelics as a criminal issue and instead supports their safe and beneficial use, but an even clearer need exists for an irresistible imagination that draws us toward the world we wish our children to live in. Join us to hear from our movement’s most dynamic thinkers as they imagine and conjure a visionary approach to the paradigm we are building together.

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Designing a post-prohibition future

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