Soho Forum Debate: Kevin Sabet vs. Zach Weissmueller

Schedule

Tue Oct 21 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Sheen Center | New York, NY

An Oxford-style debate about drug decriminalization.
About this Event

Resolution: The failure of Oregon's experiment in decriminalizing all drugs is compelling evidence that other attempts at complete decriminalization will fail just as badly.


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For the affirmative: Kevin Sabet is a drug policy scholar who served as a White House Office of National Drug Control Policy advisor to three U.S. presidential administrations. He is an assistant adjunct professor at Yale University, the director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida, and the co-founder and president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). He is the author of Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana and coeditor of Marijuana and Contemporary Health Issues.


For the negative: Zach Weissmueller is a senior producer at Reason. He has produced documentary shorts, video interviews, and feature articles for the platform since 2010, covering permissionless technology, free speech, mental health and homelessness, experimental governance, COVID-19 policy, criminal justice reform, and drug legalization. He is the cohost of Just Asking Questions, a weekly podcast from Reason.


ALL tickets must be reserved in advance.


Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM
Doors open
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 06:30 PM
Meeting convenes
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 08:00 PM
Reception
Host: Gene Epstein & Hisako Kobayashi's Apartment

Info: 55 Great Jones Street. Food and drink are included with a Reception ticket.

Please note: to attend the reception you must purchase a Debate + Reception ticket.


Where is it happening?

The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, New York, United States
Tickets

USD 12.00 to USD 34.00

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