FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 1999 Contacts: Allen St. Pierre; Scott Colvin, (202) 483-8751 Anti-Prohibition Leaders Meet In Washington For NORML 2000 ConferenceWhat: NORML 2000 Conference:
When: February 3-5, 2000
Where: The Washington Plaza Hotel 10 Thomas Circle, NW Massachusetts Ave and 14th Street Washington, DC
Who: -David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute -Barbara Ehrenreich, Author, Historian -Lester Grinspoon, M.D., Harvard Medical School, author Marijuana Reconsidered and Marijuana, The Forbidden Medicine -Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D., Director, The Lindesmith Center -Nadine Strossen, Esq., President, ACLU; Professor, New York Law School -R. Keith Stroup, Esq., Executive Director, NORML
Washington, DC: There is nothing wrong with the responsible use of marijuana by adults and it should be of no interest or concern to the government. That is the underlying theme of the NORML 2000 conference. A wide range of leaders from the world of drug policy experts, doctors, patients, attorneys and political activists around country will convene to discuss current issues, projects, initiatives, and policy developments.
Panels on the first day will discuss the media and the war on drugs; marijuana prohibition from the parents' perspective; race and marijuana prohibition; and environmental hazards presented by the governments "anti-marijuana fungus." The second day will be devoted largely to issues surrounding the growing threat posed by drug testing, along with a panel on the legal obstacles remaining that preclude a healthy US industrial hemp industry. The final day will include panels on the medical use of marijuana; the various positive, non-medical uses of marijuana; and ways to move towards a system of legalization.
For a complete conference agenda, please visit NORML's web site at www.norml.org or call Allen St. Pierre or Scott Colvin at (202) 483-8751.