FREE EVENT, LONDON We warmly invite readers to join openDemocracy author Charles Shaw and film maker Roger Graef to discuss: Who's addicted to the War on Drugs? An evening of discussion on drugs policy and criminal justice. When: Tue 16 November, 7pm Where: The Hub, 34b York Way, King's Cross, London Charles Shaw, who edits the openDemocracy Drugs Policy Forum, is launching his book Exile Nation about his experiences of the US prison system and will show material from his current project Unheard Voices, collecting testimonies from prisoners, ex-offenders, family members, and notable experts on the far-ranging consequences of the American criminal justice system and discuss what lessons there are for Britain's justice system. With lawmakers addicted to locking people up, the war on drugs is being lost. What is the balance of damage being done to individuals and to states by drugs and the system of punishing drug taking? Radical solutions are needed in the UK, but are our lawmakers able to think differently and confront solutions that work, rather than just sound good? Roger Graef, OBE is a distinguished documentary film-maker and criminologist. Among his more than eighty films, he is best known for his pioneering work in gaining access to hitherto closed institutions ranging from ministries and boardrooms to police, courts, prisons, probation and social work. These influential films include the Thames Valley Police, which helped change the way the police deal with rape victims. In Search of Law and Order, took a unique look at some groundbreaking ways of changing juvenile rehabilitation. To ensure a place, please email Julian Stern on 
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