Welcome
NORML Board Chair Steve Dillon, Esq.,

Cannabis Conundrum: Legalization vs. Medicalization
NORML’s Executive Director Allen St. Pierre

U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D)

Just Say Now: Full Legalization, Full Steam Ahead

• Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
• Michael Whitney, FireDogLake.com
• David Nott, Executive Director, Reason Foundation
• Craig Reinarman, Ph.D, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz

Moderator: Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML

Pot Politics 2010 and Beyond

• Chris Goldstein, Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana, PA medical use legislation
• John Sajo, VoterPower (OR)
• Chris Conrad (Prop 19), The California legalization initiative on the ballot in November
• Matt Abel, NORML Legal Committee, Detroit decriminalization initiative
  
• Emmett Reistroffer, South Dakota Coalition for Compassion, SD medical marijuana initiative
• Bill Piper, Drug Policy Alliance, Washington, DC dispensary system
• Dale Gieringer, CA NORML, SB 1449, the new CA Decriminalization Bill

Moderator: Keith Stroup, Esq., NORML Founder and Legal Counsel

Lunch (On Your Own)
Screening of the ESPN documentary ‘Run, Ricky Run’
Sean Pamphilon, Director and former ESPN producer

1. Tools and Strategies For NORML Chapters And Grassroots Activists

• Anthony Johnson, Coalition for Patients' Rights
  Ballot Initiatives, Local and Statewide, From Concept to Ballot
• Garret Overstreet, Tulsa NORML
  Leveraging the Power of the Internet and Social Networks

Moderator: Russ Belville, NORML National Outreach Coordinator
Using Data to Make Your Case for Legalization

2. High Times Cultivation: Ready, Set, Grow!

• Subcool, breeder of TGA Seeds, Team Green Avenger
• MzJill, Co-founder and breeder of TGA Seeds, Team Green Avenger
• Rafael Martinez Jr., OR NORML Cannabis Café
• Kyle Kushman, High Times cultivation reporter extraordinaire
• Jeremy Miller, founder of Oly Hempfest and breeder of Seeds of Truth Genetics

Moderator: Danny Danko, Cultivation Editor, High Times

3. Oregon NORML: Law Reform and Activism

• Paul Loney Esq., Oregon NORML Legal Director, NORML Legal Committee
• Anna Diaz, Oregon NORML Board of Directors
• Jim Hickam, Oregon NORML Salem Executive Director

Moderator: Madeline Martinez, Director, OR NORML

4. Warning: Marijuana Is Still Illegal For Non-Patients! Legal Defenses and Strategies For Cannabis Consumers

Moderator: Norm Kent, NORML Board of Directors

High Times/NORML Activist Awards and Silent Auction
Kindly sponsored by: High Times Magazine

Registration

Rick Steves, Best-selling travel author and TV show host

Lessons From The 'Dry Decade': What Cannabis Law Reformers Can Learn From Alcohol Reformers
Richard Evans, NORML Board Member (ret.)

The New Jim Crow: Marijuana Prohibition

• Harry Levine, Ph.D, Queens College
• Jasmine Tyler, Drug Policy Alliance
• Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
• Alice Huffman, President of the California NAACP

Moderator: Madeline Martinez, Oregon NORML

NORML Women’s Alliance: Women, Cannabis and Respect

• Madeline Martinez, Oregon NORML
• Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, Drug Policy Alliance (ret.)
• Greta Gaines, Nashville musician

Luncheon Keynote: Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (R)

California Legalization Initiative: Prop. 19’s Current Impact and Future Implications For American Marijuana Policy

• Paul Armentano, Deputy Director, NORML
• Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance (invited)
• Matt Welch, Editor, Reason Magazine
• Michael Whitney, Communications Director, FireDogLake
• Alice Huffman, President of the California NAACP

Moderator: Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML

80 Years of Reefer Movie Madness
Presenter: Steve Bloom, co-author of Reefer Movie Madness
Introduction by Keith Stroup, NORML founder

NORML Fundraiser Party
Master of Ceremonies – California Cannabis Comedian Ngaio Bealum
Latin-flavored reefer rap by Las Vegas’ hip-hop trio Los Marijuanos
Chronic country-rock by Nashville’s musical satirist Chief Greenbud

Registration

Medical Cannabis: The Moral Imperative, Institutional Impediment, Individual Discrimination and the End of the ‘Medical’ Cannabis Industry Post Prohibition
Allen St. Pierre, NORML, Executive Director

Medical Marijuana: Clinical Applications, Physiology and Patient Education
Dustin Sulak, MD

It Can't Hurt to Ask -- Research on Patient Experiences With Medical Cannabis

• Amanda Reiman, Ph.D, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Patients Group
  Medical cannabis as a drug substitute
• Jenny Janichek, HHC Harm Reduction Clinical Consultant
  Cannabis as an ‘exit’ drug
• Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, California NORML,
  Patient experiences with CBD-prominent cannabis strains
• Frank Lucido, MD, Berkeley
  Cannabis and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Moderator: Philippe Lucas, Center for Addictions Research of BC, the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, Victoria City Council

Break

Not Your Father’s Medical Marijuana — Latest Breakthrough in Cannabis Science

• Greg Carter, MD, U of WA School of Medicine
  Cannabinoids as neuroprotectants
• Jahan Marcu, Temple University
  Anti-cancer properties of cannabinoids and implications for clinical applications
• Michelle Sexton, MD, U of WA School of Medicine
  Anti-inflammatory properties of cannabinoids and implications for clinical applications
• Paul Armentano, Deputy Director, NORML
  Moving beyond symptom management

Moderator: Mitch Earlywine, Ph.D (SUNY/Albany)
Cannabinoids therapeutics in psychiatric disorders, pros and cons

Lunch (on your own)
Screening of the film: “What If Cannabis Cured Cancer?”
by Len Richmond

The Future of Medical Cannabis Distribution

• Warren Edson, Esq., NORML Legal Committee
  Pros/cons of Colorado dispensary regulations
• Leland Berger, Esq., NORML Legal Committee
  Pro/cons of proposed Oregon dispensary measure
• Matt Abel, Esq., NORML Legal Committee
  Grey market for medical dispensaries in Michigan
• Rielle Capler, Canadians for Safe Access
  Pros/cons of Canadian government distribution model
• Jill Harris, Director of Public Policy, Drug Policy Alliance
  East coast, state regulated dispensary models (RI, ME, NJ)
• Bill Panzer, Esq., NORML Board of Directors
  Latest developments in CA, esp. LA ordinance and QPA v Anaheim
• Cisco McSorley, New Mexico State Senator
  Improvements needed in the NM distribution system

Moderator: Keith Stroup, Esq., Founder/Legal Counsel, NORML

Break

Which Way For Medical Marijuana?

• Russ Belville, National Outreach Coordinator, NORML
  Do medical marijuana laws pose a 'boxed canyon' for broader reform efforts
• Stephen DeAngelo, CEO, Harborside Health Center
  Where Is Flip The Switch Now?
• Stephen Gutwillig, Drug Policy Alliance -- California
  Medical marijuana law reform inherently moves forward broader reform efforts
• Steph Sherer, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access (invited)
  Medical marijuana is, and should remain, a separate issue from broader reform efforts

Moderator: David Bienenstock, High Times Medical Marijuana Magazine

The Future of Medical Cannabis: Moving Forward and
Countering Our Critics
Paul Armentano, Deputy Director, NORML