| 5:00-8:00pm |
Orange County NORML Opening Reception Happy Hour and Pre-registration- Special acoustic set with Mike D from Zen Robbi
- Cash Bar and Light Snacks
- Vendor table and sponsorship set up
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| 8:00 |
Coffee service |
| 10:00 |
Opening remarks
- Paul Kuhn, Chairman, NORML Board of Directors
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| 10:15 |
Welcome
- Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
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| 10:30 |
Tom Hayden
- Former CA Assemblyman, Caravan for Peace
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| 11:00 |
Seventy five Years of Cannabis Prohibition in America, October, 2 1937- October 2, 2012:
A Review of the Cannabis Prohibition Epoch in America
- Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director (moderator)
- Emily Dufton, Doctoral candidate, American University
- Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D, SUNY/Albany
- Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Coordinator, CA NORML
- Keith Stroup, Esq., NORML Founder and Legal Counsel
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| 12:15 |
Break |
| 12:30 |
Cannabis Legalization and Taxation: What Might It Look Like
- Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director (moderator)
- Larry Bedard, M.D., California Medical Association
- Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Coordinator, CA NORML
- Angela Hawken, Ph.D, Pepperdine University
- Patrick Oglesby, Esq., NewRevenue.org
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| 1:30 |
Lunch Break (on your own)
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| 2:30 |
Cannabis and the 'Demo' Gap: Who Does Not Support Cannabis Legalization and What Can We Do About It
- Erik Altieri, Communications Coordinator, NORML (moderator)
- Stephen Downing, Former LAPD Deputy Chief
- Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D, NORML Advisory Board
- Sabrina Fendrick, NORML Women's Alliance
- Paul Kuhn, NORML Board of Directors
- Ann Lee, GOP leader from TX and mother of Oaksterdam's Richard Lee
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| 3:30 |
Cannabis and Senior Citizens in America
- Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, NORML Board of Directors (moderator)
- Val Corral, WAMM
- Constance Gee, Ph.D, Author and academician
- Paul Krassner, Author and satirist
- Robert Platshorn introduced video
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| 4:30 |
Break |
| 4:45-6:00 |
Whatever Happened To Hemp?
- Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director (moderator)
- David Bronner, President, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps
- Chris Conrad, Author, Hemp: Lifeline to the Future
- Rick Cusick, Associate Publisher, High Times
- Patrick Goggin, Esq., Vote Hemp
- Christopher Norby, CA State Assemblyman
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| 6:30-
9:00pm |
High Times and NORML Activists Awards and Not-So-Silent-Auction
- Comedy by Robert Abrevaya
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| 9:00 |
Coffee service |
| 9:00 |
Meet the NORML Board of Directors |
| 10:00 |
Dominic Holden
- News Editor, Seattle Stranger; former member, NORML Board of Directors
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| 10:30 |
Pot-n-Politics 2012: Review of Reform Initiatives Impacting Cannabis Consumers
- Keith Stroup, NORML Founder and Legal Counsel (moderator)
- Roy Kaufman, Campaign Manager, Measure 80
- Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance
- Rick Steves, Petitioner, Washington Initiative 502; best-selling travel author and TV host
- Brian Vincente, Esq., Co-Chair, Colorado Amendment 64
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| 11:30 |
Nor' Easter Storm: Has the Epicenter Of Cannabis Law Reform Moved East?
