University of Washington (UW) lecturer and former police sergeant Dr. Jonathan Wender will host a free lecture titled "The American Drug Policy: The Great Contradiction," at 7 p.m. April 9 in the Viking Union multipurpose room. The lecture is presented by Associated Student Productions (ASP) Civil Controversy, the Legal Information Center and the Drug Information Center.

Prior to becoming a lecturer at UW, Wender was a Seattle police sergeant who was fired in 2005 for his outspoken opinions in favor of the decriminalization of marijuana and reforms in the United States' War on Drugs, such as mandatory minimum prison sentences.

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