wageslave
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Hi folks,
thought I would post up details of this series of events. For all the Thursdays in September there are lunchtime talks and discussions taking place in the Central Librray, ILAC Centre on the broad topics of drugs, crime and crime writing.
The first two events have already happened but tomorrow John Lonergan, ex-governor of Mountjoy is going to be talking about drugs, crime and prison. He'll probably also be asked about his recent autobiography.
Next week Cormac Millar, author of 'An Irish Solution' and 'The Grounds' will be in. Both novels are very well regarded examples of Irish crime fiction and feature Séamus Joyce, an "unheroic, cautious and gullible" detective and one time head of the Irish Drug Enforcement Authority.
The final week sees Paul O'Mahony, author of 'The Irish war on drugs: The seductive folly of prohibition' come in to give a presentation on why prohibition has failed and what the possible alternatives to it are. In his book he argues that in the period of prohibition "the drug problem has grown from a minor issue to one of the country’s most serious social problems. Irish policy, which at the level of political rhetoric adheres to an outright "war on drugs," has since 1996 invested hugely in harm reduction and social justice projects in an attempt to achieve a more balanced approach. Analyzing the empirical evidence on the effects of Irish drugs policy on crime, health, social and economic well-being and, crucially, on the prevalence of drug use, this book concludes that both the earlier, more rigid form of prohibition and the recent pragmatic compromise between prohibition and harm reduction have failed, and argues for a radical new approach."
If you're interested in can find more details here.
thought I would post up details of this series of events. For all the Thursdays in September there are lunchtime talks and discussions taking place in the Central Librray, ILAC Centre on the broad topics of drugs, crime and crime writing.
The first two events have already happened but tomorrow John Lonergan, ex-governor of Mountjoy is going to be talking about drugs, crime and prison. He'll probably also be asked about his recent autobiography.
Next week Cormac Millar, author of 'An Irish Solution' and 'The Grounds' will be in. Both novels are very well regarded examples of Irish crime fiction and feature Séamus Joyce, an "unheroic, cautious and gullible" detective and one time head of the Irish Drug Enforcement Authority.
The final week sees Paul O'Mahony, author of 'The Irish war on drugs: The seductive folly of prohibition' come in to give a presentation on why prohibition has failed and what the possible alternatives to it are. In his book he argues that in the period of prohibition "the drug problem has grown from a minor issue to one of the country’s most serious social problems. Irish policy, which at the level of political rhetoric adheres to an outright "war on drugs," has since 1996 invested hugely in harm reduction and social justice projects in an attempt to achieve a more balanced approach. Analyzing the empirical evidence on the effects of Irish drugs policy on crime, health, social and economic well-being and, crucially, on the prevalence of drug use, this book concludes that both the earlier, more rigid form of prohibition and the recent pragmatic compromise between prohibition and harm reduction have failed, and argues for a radical new approach."
If you're interested in can find more details here.
