>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Richard Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:05:32 -0500 >> >WILL WE SEE YOU AT A CONFERENCE? > >*********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************* > >DrugSense FOCUS Alert #302 - Wednesday, March 2, 2005 > >As an internet based organization DrugSense folks - the volunteers and >activists who make us what we are - seldom meet unless it is at a >conference. This year there are two superb conferences. We hope to see you
>at one, if not both. > >Below is a message from Keith Stroup about the NORML conference as well as >an agenda. > >The second conference is: > >The 2005 International Drug Policy Reform Conference "Building a Movement >for Reason, Compassion and Justice" > >November 10, 11, & 12, 2005, Beginning with a reception on the evening of >November 9. Westin Hotel, Long Beach, California > >More details on this conference will be available in the months ahead. We >have been told that there will be a limited number of scholarships >available. The web link about this conference is >http://drugpolicy.org/events/dpa2005/ > >********************************************************************** > >2005 NORML Conference: Register now ... rooms going fast! > >Dear NORML Supporter, > >Hurry up! Do not delay in booking your room and pre-registering for the >2005 NORML conference in San Francisco, March 31 - April 2, 2005. NORML's >staff informs me that we've already sold 150% of the organization's >allotted discounted room block at the Cathedral Hill Hotel. > >If you don't want to miss out staying at the conference hotel, call >1-800-622-0855 (use the code: 'NORML'). We've still got great nightly deals >on hotel rooms in downtown San Francisco at $99/standard and $109/deluxe! > >To learn more about NORML's 2005 conference, checkout: >http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6437 > >What can you expect at NORML 2005? > >The wider world knows Rick Steves as one of America's most successful >travel authors and a popular TV show host. This year's NORML conference >keynote speaker aptly serves as NORML's world ambassador, passionately >advocating for a sane cannabis policy encompassing legal and responsible >adult use. Rick is a generous, funny, famous and deeply moving speaker. I'm >so very glad that he's accepted the director's invitation to speak at NORML >2005. > >Expect speakers such as: NORML's new executive director Allen St. Pierre, >Drug Policy Alliance's Drs. Ethan Nadelmann and Marsha Rosenbaum, medical >marijuana activists Angel Reich and Diane Monson (the 'dynamic duo' whose >pending US Supreme Court decision in their landmark case has the marijuana >law reform movement waiting on pins and needles); also featured at NORML >2005 are numerous and informative panels for cannabis consumers >highlighting physicians, lawyers, medical and health researchers, >representatives from medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivation experts, >young and seasoned activists, High Times Magazine editors and members of >NORML's staff and national board of directors. > >Over two dozen drug policy reform organizations are represented, including: >Drug Policy Alliance, Canada NORML, Efficacy, Americans for Safe Access, >Vancouver Island Compassionate Club, Marijuana Policy Project, MAPinc, >DrugSense, ReConsiDer, Common Sense for Drug Policy, Students for a >Sensible Drug Policy, CHEAR, DRCNet and many others. > >Since 1972, NORML's annual conferences have become THE central place for >the marijuana law reform movement to meet, build community and strategize >on the ways and means to successfully bring an end to marijuana prohibition. > >Pre-register online for the conference by visiting: >https://secure.norml.org/conference/ > >Also, you can call 202-483-5500 and register over the phone. > >I look forward to seeing many old friends and making new acquaintances at >NORML 2005 in San Francisco<one of America's most cannabis friendly cities. > >Regards, > >R. Keith Stroup, Esq. Of Counsel (and NORML founder) > >p.s. The entire NORML staff just booked flights from the Washington, >DC-area to San Francisco for under $200/person. Very affordable flights >still remain into San Francisco and Oakland from all over the US and Canada. > >If you're driving to the NORML conference from CA, WA, OR, NV or from >wherever, and staying at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, parking is free. Bonus! > >********************************************************************** > >NORML Conference Agenda as of 2 March from >http://www.norml.com/index.cfm?Group_ID=6440 > >Wednesday, March 30 > >6:00 - 8:00pm Early Conference Registration and Happy Hour > >Thursday, March 31 First Day > >9:00-9:90am Welcome - Steve Dillon, Esq., Chair, NORML board of directors > >9:20-9:40am Cannabis Convocation - Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML > >9:40-11:00am 2004 Pro-Cannabis Initiatives: The Review > >Alaska (TBA) > >Oregon/Lee Berger, Esq. > >Montana (TBA) > >Massachusetts/Steve Epstein, Esq. > >Columbia, MO - Med Mj. Initiative/Sterling Neeb - Decrim. Initiative/Dan >Viets, Esq. > >Detroit and Ann Arbor, MI/Timothy Beck > >Oakland - Judy Appel, Esq. > >Moderator: Dominic Holden, WA NORML/ Sensible Seattle > >11:15-1:00pm Drug Policy Reform: Taking it directly to the people > >Jack Cole, LEAP > >Roger Goodman, Esq., Voluntary Lawyer Comm. > >Nick Eyle, ReConsider > >Mikki Norris, Cannabis Consumer Campaign > >Keith Saunders, Ph.D, MassCANN/NORML > >Moderator: Clifford Thornton, Efficacy/ NORML national board of directors > >2:00-2:30pm Teens and Drugs: Reports from the Field > >Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance > >2:30-4:00pm Cannabis Prohibition Victims: Recent, Current and Prospective > >Diane Munson, Raich/Munson v. Ashcroft) > >Valerie Leveroni Corral, WAMM, national NORML board of directors > >Angel Raich, Raich/Munson v. Ashcroft > >Brian Epis > >Todd McCormick > >Marissa Garcia > >Moderator: Steph Sherer, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access > >4:00-6:00pm Breakout Sessions > >Student Activism: Stoking the Reefer Revolution > >Christopher Mulligan, CHEAR/national NORML board of directors > >Scarlett Swerdlow, SSDP > >Abby Bair, SSDP > >Josh Manning, Univ. of FL NORML > >Matt Jones, Univ. of FL NORML > >Moderator: Kris Krane, Associate Director, NORML > >Police Tactics: Don't Become a Statistic > >Anthony Feldstein, Esq. > >Omar Figaroa, Esq. > >Peter Vilkelis, Esq. > >Vaporizers & FDA Research: The Future of 'Smoking' Cannabis > >Rick Doblin, Ph.D, MAPS > >Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Director CA NORML > >6:30-9:00pm NORML/High Times Annual Art Auction and Activist Awards > >Friday, April 1 Second Day > >9:00-9:45am Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Policy Reform - Ethan >Nadelmann, Ph.D Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance > >9:45-11:00am In the Cross Hair: Medi-pot Docs > >Tod Mikuriya, M.D. > >Frank Lucido, M.D. > >David Bearman, M.D. > >Mollie Fry, M.D. > >Claudia Jensen, M.D. > >David Hadorn, M.D. > >Phil Denny, M.D. > >Moderator: Fred Gardner, California Medical Marijuana Research Group > >11:15-1:00pm Marijuana and Good Health: Who Knew? > >Robert Malamede, Ph.D, University of CO > >Donald Abrams, MD, University of CA, SF > >Mitch Earlywine, Ph.D, USC > >Greg Carter, M.D.,University of Washington > >Moderator: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, Director CA NORML national board of directors > >1:00-2:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker: > >Rick Steves, Best selling travel author, TV show host and NORML Advisory >Board member > >2:30-3:15pm Cannabis Arrest Report and Use Analysis > >Jon Gettman, Ph.D. Former NORML Director; Fellow, George Mason Univ. > >3:15-4:00pm High Times' History of The 'Bud' Shot: A Pictorial and Cultural >Anthology > >Steve Bloom, Senior Editor > >Richard Cusick, Senior Editor > >David Bienstock, Senior Editor > >4:00-6:00pm Breakout Sessions > >Cannabis Cultivation: The How, Why and for What > >Kyle Kushman, High Times > >Moderator: Chris Conrad, ChrisConrad.com > >Medical Marijuana: State of the Law From the Pros > >William McPike, Esq. > >Lee Berger, Esq. > >David Michaels, Esq. > >Moderator: William Panzer, Esq. > >Hemp: A Fruitful or Frightful Future? > >Eric Steenstra, Votehemp.com > >Jack Herer, The Emperor of Hemp > >Moderator: David Bronner, Dr. Bronner's Soaps, HIA > >8:00-10:00pm Cannabis-oriented Entertainment > >Saturday, April 2 Third Day > >9:00-10:00am Registration Desk Open and NORML Product Sales > >10:00-11:15am Drugged Driving Tests: The Science and Policies What You Need >to Know-Right Now! > >Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, CA NORML > >Ed Orlett, Drug Policy Alliance of Ohio > >Caren Woodson, Drug Policy Alliance > >Moderator: Paul Armentano, Senior Policy Analyst, NORML > >11:15-12:00pm Drug Policy: Then and Now > >Arnold Trebach. Ph.D Founder of the Drug Policy Foundation, Trebach Institute > >12:15-2:00pm Oh Canada! Separating Myth From Reality > >Richard Cowan, marijuananews.com > >Moderator: Phillipe Lucas, VICS, Canada NORML > >3:00-4:15pm Lessons Learned: Cannabis Prohibition and Censorship > >Michael Gray, Common Sense for Drug Policy > >Michael Aldrich, Ph.D > >Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Drug Policy Alliance > >Debby Goldsberry > >Mikki Norris, Cannabis Consumer Campaign > >Moderator: Keith Saunders, Ph.D, MassCANN/NORML > >4:15-6:00pm The Future is Now: Growing Grassroots Online > >Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML > >Dave Borden, Executive Director, DRCNet > >Steven Heath, MAPinc > >Matt Elrod, MAPinc > >Moderator: Richard Cowan, former NORML Director, marijuananews.com > >8:00-??? $75/person private benefit for NORML and the NORML Foundation > >********************************************************************** > >Prepared by: Stephen Heath http://www.mapinc.org/resource/maf_bio.htm > > _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
