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a re-post from 1997 about the Drug Policy Foundation's denial of a proposed panel on Opium and Coca for their conference that year in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Drug Policy Foundation (DPF) was the predecessor organization to the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), that was created in 2000 with the DPF's merger with the Lindesmith Institute that was headed by Ethan Nadelmann- current DPA Executive Director.   The President of the DPA's Board of Directors, Ira Glasser meanwhile served on the Board of Directors of the DPF.  The DPA had been founded by Kevin Zeese from the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML), with Dr. Arnold S. Trebach of American University in 1986, who had left the organization in 1997. The Drug Policy Foundation, and the Drug Policy Alliance have been advised through the bro bono program of Covington & Burling , Washington D.C.'s leading corporate food, pharmaceutical and Tobacco industry law firm founded by an instrumental figure in est...

for the Drug Policy Alliance Panel Proposal  for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference; November 18-21, 2015 : Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 Eric Holder Esq. Covington & Burling One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956                                                                                                                     ...

the man who had the power to re-schedule drugs under the CSA returns to his law firm Covington & Burling https://www.cov.com/en/news/2015/07/former-us-attorney-general-eric-holder-returns-to-covington Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Returns to Covington 7/6/2015 WASHINGTON, DC, July 6, 2015 — Former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. , is returning to Covington as a partner after more than six years of service as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Mr. Holder will be resident in the firm’s Washington office and focus on complex investigations and litigation matters, including matters that are international in scope and raise significant regulatory enforcement issues and substantial reputational concerns. “It is a source of great pride to welcome Eric back to the firm after his distinguished service as attorney general,” said  Timothy Hester , chair of the firm’s management committee. “Eric’s entire private practice career has been as a Covington par...

http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2015/06/covington-burling-and-drug-policy.html Drug Policy Alliance 131 West 33 rd St., 15 th Floor New York, NY 10001                                                                                     June 30, 2015 Dear Drug Policy Alliance: Enclosed is a suggested panel proposal for our Drug Policy Alliance International Drug Policy Conference this November 18-21, 2015 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott at 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 “Covington & Burling And Drug Policy Reform” .   Covington & Bu...

Drug Policy Alliance Panel Proposal  for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference; November 18-21, 2015 : Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 Covington & Burling and Drug Policy James Harry Covington The Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling has long been involved with the drug policy movement.  As mentioned by Dr. Arnold S. Trebach, co founder of the Drug Policy Foundation in his 1986 book The Great American Drug War at page 327: "... Mr Hutchins made urgent calls for assistance around the country, including one to Kevin Zeese of NORML in Washington.  Mr. Zeese contacted one of the most prestigious law firms in the country, Covington & Burling of Washington, D.C.  Lawyers David B. Isbell and Michael G. Michaelson, who is also a medical doctor, entered the case pro bono on behalf of Joe Hutchins, arguing in their first memorandum of law filed in November 1985 the the defense of medical necessity sho...