The Ohio Drug Treatment Initiative
Special Discussion on 90.3 WCPN
Tuesday, October 15 @ 12:00 PM
Hosted by ideastream’s April Baer, this two-hour discussion will be held at CSU's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The topic is Ohio’s proposed constitutional amendment on how to adjudicate non-violent drug offenders. The public is welcome to attend the event, which is being held in the CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Moot Courtroom and is being broadcast live by WCPN. Listen in at 12:00 PM Tuesday for the discussion. Also listen to 90.3 at 7:33 AM and 9:00 AM this Tuesday and Wednesday, for further coverage of the debate over State Issue One.

Click here for the photo gallery.

Scheduled Guests include:

For the full program:

• Jack Ford, Mayor, City of Toledo, Ohioans Against Unsafe Drug Laws
• Edward J. Orlett, Former Ohio State Representative, Ohio Campaign for New Drug Policies

Hour One:

• Rev. Marvin McMickle, Antioch Baptist Church
• Dan Peterca, Ohio Drug Court Professionals Association
• Prof. Adam Thurschwell, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University

Hour Two

• Hon. Burt Griffin, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
• Dwaine Hemphill, Stark County Court of Common Pleas, Magistrate for drug court program diversion
• Dr. Gregory Collins, Section Head, Alcohol & Drug Recovery Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

For more information on State Issue One and drug policy, visit these sites:

• The campaign homepage for the Ohio Drug Treatment Initative
• Ohioans Against Unsafe Drug Laws (This campaign is the main opposition for State Issue One)
• The Drug Policy Research Center (part of the Rand Corporation, a non-profit group that performs research for public policy. Information is here from a broad national perspective)
• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University
• Issue 1 Ballot Language for the November 5, 2002 General Election
• Full text of State Issue One (Available in PDF Format or HTML Format)

Photo Gallery
Photos by Dave Pignanelli

90.3's Jeff Carlton prepares for the broadcast.

(from left) Prof. Adam Thurschwell, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University; Dan Peterca, Ohio Drug Court Professionals Association; Jack Ford, Mayor, City of Toledo, Ohioans Against Unsafe Drug Laws; Edward J. Orlett, Former Ohio State Representative, Ohio Campaign for New Drug Policies; Rev. Marvin McMickle, Antioch Baptist Church

Thurschwell, Peterca, and Ford participate in the discussion.

Orlett and McMickle participate in the discussion.

The audience at the Moot Courtroom listens closely to the discussion.

Outside the courtroom, law students watch the broadcast on television from the Law School lobby.

Mayor Ford takes a break from the broadcast.

New participants for the second hour included Judge Burt Griffin, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas; Dwaine Hemphill, Stark County Court of Common Pleas, Magistrate for drug court program diversion; and Dr. Gregory Collins, Section Head, Alcohol & Drug Recovery Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Participants listen to the audience's questions.

90.3's April Baer with CSU Marshall College of Law Dean Steve Steinglass.

April Baer hosted the discussion at the Moot Courtroom.

Carlton and Baer observe from the back of the courtroom.