- Erik Altieri, Communications Coordinator, NORML (moderator)
- Morgan Fox, Communications Director, MPP
- Julie Netherland, Ph.D, NY Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance
- Erik Williams, Executive Director, CT NORML
- Ken Wolski, R.N., NJ NORML
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| 12:45 |
Break |
| 1:00 |
Keynote Luncheon: Observations on the Final Days of Prohibition
- Rick Steves, NORML Advisory Board; best-selling travel author and TV host; WA Initiative 502
- Keith Stroup, Esq., NORML Founder and Legal Counsel
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| 2:30 |
Broken Promises: Obama Administration and Federal Blowback Against Medical Cannabis Industry
- Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director (moderator)
- Don Duncan, California Director, Americans for Safe Access
- Aaron Houston, Executive Director, SSDP
- Dale Jones, Chancellor, Oaksterdam University
- Matt Kumin, Esq., NORML Legal Committee, San Francisco, CA
- F. Aaron Smith, Executive Director, National Cannabis Industry Association
- Tamar Todd, Senior Staff Attorney, Drug Policy Alliance
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| 3:45 |
Break |
| 4:00-6:00 |
Breakout Sessions
I. High Times' InDepth: Cannabis Cultivation and Concentrate Production
II. Putting The 'Grass' Into Grassroots Activism
- Erik Altieri, Communications Coordinator, NORML (moderator)
- Sabrina Fendrick, NORML (moderator)
- Stacia Cosner, Associate Director, SSDP
- Kandice Hawes, Executive Director, OC NORML
- Will Jenkins, Communications Director, DFW NORML
- Shaun McAllister, Executive Director, DFW NORML
- Ed McCann, Executive Director, VA NORML
- Erik Williams, Executive Director, CT NORML
III. NLC Panel: 'How to Avoid Getting Busted and Stay out of Jail'
- Norm Kent, Esq., NORML Legal Committee/Board of Directors (moderator)
- Mara Felsen, Esq., San Diego, NORML Legal Committee
- Alison Margolin, Esq., Los Angeles
- William Panzer, Esq., Oakland, NORML Legal Committee/Board of Directors
- Jeff Steinborn, Seattle, Esq., NORML Legal Committee/Board of Directors
- Dan Viets, Esq., Columbia, MO, NORML Legal Committee/Board of Directors
IV. California Stakeholder meeting: CA NORML Leads Discussion on Important Reform Strategies For The Golden State
- Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Coordinator, CA NORML (moderator)
- Lauren Vazquez, Attorney (co-moderator)
- Don Duncan, California Director, Americans for Safe Access
- Amanda Reiman, Ph.D, Drug Policy Alliance
- Dan Rush, United Food & Commercial Workers
- Cynara Kidwell Velazquez, Patient Care Association, San Diego
|
| 6:00 |
Free Time...Explore Los Angeles! |
| 9:00 |
Coffee service |
| 10:00 |
The Changing Face of the Medical Cannabis Community
- Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director (moderator)
- Martin Lee, Author, Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific
- Frank Lucido, M.D., NORML Advisory Board
- Amanda Reiman, Ph.D, Drug Policy Alliance
- Anh Solis, Co-Founder, The Releaf Center
- Clint Werner, Author, Marijuana: Gateway to Health
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| 11:15 |
NORML Women's Alliance: Past is Prologue - Women's Role in Ending American Prohibition[s]
- Sabrina Fendrick, NORML (moderator)
- Alexis Wilson Briggs, Esq., San Francisco Coordinator
- Kelly Coulter, Canada NORML Women's Alliance
- Danica Nobel, Esq.
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| 12:15 |
Lunch Break
I. NORML Women's Alliance Luncheon (tickets required)
- Lunch Buffet and Celebration of Women in the Movement
- Hosted by NORML Board Member Kyndra Miller
- Awards presented by Diane Fornbacher (Pauline Sabin Award Winner 2012)
II. Lunch on your Own |
| 1:30 |
America's Longest War and Q&A by filmmaker Paul Feine
- Reason Foundation-sponsored screening of drug war documentary
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| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15-4:00 |
Will
Medicalization Lead To Legalization, or Just Paraphernaliazation of
Cannabis?
- Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
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| 6:00 |
NORML 'Joint' Fundraiser
to benefit CA NORML, OC NORML and NORML Women's Alliance in CA
- The Hemp Museum (tickets required)
- 1358 S. Flower, Los Angeles, CA 90015
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