Washington, DC: Award winning actor and hemp activist Woody Harrelson has joined the NORML Advisory Board and is expected to appear at this year’s National NORML Conference in San Francisco, NORML Executive Director Keith Stroup announced today.
This year’s conference will be held from April 17-19, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and will also feature a special fourth day on Sunday, April 20, that will feature workshops on campus/activist training techniques. Harrelson is anticipated to make a short address to attendees on Saturday, April 19.
Stroup praised the addition of Harrelson to the NORML Advisory Board. “For years Woody Harrelson has been a leading voice for the ecological and economic benefits of using hemp as both food and fiber, and as an advocate for stopping the arrest of marijuana smokers,” he said. “This gives us the opportunity to work more closely with Woody on projects of mutual interest.”
Other members of NORML’s Advisory Board include singer/songwriter Willie Nelson; comedian Bill Maher; film director Robert Altman; actor and director Dan Stern; documentary film-maker Ron Mann; retired NFL star Mark Stepnoski; travel writer and television host Rick Steves; San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan; Colorado Sheriff Bill Masters; best-selling author Hunter S. Thompson; ACLU President Nadine Strossen; publisher Bill Regardie; and Harvard Medical School Professor (Emeritus) Lester Grinspoon,M.D.
Stepnoski, Stern, Steves, Mann, Regardie, Hallinan, Strossen, and Grinspoon are all scheduled to appear at this year’s national conference.
Conference agenda, speakers list, and registration information are available online, or call Kris Krane at (202) 483-5500 for more information.