Washington, DC: NORML will hold its 2005 National Conference next week, beginning Thursday, March 31, at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco. This year’s conference will offer attendees a unique opportunity to learn about marijuana legal reform and network with activists from across the nation in America’s most hemp-friendly city.
This year’s NORML Conference will feature panel discussions and speakers on a variety of issues. Panels include: “Marijuana and Good Health: Who Knew?” “Drugged Driving Tests: The Science and Policies That You Need to Know-Right Now,” “Cannabis Prohibition and Censorship,” “Vaporizers & FDA Research: The Future of ‘Smoking’ Cannabis,” “Police Tactics: Don’t Become a Statistic,” as well a special High Times Magazine presentation, “High Times‘ History of The ‘Bud’ Shot: A Pictorial and Cultural Anthology.”
Featured speakers at the conference include Rick Steves, best-selling travel author, TV show host and NORML Advisory Board member; Allen St. Pierre, NORML’s new Executive Director; Marsha Rosenbaum, Director of the Safety First Project and the Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco; Philippe Lucas, Director of Canadians for Safe Access and the Vancouver Island Compassion Society (VICS); Valerie Leveroni Corral, Director of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) and NORML board member; Angel Raich and Diane Monson, respondents in the US Supreme Court medical marijuana challenge Raich v. Ashcroft; and Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance.
Other scheduled events include a silent art auction, a joint reception sponsored by NORML and High Times, and NORML’s annual Saturday night “4:20” benefit party. Pro-rated day passes will be available at the door.
NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre invited all concerned citizens and media to attend this year’s conference. “If a person is serious about changing America’s misguided cannabis laws, the annual NORML conference isthe gathering place for medical cannabis patients, cannabis consumers and anyone interested in learning about the science and culture of cannabis.”
Complete conference information, including conference agenda, registration and hotel information, is available online at:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6440
Lodging at the Cathedral Hill Hotel for conference attendees is available at a specially reduced rate by calling 1-800-622-0855 or by visiting www.cathedralhillhotel.com and referring to the code ‘NORML’.