The Politics of Cocaine

bristol | drugs and crime | event notice Wednesday May 14, 2008 18:03 by CSC - Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign

Panel, debate and open discussion

Thursday 15th May: 7pm @ the Kuumba Centre, St Pauls

This panel discussion organised by Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign will bring together key arguments and ideas surrounding this drug of global and local notoriety looking at who really stands to gain from this $70bn industry, what are the costs and what, if anything, should be done about it. Please come along to listen and take part in the debate.

The Big Debate

The Politics of Cocaine
Panel discussion and debate

The cocaine and crack cocaine trade affects almost all of our lives be it as recreational users, addicts or community/family members or friends trying to deal with the social side effects. From fumigation of the coca crops at the source and consumer boycotts in home markets through to full de-criminalisation, everyone seems to have a different solution.

This panel discussion organised by Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign will bring together key arguments and ideas surrounding this drug of global and local notoriety looking at who really stands to gain from this $70bn industry, what are the costs and what, if anything, should be done about it. Please come along to listen and take part in the debate.

Speakers:

Emily Crick- Transform
Nathan Eisenstadt - Colombia Solidarity Campaign/Espacio Bristol-Colombia
Lucie Pannell - Bolivia Solidarity Campaign
+ one more tbc

Thursday 15th May
starts 7pm

at

Kuumba Centre, 20-22 Hepburn Rd, St. Pauls, BS2 8UD

click here for a map or visit http://tinyurl.com/59b6er