Agenda
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April 20-22, 2006
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
1500 Van Ness Ave. San Francisco
| Wednesday, April 19 | |
| 6:00- 8:00pm | Pre-registration & NORML Happy Hour (light snacks and cash bar) |
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Thursday, April 20 Day Moderator: Allen St. Pierre Executive Director, NORML | |
| 8:00- 9:00am | Registration, Products and Comedy Ticket Sales |
| 9:00- 9:10am | Welcoming Remarks - Steve Dillon, Esq., Chair, NORML Board of Directors |
| 9:10- 9:20am | Director’s Remarks - Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, Member, Board of Directors NORML/NORML Foundation, Washington, DC |
| 9:20- 9:30am | Ross Mirkarimi - Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| 9:30- 11:45am | Grassroots to Grasstops: Activists Effectively Working Together At All Levels |
| 11:45am- Noon | Morning Break |
| Noon- 1:30pm | Reefer, Rhetoric and Retorts: Winning Ways To Frame The Marijuana Debate • Ed Rosenthal - Author, Publisher, Oakland, CA • Chris Conrad - Author, Activist, Cultivation Expert • Doug McVay - Drug Facts, Common Sense for Drug Policy • Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D - Drug Policy Alliance (West) Moderator: David Nott - President, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1:30- 2:30pm | Lunch Break (lunch on your own) |
| 2:30- 4:00pm | Different Strokes for Different Folks: A Look Ahead At This Fall's Pot Initiatives • Richard Lee - Oakland Civil Liberties Association • Mikki Norris - OCLA/Measure Z • Steve Fox - Director, SAFER • Mark Barrad - Maui Co. Citizens For Democ. In Action • Bruce Mirken - Director of Communication, MPP Moderator: Keith Stroup, Esq. - NORML Founder, Of Counsel |
| 4:00- 6:00pm | Breakout Sessions |
| 1. | High Tech Communications for Effective Advocacy • Steve Young - Drug Sense/MAPinc • Dmitry Shapiro - CEO, VEOH.com Moderator: Chris Goldstein - NORML Podcast, Active Radio |
| 2. | Cultivation and Hash Making: Toward Patients' Self-Sufficiency • Ed Rosenthal - Author, Publisher, Cultivation Expert, Oakland • Mike Corral - WAMM Master Cultivator, Activist, Santa Cruz Moderator: Chris Conrad, Author, Activist, Cultivation Expert |
| 3. | NORML Activism 101: New and Aspiring Activists • Tim Beck - MI NORML • Madeline Martinez - Oregon NORML • Lauren Vasquez - NORML UCSB • Norma Sapp - OK NORML • Gary Storck - WI NORML • Kris Krane - Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Moderator: Karen Malovrh, National Outreach Director, NORML |
| 7:00- 10:00pm | NORML/High Times Annual Art Auction and Activism Awards • Musical entertainment: Warner Brothers artist Jon Nicholson • High Times' Freedom Fighters of the Year • 15 minute video of Peter McWilliams Award recipient Jane Weirick (posthumous) (viewed in side room) |
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| Friday, April 21 Day Moderator: Dominic Holden Member, Board of Directors | |
| 8:00- 9:00am | Registration, Products and Comedy Ticket Sales |
| 9:00- 9:45am | Ethan Nadelmann - Ph.D, Director, Drug Policy Alliance, NY |
| 9:45- 11:30am | Cannabis Dispensaries and Their Carrying Capacities • Amanda Penick - University of California/Berkeley • Richard Lee - Oakland Civil Liberties Association • Martin Martinez - Director, Lifevine, WA • Joen Madonna - University of California/Berkeley • Don Duncan - Americans For Safe Access Moderator: Jeff Jones - Executive Director, Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative |
| 11:30- 11:45am | Morning Break |
| 11:45am- 1:00pm | Reality Check: Challenges Facing Doctors and Patients • David Bearman, MD • Tod Mikuriya, MD • Mollie Fry, MD • William Panzer, Esq. - NORML Legal Committee • Kris Hermes - American for Safe Access Moderator: Frank Lucido, M.D. |
| 1:00- 3:00pm | Keynote Luncheon with the legendary Tommy Chong • Viewing of documentary film ‘A/K/A Tommy Chong’ w/Josh Gilbert, Producer & Director (Blue Chief Productions) |
| 3:00– 4:30pm | Marijuana and Health: Myths, Facts and Mysteries • Robert Malemeade, Ph.D - Colorado State Univ. • Sunil Aggarawal - Wash. Physicians for Social Responsibility • Steven Karch, MD - Editor, Forensic Drug Abuse Advisor Moderator: Paul Armentano - Senior Policy Analyst, NORML |
| 4:30- 6:00pm | Breakout Sessions |
| 1. | NORML Chapters and Affiliates: Effective Grassroots Advocacy • Karen Malovrh - Northeast • Madeline Martinez - Northwest • Lauren Vasquez - West • Norma Sapp - Midwest • Mason Tvert - SAFER/College Outreach Moderator: Kris Krane - Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy |
| 2. | Hemp Is Happening • Jack Herer - Activist extraordinaire, Emperor Wear No Clothes • Tom Ballanco, Esq. Moderator: Don Wirtshafter, Esq. |
| 3. | Cannabis and Cognitive Liberty |
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| Saturday, April 22 Day Moderator: Debby Goldsberry Berkeley Patient Resource Center | |
| 9:00- 10:00am | Registration, Comedy Ticket Sales and NORML Products |
| 10:00- 11:45am | Race, War on Drugs and Effective Legal Advocacy • Tony Serra, Esq. - Activist-Abagado, Pier 5 Law Firm, SF • William Murphy, Esq. - NORML Legal Committee, MD Moderator: Norman Stamper - Former Chief of Seattle Police, NORML Advisory Board Member, LEAP |
11:45am- | American History, Marijuana and Marijuana Prohibition • Michael Aldrich, Ph.D • Jerry Mandel • Michael Krawitz Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D - Director, CA NORML |
| 1:00- 2:00pm | Brown Bag Lunch: DVD Potpourri • ‘Smoke Screen’ by Jean Fleming • Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) video |
| 2:00- 3:30pm | Big Brother Is Watching: Drugged Driving, Drug Testing and Dog Searches |
| 3:30- 4:45pm | Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis • Frank Lucido, MD • David Bearman, MD • Tom O’Connell, MD Moderator: Philippe Lucas - Vancouver Island Compassion Society |
| 4:45- 5:30pm | Pot Planet: An International Review of Marijuana, Laws And Culture • Philippe Lucas - Canada • Sebastian Seville - UK and Europe Moderator: Richard Cowan - Member, Board of Directors, NORML Foundation |
| 5:30- 6:00pm | We’re Marijuana Smokers and Damn Proud Of It! R. Keith Stroup, Esq., NORML Founder and Of Counsel |
| 8:00- 10:00pm | NORML Night of Cannabis Comedy Fundraiser Cobb’s Comedy Club, tickets available from NORML’s Registration Desk |
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5/30/2013
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