Friday, October 12 Day Chair: Keith Stroup, Esq. Welcome - Steve Dillon, Esq., Chair, NORML Board of Directors

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1 Agenda October 12-14, :00-7:00pm Thursday, October 11 Pre-registration & NORML Happy Hour 10:00pm THC Comedy Show for NORML - Hollywood Improv ($13/person) Tickets: Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles 8:00-9:30am 9:30-9:40am 9:40-11:00am 11:00-11:15am 1:30pm 1:30-2:30pm 2:30-4:15pm Registration/Coffee Friday, October 12 Day Chair: Keith Stroup, Esq. Welcome - Steve Dillon, Esq., Chair, NORML Board of Directors Cannabis Convocation - Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML Rick Steves - Best-selling Travel Author/NORML Advisory Board Hard on Drugs or Smart on Drugs Break Marijuana Law Reform 2007: State Legislative Reforms and Future Efforts Panel Chair: Paul Armentano, Senior Policy Analyst, NORML/NORML Foundation Mikki Norris (CA reform efforts) Joshua Schimburg (TX reform efforts) Alison Holcomb, Esq., (WA medical cannabis reform efforts) Keith Stroup, Esq. (Federal decriminalization legislation) Jesse Stout (RI medical cannabis reform efforts) Ray Warren (VT medical cannabis reform efforts) Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D (NM medical cannabis reform efforts) Lunch (on your own) The Straight Dope: You ve Got Questions, We ve Got Answers Panel Chair: Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D (Is Today s Cannabis More Potent Than Ever Before?) Mitch Earleywine, MD, (Does Marijuana Use Trigger Mental Health Issues?) Harry Levine, Ph.D (There Really Are Racial Disparity In Pot Law Enforcement: New York City Case Analysis) John P. Morgan, MD (Natural Cannabis or Pharmaceuticals: Which Way For Medical - 1

2 4:15-4:30pm 4:00-6:00pm 7:00-10:00pm Cannabis?) Break Breakout Sessions 1. High Times Grow Your Own Medicine Seminar Nico (Writer, High Times) Michael Corral (Chief Cultivator/WAMM) 2. Cannabis Consumer Safety Panel Chair: Mikki Norris, Director, Cannabis Consumers Campaign (Responsible Use and Safety Tips) Paul Armentano (Cannabis, Driving, and Zero Tolerance) Chris Conrad (Safety Tips For Patients and Growers) Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D (Pot and Parenting) Dale Gieringer, Ph.D (Question for Today s Cannabis Consumers: Smoke or Vaporize?) Jeffrey Steinborn, Esq. (Avoid Becoming Another Crime Statistic During Pot Prohibition) 3. Activists ToolBox: Combining Traditional and Innovative Strategies Panel Chair: Ron Fisher Russell Belville (Be Loud, Be Proud! Embracing Pot Pride) Chris Goldstein (Information Transmission Tranformation: From Print to Digital) Brian and Laura Judy (Activism Through Online Interactivity) Kris Krane (TBA) Doug McVay (TBA) Joshua Schimburg (Music and marijuana activism: The Austin Model) NORML/Apothecary Travel 2007Activist Awards and Silent Art Auction, featuring reggae artist Elijah Emanuel 8:00-9:00-11:00am 11:00am- Noon ARO Breakfast (Invite only) Registration/Coffee Saturday, October 13 Day Chair: Allen St. Pierre Matthew Robinson, Ph.D, Appalachian State University, NC Lies, Damn Lies and Drug War Statistics: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made By ONDCP The People s Power: Initiatives in 2007/2008 Panel Chair: Keith Stroup, Esq. Legal Counsel NORML Jack Herer (CA) Rob Kampia (MA,ME, MI, AZ) Madeline Martinez (OR) - 2

3 1:20pm 1:30-3:00pm 3:00-4:30pm 4:30 5:45pm 5:45-6:00pm 8:00pm 1:00am John Sajo (OR) Brian Vicente, Esq. (CO) Will You Still Arrest Me When I m 64 Panel Chair: Richard Cowan, MarijuanaNews.com Ruth Bergner Klara Bergner David Ford Keith Stroup, Esq. Richard Wolfe Luncheon Speaker Models: A Discussion of Medicinal Cannabis Distribution in America After Prop. 215 Panel Chair: Dale Gieringer, Ph.D, CANORML/NORML Board of Directors James Anthony, Esq. (CA) Lee Berger, Esq. (OR) Valerie Corral (CA) Don Duncan (CA) Jeff Jones (CA) Madeline Martinez (OR), Martin Martinez (WA) Steph Sherer (CA) Timothy Sherwood (CA) Cannabis Conundrum: Why is California America s Only Pot-Tolerant State? Panel Chair: Bruce Margolin, Esq., Los Angeles NORML Debby Goldsberry (CAN) Mike Gray (CSDP) Jack Herer (H.E.M.P.) David Nott (Reason Foundation) Ed Rosenthal (Green-Aid) Bill Panzer, Esq. (NORML Legal Committee) Closing Speaker: Dominic Holden, NORML Board of Directors Onward and Upwards High Times Magazine s 2007 Stony Awards (a benefit for the NORML Foundation), hosted by Tommy Chong Knitting Factory/Hollywood, $75/person, tickets available: (x122) 7021 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles =&eventid= :10am Sunday, October 14 NORML Legal Committee Medical Marijuana Seminar: Soup to Nuts Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director, NORML Introduction - 3

4 10:10-10:30am 10:30-10:45am 10:45-10:55am 10:55-11:10am 11:10-11:25am 11:25 11:40am 11:40- Noon 12:15pm 12:15-12:30pm 12:30-1:45pm 1:45-2:05pm 2:05-2:25pm 2:25-2:45pm 2:45-3:05pm 3:05-3:25pm Bill Panzer, Oakland, CA Distribution Models A. caregiver/patient B. coops/collectives Matt Kumin, San Francisco, CA Incorporating Bill Panzer Overview-working with local government Dennis Roberts, Oakland, CA Working with the locals - concerns Rob Raich, Oakland, CA Approaching local government James Anthony, Oakland, CA Zoning concerns Zenia Gilg, San Francisco, CA Law Enforcement responses around the State Bruce Margolin, Los Angeles Responses in the L.A. area counties Lee Berger, Portland, OR Perspectives from another state Lunch David Nick, San Francisco, CA How a dispenary obtains medicine cultivation members black market Matt Kumin Follow the money profit? salaries taxes Frank Lucido, MD, Oakland, CA Dispensaries from the doctor's viewpoint Bill Panzer Federal considerations mandatory minimums guidelines staying off the radar David Michael or Brenda Grantland or Bill Panzer Civil Forfeiture - 4

5 3:25-4:00pm state federal landlord letters Q&A with the lawyers and doctors - 5