On Wednesday, October 15, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and the Administration of Justice Department of George Mason University hosted a symposium entitled “Drugs in America: Trafficking, Policy and Sentencing.”

The event featured a number of experts in the field to examine how drugs enter into the United States and how they are distributed to users; law enforcement practices pertaining to drug usage and drug-related crimes; and punitive vs. public health responses to drug abuse.

Since entering the U.S. Congress, Senator Webb has hosted two Senate hearings on the causes of America’s mass incarceration rate. He is committed to finding solutions that are both responsive to our needs for law and order, and fairer to those ensnared by the system.