The Role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Event Description The jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been profoundly influential in the region since its inception in 1979. Since 2017, the Court has built up case law on the right to health, addressing an array of issues including: access to emergency…
Law, Medicine, and Future Directions Event Description In Commonwealth v. Eldred, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a court may order a defendant who is addicted to substances to remain drug free as a condition of probation and that if a defendant tests positive for an illegal substance, the defendant may be found in…
Event Description As the psychedelic renaissance unfolds, groups are forming to identify national policy priorities. This event assembled a panel of experts from several of these groups for a discussion on setting a national psychedelic policy agenda. Panelists Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Event Description Incarcerated people in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from chronic health conditions, their acute medical needs often go unmet, and the carceral healthcare system that serves them is set up to fail by a lack of resources and infrastructure. The pandemic has only magnified the health crisis that is the norm in the U.S….
Event Description The psychedelic renaissance is characterized by growing interest in researching, commercializing, and consuming psychedelic substances like psilocybin and dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Against this backdrop, a wave of psychedelic legal reform is washing over North America. A dozen U.S. cities have decriminalized psychedelics, and about a dozen U.S. states have proposed laws to legalize these…
Event Description Psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine are being used increasingly in research and clinical settings. They also are being decriminalized and legalized by cities and states across the country. As research and access advance, a growing body of evidence suggests that one promising application for psychedelics is in the treatment of…
Current and past abortion legislation and court rulings have profound effects on health care providers’ ability to care for their patients. However, media coverage of abortion in the U.S. typically is not geared toward an audience of health care professionals. Health care providers are thus left on their own to grapple with questions of what…
Is Compassion Consistent with Accountability? Event Description How can family law support parents and their children when a parent has a substance use disorder? One in eight children live in a home with a parent with a substance use disorder. Most of these children are under the age of five. This discussion examined innovations in…
Suing Gun Manufacturers in the US to Stop Violence in Mexico Event Description In 2021, the Mexican government filed a ground-breaking suit in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, against ten US gun manufacturers, accusing them of knowingly facilitating the sale of guns to drug cartels in Mexico. This is the first time that a foreign…
Equity and Social Justice Series & Medical Justice and the Carceral State Series Webinar In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this panel discussion will be held virtually, as an online webinar. To ensure that you will receive access to the livestream and be kept up to date on any changes to the event, register now….
