Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005
Subject: #302 Will We See You At A Conference?
WILL WE SEE YOU AT A CONFERENCE?
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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #302 – Wednesday, March 2, 2005
As an internet based organization DrugSense folks – the volunteers and
activists who make us what we are – seldom meet unless it is at a
conference. This year there are two superb conferences. We hope to see
you at one, if not both.
Below is a message from Keith Stroup about the NORML conference as
well as an agenda.
The second conference is:
The 2005 International Drug Policy Reform Conference “Building a
Movement for Reason, Compassion and Justice”
November 10, 11, & 12, 2005, Beginning with a reception on the evening
of November 9. Westin Hotel, Long Beach, California
More details on this conference will be available in the months ahead.
We have been told that there will be a limited number of scholarships
available. The web link about this conference is http://drugpolicy.org/events/dpa2005/
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2005 NORML Conference: Register now … rooms going fast!
Dear NORML Supporter,
Hurry up! Do not delay in booking your room and pre-registering for
the 2005 NORML conference in San Francisco, March 31 – April 2, 2005.
NORML’s staff informs me that we’ve already sold 150% of the
organization’s allotted discounted room block at the Cathedral Hill
Hotel.
If you don’t want to miss out staying at the conference hotel, call
1-800-622-0855 (use the code: ‘NORML’). We’ve still got great nightly
deals on hotel rooms in downtown San Francisco at $99/standard and
$109/deluxe!
To learn more about NORML’s 2005 conference, checkout:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6437
What can you expect at NORML 2005?
The wider world knows Rick Steves as one of America’s most successful
travel authors and a popular TV show host. This year’s NORML
conference keynote speaker aptly serves as NORML’s world ambassador,
passionately advocating for a sane cannabis policy encompassing legal
and responsible adult use. Rick is a generous, funny, famous and
deeply moving speaker. I’m so very glad that he’s accepted the
director’s invitation to speak at NORML 2005.
Expect speakers such as: NORML’s new executive director Allen St.
Pierre, Drug Policy Alliance’s Drs. Ethan Nadelmann and Marsha
Rosenbaum, medical marijuana activists Angel Reich and Diane Monson
(the ‘dynamic duo’ whose pending US Supreme Court decision in their
landmark case has the marijuana law reform movement waiting on pins
and needles); also featured at NORML 2005 are numerous and informative
panels for cannabis consumers highlighting physicians, lawyers,
medical and health researchers, representatives from medical marijuana
dispensaries, cultivation experts, young and seasoned activists, High
Times Magazine editors and members of NORML’s staff and national board
of directors.
Over two dozen drug policy reform organizations are represented,
including: Drug Policy Alliance, Canada NORML, Efficacy, Americans for
Safe Access, Vancouver Island Compassionate Club, Marijuana Policy
Project, MAPinc, DrugSense, ReConsiDer, Common Sense for Drug Policy,
Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, CHEAR, DRCNet and many others.
Since 1972, NORML’s annual conferences have become THE central place
for the marijuana law reform movement to meet, build community and
strategize on the ways and means to successfully bring an end to
marijuana prohibition.
Pre-register online for the conference by visiting:
https://secure.norml.org/conference/
Also, you can call 202-483-5500 and register over the
phone.
I look forward to seeing many old friends and making new acquaintances
at NORML 2005 in San Francisco(one of America’s most cannabis friendly
cities.
Regards,
R. Keith Stroup, Esq. Of Counsel (and NORML founder)
p.s. The entire NORML staff just booked flights from the Washington,
DC-area to San Francisco for under $200/person. Very affordable
flights still remain into San Francisco and Oakland from all over the
US and Canada.
If you’re driving to the NORML conference from CA, WA, OR, NV or from
wherever, and staying at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, parking is free.
Bonus!
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NORML Conference Agenda as of 2 March from http://www.norml.com/index.cfm?Group_ID=6440
Wednesday, March 30
6:00 – 8:00pm Early Conference Registration and Happy
Hour
Thursday, March 31 First Day
9:00-9:90am Welcome – Steve Dillon, Esq., Chair, NORML board of
directors
9:20-9:40am Cannabis Convocation – Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML
9:40-11:00am 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.
