Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:39:48 -0700
From: whigdout@theriver.com (Robert Bushkin)
Subject: [lpaz-Pima] NORML Convention
To: lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com


Drector Keith Stroup announced today that the
2002 NORML Conference, the organization's
annual political conference for citizen activists,
will be held from

April 18-20, 2002 at the
Crowne Plaza Union Square Hotel in San
Francisco.

The conference, entitled

"4:20: A
Celebration of Personal Freedom,"

is held each
year to coincide with April 20 (4/20), the date
that has become popular for marijuana smokers
to protest current laws that outlaw responsible
marijuana use, and to celebrate personal
freedom.

The three day conference includes panels of
experts on topics including the importance
politically of encouraging responsible smokers
to "come out of the closet"; the latest on the
science of drug testing; the future for patient
support groups in California and other states
where marijuana is legal for medical purposes;
a 30th anniversary review of the report of the
National Commission on Marijuana and Drug
Abuse (aka the Shafer Commission report); the
rapidly moving trend towards marijuana
decriminalization and legalization in Canada and
western Europe; marijuana and health, both the
risks and the benefits; avoiding a pot bust, and
surviving if you are busted; the legal status of
industrial hemp; the political left and political
right agree on ending marijuana prohibition; and
marijuana cultivation techniques as a legal
source of medical marijuana.

Featured speakers for the conference include
San Francisco District Attorney Terence
Hallinan; California State Senator John
Vasconcellos (D San Jose); NORML
Foundation Chair John P. Morgan, M.D, City
University of New York Medical School;
renowned San Francisco criminal defense
attorney Tony Serra; Cato Institute executive
vice-president and author David Boaz; and
Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the
Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation.
Attendees will be treated to an opening
reception and art auction on Thursday evening,
co-sponsored by NORML and High Times
magazine, and a special NORML 4/20 benefit
party on Saturday evening.

"We welcome all who are interested in
reforming current marijuana policies to join us
for this annual event, and we urge those who
are committed to ending marijuana prohibition
to make a special effort to attend," said
NORML's Stroup. "This is our best
opportunity each year to meet and network
with political allies from around the country and
prepare for the year ahead."

A special block of rooms are being held for
conference attendees at the Crowne Plaza
Union Square Hotel at the greatly-reduced rate
of $139 per night, single or double occupancy.
Please call early (888-218-0808) to reserve
your room while these reduced-rate rooms
remain available.

You can register for the conference now by
calling the NORML office toll-free
(888-67-NORML) with your credit card.
Within a few days conference registration
information will also be avaiable on the
NORML web site (www.norml.org).

The $150 conference registration fee covers
the three-day conference, conference materials;
continental breakfast each morning; mid
morning and mid-afternoon refreshment
breaks; the opening reception on Thursday
evening; and the Saturday luncheon. The
Saturday night NORML 4/20 benefit party is
an optional event.


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