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3:15 pm Panel IV. From Clinic to Courtroom: Understanding the Human Costs of Drug Abuse
Drugs inflict deep and lasting damage on individuals, families, and societies, harming both mind and body as well as the human spirit. This panel brings together medical experts and legal professionals to present real-world cases that reveal the profound health and social consequences of illicit drug use and highlight why communities and criminal justice systems have a vital stake in addressing this human toll.
Georgina Kiss-Kozma
Deputy Director of the Youth Research Institute
Paul J. Larkin
Senior Legal Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
Tom Wolf
Director of West Coast Initiatives at the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions
András Székely
Senior Research Fellow at Kopp Mária Institute for Demography and Families
Ashley Frawley
Sociologist, Author, Visiting Research Fellow at MCC Brussels
Gergely Réti
Youth Policy Expert at the Youth Research Institute