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Wednesday, April 20
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5:00-
8:00pm |
NORML Conference '4/20' Happy Hour and Pre-Registration
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Thursday, April 21
Moderator: Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML & NORML Foundation
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8:00-
10:00am |
Conference Registration Desk
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9:00-
9:45am |
Marijuana Nation: The Science and Statistics on Cannabis and its Consumers
NORML Outreach Coordinator Russ Belville |
9:45-
10:30am |
NORML at Forty Years Old
NORML founder Keith Stroup, Esq. |
10:30-
10:45am |
Break |
10:45-
12:30pm |
Pot-n-Politics: 2011-2012 Marijuana Initiatives
Moderator: Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D, Director of Drug Policy Alliance
- Graham Boyd, Esq., Stanford Law School
- Douglas Hiatt, Esq., Sensible Washington
- Brian Vicente, Esq., CO Alliance For Marijuana Reform
- Mauricio Garzon, Executive Director: Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform
- Dale Jones, Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform and Oaksterdam University
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12:30-
2:00pm |
Denver Mayoral Debate
Presented by NORML, moderated by Montel Williams |
2:00-
3:30pm |
The Feds, Marijuana and You
Moderator: Keith Stroup, Esq, NORML Legal Counsel
- Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
- Prof. Robert Mikos, Vanderbilt University Law
- Aaron Houston, Executive Director: SSDP
- Henry Wykowski, Esq., San Francisco, CA
- Don Duncan, California Director: Americans for safe Access
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3:30-
3:50pm |
Break
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3:50-
5:30pm |
Cannabis Commerce: Coming of Age
Moderator: Richard Cowan
- Justin Hartfield, WeedMaps
- Dan Hartman, Director, Colorado State Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division
- Steve DeAngelo, Harborside Health Center
- Michael Aberle, National Director MMD Insurance
- Debby Goldsberry, Director, United Cannabis Collective
- Dan Rush, Statewide Special Operations and Cannabis Division Director, UFCW Local 5
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7:00-
10:00pm |
High Times and NORML Activist Awards and Art Auction
Featuring a special acoustic set performed by Ziggy Marley
Performance by Cannabis Comedian Ngaio Bealum
Emceed by NORML director Allen St. Pierre and High Times' Rick Cusick
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Friday, April 22
Moderator: Madeline Martinez, Executive Director, Oregon NORML
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8:00-
9:00am |
Conference Registration Desk
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9:00-
10:00am |
Law Enforcement, Prohibition and State-Sanctioned Violence
Introduction from Neill Franklin, LEAP |
10:00-
11:30am |
Medical Marijuana: It's Not Just THC
Moderator: Dale Gieringer, CA NORML
- Jahan Marcu, Graduate Student
- Steve DeAngelo, Harborside Health Center
- Martin Lee, Project CBD
- Samantha Miller, Pure Analytics
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11:30-
11:45am |
Break
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11:45-
1:00pm |
NORML Women's Alliance: Closing The Cannabis Gender Gap
Moderator: Sabrina Fendrick, NWA Coordinator
- Diane Fornbacher, Freedom is Green
- Georgia Edson, Herbal Connections and Mile High NORML
- Kyndra Miller, Esq., Cannabusiness Law, Inc
- Stacia Cosner, SSDP
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1:00-
2:00pm |
Lunch (On Your Own) or
NORML Women's Alliance Luncheon |
2:00-
3:30pm |
Marijuana, Seniors, and Aging
Moderator: Paul Kuhn, NORML Board of Directors
- Valerie Corral, WAMM
- Lester Grinspoon, M.D.
- Clint Werner, Author, Marijuana, Gateway to Health: How Cannabis Protects Us from Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease
- Ben Masel, Wisconsin NORML activist and medical patient
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3:30-
4:15pm |
Marijuana and The Media: Friend or Foe?
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director |
4:15-
4:30pm |
Break
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4:30-
6:00pm |
Blogging and Social Networking: The Cure For Decades Of Reefer Madness
Moderator: Steve Bloom, Celebstoner.com
- Jane Hamsher, FireDogLake
- Russ Belville, NORML
- Jerri Merritt, Esq., TalkLeft.com
- Chris Goldstein, Freedom is Green
- Michael Roberts, Westworld
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9:00-
Midnight |
The Supervillains at the Bluebird Theater
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Saturday, April 23
Moderator: George Rohrbacher, medical patient, NORML Board of Directors
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8:00-
10:00am |
NORML Chapter Breakfast (invitation only)
Moderator: Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator |
9:00-
10:00am |
NORML Conference Registration and Products Desk
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10:00-
Noon |
Breakout Sessions |
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1. High Times Cultivation
Moderator: Danny Danko, High Times Magazine
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2. Colorado's Cannabis Commerce Laws
Moderator: Warren Edson, Esq.
- Jill Lamoureux, BCC the MMED advisory board and the CDPHE advisory board
- Dan Hartman, Director, Colorado State Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division
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3. NORML Legal Committee: How Not To Get Busted
Moderator: Dan Viets, NORML board of directors and MO NORML
- Stephen Dillon, Esq., Chair - NORML Board of Directors
- Norm Kent, Esq., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Leonard Frieling, Esq., Boulder, CO
- Jeri Shepherd, Esq., Greeley, CO
- Lauren Maytin, Esq., Aspen, CO
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4. Medibles: Cannabis & Cooking
- Scott Durrah
- The Candy Girls
- Jessica of Twirling Hippy Confections
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Noon-
1:30pm |
Marijuana: Physicians and Researchers Perspectives and Experiences
Moderator: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
- Alan Shackelford, M.D., Amarimed
- David Bearman, M.D., American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine; Sutter County Health Department
- Amanda Reiman, Ph.D, UC Berkeley; Berkeley Patients Group
- Robert Winnicki, Full Spectrum Labs
- Larry Bedard, M.D., American College of Emergency Physicians
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1:30-
3:00pm |
Keynote Luncheon
Introduction: Keith Stroup, NORML Founder
U.S. Congressman Jared Polis |
3:00-
4:30pm |
Marijuana and Safety: Real Myths, Real Concerns
Moderator: Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D
- Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
- Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, CA NORML
- Amanda Reiman, Ph.D, UC Berkeley and Berkeley Patients Group
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4:30-
4:45pm |
Break
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4:45-
6:00pm |
Lester Grinspoon, M.D.
Noted cannabis researcher and author, Harvard Medical School (Emeritus)
Questions and Answers with a Marijuana Maverick |
8:00pm
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NORML Annual Fundraiser, hosted by Mile High NORML of Colorado
Nashville singer/songwriter Greta Gaines
Music, food, kegs of hemp ale, video games, pinball machines, glass blowers and other 'fun'!
Transportation for the fundraiser provided by Rasta Bus |
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