Friday, April 3, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Guest speaker takes shot against U.S. drug policy
By Chris Horton
khorton@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
About 200 people crowded the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union to listen to an expert speak about the federal government's longest and most extensive war — the war on drugs.
Clifford Schaffer was invited to the University by KU Libertarians and the University's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union to speak about American drug policy.
Schaffer has compiled an extensive online library of drug policy. He also co-wrote the Hoover Resolution for Stanford University's Hoover Institute, which he said focused on the damage drug policies have inflicted on the American people.
Clark Massey, KU Libertarians president and Plano, Texas, senior, said his organization thought drug legalization was a topic with which students could identify.
"We tried a speaker on social security reform last year, but there wasn't sufficient student interest," Masssey said. "Also, we really believe drugs should be legalized."
Schaffer's speech, "The History of the Drug War — How We Got into This Mess: a Tale of Lunacy and Lunatics" covered the history of drug use and its penalization.
"The drug war is built on ignorance and requires ignorance to survive," said Schaffer.
Schaffer said the Internet would serve as the catalyst necessary for drug legalization. He said it was difficult to find an anti-legalization home page or chat room on the Internet.
"You will not find anyone defending the drug war on the Internet," he said. "You will only find those in favor of legalization."
Schaffer based many of the statements in his speech on research conducted by the federal government. He used the research to illustrate the hypocrisy he saw in American drug policy.
"The federal government considers a laethal dose of marijuana for an individual to be one third of their body weight," he said. "Because so much marijuana is lost in smoking, one would have to smoke an amount just under their body weight in one hour to do themselves in."
In addition to attacking policies that make certain drugs illegal, Schaffer spoke about legal drugs.
Alcohol and tobacco kill more people every year than all illegal drugs combined in the last century, he said.
John Bieberly, Wichita sophomore, said the federal government's war on drugs was a joke.
"Other countries that treat drug use differently don't have a problem with it." he said.
Schaffer said anybody with questions about drug effects or policy should check out the Schaffer Online Library of Drug Policy. The library's address is http://www.druglibrary.org
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Laura Boyert, Kansas City, Kan., senior, explains her research on the growth of bone cells to Rob Weaver, professor of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology. Boyert and other students displayed their research about several topics at yesterday's second annual biological sciences spring mixer. Photo by Eileen Bakri/KANSAN
Students mingle with alumni
Biological sciences social introduces like-minded people
By Emily C. Forsyth
aforsyth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The second biological sciences spring mixer brought students, faculty, staff and the alumni advisory board together to discuss common interests last night.
About 75 people attended the mixer from 7 to 9 p.m. at the panorama room in the Natural History Museum.
Kandi White, business manager for the department and an organizer of the event, said the mixer was an opportunity for students to connect with people working in their field of study.
"I think the students get to hear about the board members' experiences when they were at KU." White said. "They get to hear about what the board members are doing with their degrees, where they went after they left KU."
The alumni advisory board will hold its semiannual meeting today. The 14 board members are graduates of the KU biological sciences program. Board members are professionals and educators from across the country.
"It's a way for us to listen to the needs of the students and perhaps build on what we already have," Orr said.
James Orr, biological sciences department chairman, said board members enjoyed learning about students' research and interacting with students on a social level.
Seventeen students presented posters with the results of undergraduate research projects. Each student who presented a poster received a $25 gift certificate to the Kansas Union Bookstore, sponsored by a board member.
would continue to develop financial support for new and active programs.
Charlotte Bell, associate professor of anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine, will become the chairwoman of the board today. She said the board
Chad Travers, Iola senior, said he enjoyed talking with a professor of physiology who taught 20 years ago.
"It's a good, informal way for alumni to interact with students and see what's going on at the grassroots level," MacDonald said.
Jennifer MacDonald, Hays senior, said it was important for alumni to see evidence of students' work, such as the posters.
"Right now, science is really exciting," Travers said. "It's developing so quickly that it's difficult to gauge what kind of social effect scientific progress will have."
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