Get Up!
Stand Up!
Stand Up For Your Rights! Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, California
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Thursday, March 31
First Day
Day Moderator: Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML
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8:00-9:00am</td> <td valign="top">
Conference Registration</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
9:00-9:90am</td> <td valign="top">
Welcome - Steve Dillon, Esq., Chair, NORML board of directors</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
9:20-9:40am</td> <td valign="top">
Cannabis Convocation - Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML
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9:40-11:00am</td> <td valign="top">
2004 Pro-Cannabis Initiatives: The Review
Alaska (TBA)
Oregon/Lee Berger, Esq.
Montana (TBA)
Massachusetts/Steve Epstein, Esq.
Columbia, MO
- Med Mj. Initiative/Sterling Neeb
- Decrim. Initiative/Dan Viets, Esq.
Detroit and Ann Arbor, MI/Timothy Beck
Oakland - Judy Appel, Esq.
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Moderator: Dominic Holden, WA NORML/ Sensible Seattle </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
11:00-11:15am</td> <td valign="top">
Break</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
11:15-1:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Drug Policy Reform: Taking it directly to the people
Jack Cole, LEAP
Roger Goodman, Esq., Voluntary Lawyer Comm.
Nick Eyle, ReConsider
Mikki Norris, Cannabis Consumer Campaign
Keith Saunders, Ph.D, MassCANN/NORML </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
Moderator: Clifford Thornton, Efficacy/
NORML national board of directors </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
1:00-2:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Lunch Break (lunch on your own)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
2:00-2:30pm</td> <td valign="top">
Teens and Drugs: Reports from the Field
Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance
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2:30-4:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Cannabis Prohibition Victims: Recent, Current and Prospective
Diane Monson, Raich/Munson v. Ashcroft)
Valerie Leveroni Corral, WAMM, national NORML board of directors
Angel Raich, Raich/Munson v. Ashcroft
Brian Epis
Todd McCormick
Marisa Garcia
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Moderator: Steph Sherer, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
4:00-6:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Breakout Sessions</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
A.
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Student Activism: Stoking the Reefer Revolution
Christopher Mulligan, CHEAR/national NORML board of directors
Scarlett Swerdlow, SSDP
Abby Bair, SSDP
Josh Manning, Univ. of FL NORML
Matt Jones, Univ. of FL NORML
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Moderator: Kris Krane, Associate Director, NORML </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
B.
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Police Tactics: Don’t Become a Statistic
Anthony Feldstein, Esq.
Omar Figaroa, Esq.
Peter Vilkelis, Esq.
TBA
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Moderator: Norm Kent, Esq., national NORML board of directors</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
C.
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Vaporizers & FDA Research: The Future of ‘Smoking’ Cannabis
Rick Doblin, Ph.D, MAPS
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Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Director CA NORML, national NORML board of directors</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
6:30-9:00pm
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NORML/High Times Annual Art Auction and Activist Awards
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Friday, April 1
Second Day
Day Moderator: Peter Vilkelis, Esq., IL NORML/national board of directors
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8:00-9:00am</td> <td valign="top">
Conference Registration</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
9:00-9:45am</td> <td valign="top">
Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Policy Reform - Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
9:45-11:00am</td> <td valign="top">
In the Cross Hair: Medi-pot Docs
Tod Mikuriya, M.D.
Frank Lucido, M.D.
David Bearman, M.D.
Mollie Fry, M.D.
Claudia Jensen, M.D.
David Hadorn, M.D.
Phil Denny, M.D.</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
Moderator: Fred Gardner, California Medical Marijuana Research Group</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
11:00-11:15am</td> <td valign="top">
Break</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
11:15-1:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Marijuana and Good Health: Who Knew?
Robert Malamede, Ph.D, University of CO
Phillipe Lucas, VIC
Mitch Earlywine, Ph.D, USC
Greg Carter, M.D.,University of Washington </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Director CA NORML national board of directors </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
1:00-2:30pm</td> <td valign="top">
Luncheon and Keynote Speaker:
Rick Steves, Best selling travel author, TV show host and NORML Advisory Board member </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
2:30-3:15pm</td> <td valign="top">
Cannabis Arrest Report and Use Analysis
Jon Gettman, Ph.D. Former NORML Director; Fellow, George Mason Univ.</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
3:15-4:00pm</td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
High Times' History of The 'Bud' Shot: A Pictorial and Cultural Anthology
Steve Bloom, Co-Editor
Richard Cusick, Co-Editor</td></tr> <tr></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
4:00-6:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Breakout Sessions</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
A.
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Cannabis Cultivation: The How, Why and for What
Kyle Kushman, High Times
TBA
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Moderator: Chris Conrad, ChrisConrad.com </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
B.
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Medical Marijuana: State of the Law From the Pros
Lee Berger, Esq.
David Michaels, Esq.
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Moderator: William Panzer, Esq. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
C.
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Hemp: A Fruitful or Frightful Future?
Patrick Goggins, Esq.
Jack Herer, The Emperor of Hemp
Terri Zeman, Greater St. Louis NORML
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Moderator: David Bronner, Dr. Bronner's Soaps, HIA </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
8:00-10:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Cannabis-oriented Entertainment
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Saturday, April 2
Second Day
Day Moderator: Dominic Holden, WA NORML/Sensible Seattle
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9:00-10:00am</td> <td valign="top">
Registration Desk Open and NORML Product Sales</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
10:00-11:15am</td> <td valign="top">
Drugged Driving Tests: The Science and Policies What You Need to Know-Right Now!
Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, CA NORML
Ed Orlett, Drug Policy Alliance of Ohio
Caren Woodson, Drug Policy Alliance </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
Moderator: Paul Armentano, Senior Policy Analyst, NORML </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
11:15-12:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Drug Policy: Then and Now
Arnold Trebach. Ph.D Founder of the Drug Policy Foundation, Trebach Institute
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12:00-12:15pm</td> <td valign="top">
Break</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
12:00-2:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Oh Canada! Separating Myth From Reality
Richard Cowan, www.marijuananews.com </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
Moderator: Phillipe Lucas, VICS, Canada NORML</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
2:00-3:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
Lunch Break (lunch on your own)</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
3:00-4:15pm </td> <td valign="top">
Lessons Learned: Cannabis Prohibition and Censorship
Michael Gray, Common Sense for Drug Policy
Michael Aldrich, Ph.D
Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance
Debby Goldsberry
Mikki Norris, Cannabis Consumer Campaign</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
Moderator: Keith Saunders, Ph.D, MassCANN/NORML </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top">
4:15-6:00pm</td> <td valign="top">
The Future is Now: Growing Grassroots Online
Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML
Dave Borden, Executive Director, DRCNet
Steven Heath, MAPinc
Matt Elrod, MAPinc
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Moderator: Richard Cowan, former NORML Director, www.marijuananews.com</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">
8:00-???</td> <td valign="top">
$50/person private benefit for NORML and the NORML Foundation (includes hor douvres, drinks and delight while mixing with NORML's staff, members of the National Legal Committee and board of directors)
Link to Agenda: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6440
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