Moderator: Dominic Holden, WA NORML/ Sensible Seattle
11:15-1:00pm 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
Moderator: Clifford Thornton, Efficacy/ NORML national board of directors
2:00-2:30pm Teens and Drugs: Reports from the Field
Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance
2:30-4:00pm Cannabis Prohibition Victims: Recent, Current and Prospective
Diane Munson, Raich/Munson v. Ashcroft)
Valerie Leveroni Corral, WAMM, national NORML board of
directors
Angel Raich, Raich/Munson v. Ashcroft
Brian Epis
Todd McCormick
Marissa Garcia
Moderator: Steph Sherer, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access
4:00-6:00pm Breakout Sessions
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
Moderator: Kris Krane, Associate Director, NORML
Police Tactics: Don’t Become a Statistic
Anthony Feldstein, Esq.
Omar Figaroa, Esq.
Peter Vilkelis, Esq.
Vaporizers & FDA Research: The Future of ‘Smoking’ Cannabis
Rick Doblin, Ph.D, MAPS
Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Director CA NORML
6:30-9:00pm NORML/High Times Annual Art Auction and Activist
Awards
Friday, April 1 Second Day
9:00-9:45am Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Policy Reform – Ethan
Nadelmann, Ph.D Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance
9:45-11:00am 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.
Moderator: Fred Gardner, California Medical Marijuana Research Group
11:15-1:00pm Marijuana and Good Health: Who Knew?
Robert Malamede, Ph.D, University of CO
Donald Abrams, MD, University of CA, SF
Mitch Earlywine, Ph.D, USC
Greg Carter, M.D.,University of Washington
Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Director CA NORML national board of directors
1:00-2:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker:
Rick Steves, Best selling travel author, TV show host and NORML
Advisory Board member
2:30-3:15pm Cannabis Arrest Report and Use Analysis
Jon Gettman, Ph.D. Former NORML Director; Fellow, George Mason Univ.
3:15-4:00pm High Times’ History of The ‘Bud’ Shot: A Pictorial and Cultural
Anthology
Steve Bloom, Senior Editor
Richard Cusick, Senior Editor
David Bienstock, Senior Editor
4:00-6:00pm Breakout Sessions
Cannabis Cultivation: The How, Why and for What
Kyle Kushman, High Times
Moderator: Chris Conrad, ChrisConrad.com
Medical Marijuana: State of the Law From the Pros
William McPike, Esq.
Lee Berger, Esq.
David Michaels, Esq.
Moderator: William Panzer, Esq.
Hemp: A Fruitful or Frightful Future?
Eric Steenstra, Votehemp.com
Jack Herer, The Emperor of Hemp
Moderator: David Bronner, Dr. Bronner’s Soaps, HIA
8:00-10:00pm Cannabis-oriented Entertainment
Saturday, April 2 Third Day
9:00-10:00am Registration Desk Open and NORML Product
Sales
10:00-11:15am 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
Moderator: Paul Armentano, Senior Policy Analyst, NORML
11:15-12:00pm Drug Policy: Then and Now
Arnold Trebach. Ph.D Founder of the Drug Policy Foundation, Trebach
Institute
12:15-2:00pm Oh Canada! Separating Myth From Reality
Richard Cowan, marijuananews.com
Moderator: Phillipe Lucas, VICS, Canada NORML
3:00-4:15pm 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
Moderator: Keith Saunders, Ph.D, MassCANN/NORML
4:15-6:00pm The Future is Now: Growing Grassroots Online
Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML
Dave Borden, Executive Director, DRCNet
Steven Heath, MAPinc
Matt Elrod, MAPinc
Moderator: Richard Cowan, former NORML Director, marijuananews.com
8:00-??? $75/person private benefit for NORML and the NORML
Foundation
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Prepared by: Stephen Heath http://www.mapinc.org/resource/maf_bio.htm
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