'Drug Addiction and Incarceration' Briefing

"Drug Addiction and Incarceration" Capitol Hill briefing on July 9, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

An overwhelming majority of felony incarcerations involve substance abuse, costing states and the federal government tens of billions of dollars. What is the correlation between drug addiction and crime, what are leading scientists working on to address this problem, and are there policy solutions to remediate this issue?

Speakers:

Charles O’Brien, PhD, Vice-Chair of Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Prestigious Center for Studies in Addiction

Joshua Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine and Psychiatry at New York University Langone Medical Center

Remarks: The Honorable Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

Moderator: Erin Heath, AAAS

Neuroscience briefings are hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in conjunction with Rep. Chaka Fattah, and through the support of the Dana Foundation.