1. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Paradigm Shift
Drug Policy
and Addiction
in the Age of
Mass Incarceration
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Paradigm Shift
Lisa Daugaard
LEAD National Support Bureau/Public Defender Association (Seattle)
Judicial Symposium on Using the Law and Economics to Reform the Criminal Justice System
Mason Judicial Education Program
12/11/2015
Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice
gabriel sayegh, Co-Executive Director
Columbia SSW| Friday, 27 April 2018 |

5. U.S. Drug Policy Today

6. What is our Drug Policy Today?

7. Drug Policy in the U.S. Today

10. 1973: New York Passes Rockefeller Drug Laws 2009: NY Rolls Back Rockefeller Drug Laws

11. Neighborhood Concentration of Incarceration
Our current drug interdiction and deterrent strategies – which are concentrated in communities of color and responsible for the vast majority of incarceration -- adversely affect the health of communities, including:
increased violence (Mosher, J.F. and K.L. Yanagisako, 1991; Haden, 2004)
higher rates of HIV and other blood borne disease (Haden, 2004).
contributes to existing social and economic inequalities,
disrupts social networks,
undermines sources of social and financial support,
impedes education; and
contributes to homelessness and poverty
All factors associated with poor health outcomes (Hathaway, 2001; London and Myers, 2006).

12. The Crisis of Accidental Overdose
What people need v. what people think they’ll get
Saving lives should take priority over punishing behavior

13. Five Guidelines for Making Drug Policy Reform Work
for Decarceration
Decriminalization
Harm Reduction
Facts not Propaganda
Strengthen the Social Safety Net
Truth and Reconciliation

14. Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice
Contact Information
Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice
gabriel sayegh, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director