Institute of Politics

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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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Opioid Crisis Redux: What Can and Is Government Doing

Rahul Gupta, Eric Eyre, Beth McCann, Angie Craig

April 04, 2023

  • drugs
  • health care
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Decriminalization

Kassandra Frederique, Tera Hurst, Robin Kniech, Mona Zhang

November 01, 2022

  • drugs
  • criminal justice/policing
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News & Views: The New Green Deal - Weed Legalization in Illinois

James Leitzel

November 04, 2019

  • drugs
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Treating America's Opioid Crisis

Kelly Chenoweth, Rahul Gupta, Patrice Harris, Timothy Sini, John Temple

April 17, 2018

  • health care
  • drugs
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Gay Marriage, Marijuana, and the Minimum Wage: The Power of Citizen Democracy

Steve Copley, Chris Lindsey, Tierney Sneed, Marc Solomon

February 17, 2015

  • LGBTQ+
  • drugs
  • labor
  • democracy
  • law/courts
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