Defining Drugs of Abuse

When

Monday December 2, 2019: 5:30pm to 7:00pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Description

Three panelists from the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor community will discuss how the widespread availability of both alcohol and nicotine have negative impacts on these substances' understood health risks. They will explore this topic from different perspectives: scientific research, health risks, and legal implications.

Panelists include:

Hon. Linda Davis has recently retired from the bench to become the full-time Executive Director of Families Against Narcotics, Inc. She presents multiple times a week to groups across the state and nationally. A longtime Macomb County District Judge, Judge Davis recalls a time when she regarded addiction as a “moral failing” that only happened to flawed people from dysfunctional environments. It wasn’t until her child, a straight-A student with a promising future, became addicted to heroin that she recognized the truth: “Addiction affects everybody. It affects all ages, all races, and all socioeconomic climates. It does not discriminate.”

This event is in partnership with Scientists for Outreach on Addiction Research (SOAR) in the U–M Department of Pharmacology.