Dr. Gabor Maté: Understanding Addiction and Advocating for Reform
Date:
02/12/2010 - 7:00pm
Location:
Vollum Lecture Hall, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland 
Join the staff physician at North America’s only safe injection site as he discusses progressive policy and treatment reform based on an accurate medical understanding of addiction.
Dr. Gabor Maté is the #1 bestselling author of the new book: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction.
"Mate's resonant, unflinching analysis of addiction today shatters the assumptions underlying our War on Drugs." - Norm Stamper, former Seattle Chief of Police.
Co-Sponsored by the Reed Chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy and the ACLU of Oregon
This event is free and open to the public.
