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NORML's 39th annual national conference takes place in Portland, Oregon from Sept 9-11. The highlight speakers include:
 • Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (keynote speech, Sat., 9 am)
• PBS host and travel guru Rick Steves (Fri., 9 am)
• Oregon Congressman Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Thurs, 9:30 am)
• NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre (Cannabis Conundrum: Legalization vs. Medicalization, Thurs., 9 am)
• Drug Policy Alliance executive director Ethan Nadelmann (California Legalization Initiative: Prop 19's Current Impact & Future Implications for American Marijuana Policy, Fri., 2:30)
• Americans for Safe Access executive director Steph Sherer (Which Way for Medical Marijuana?, Sat., 4:15 pm)
• California NAACP president Alice Huffman (The New Jim Crow: Marijuana Prohibition, Fri., 10:45 am)
• Law Enforcement Against Prohibition executive director Neill Franklin (Just Say Now: Full Legalization, Full Steam Ahead; Thurs., 10 am)
• Nashville singer Greta Gaines (NORML Women's Alliance: Women, Cannabis & Respect, Fri., 12 pm)
• CelebStoner's Steve Bloom (80 Years of Reefer Movie Madness, Fri., 1 pm)
• High Times' Danny Danko (Cultivation: Ready, Set, Grow; Thurs., 2:15 pm)
• Philly NORML's Chris Goldstein (Pot Politics 2010 & Beyond, Thurs., 11:30 pm)
• Temple University researcher Jahan Marcu (Not Your Father's Medical Marijuana: Latest Breakthroughs in Cannabis Science, Sat., 11:30 am)
Steve Bloom's video presentation traces the history of stoner movies, from Reefer Madness (1936) to the present. It's based on Bloom and Shirley Halperin's new book, Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide. NORML founder Keith Stroup will read his essay ("The True Story of Reefer Madness") from the book.
In addition, there will be screenings of Len Richmond's What If Cannabis Cured Cancer? (Sat., 1 pm) and Sean Pamphilon's Run Ricky Run (Thurs., 1 pm), and the High Times/NORML Activist Awards & Silent Auction (Thurs., 5-8 pm).
Check out the full schedule here.
The conference is taking place at the 100-year-old Governor Hotel in downtown "Potland."
Also see:
Tommy Chong: Vote Yes on Prop 19
California's Tax-Pot Proposition
NORML Ad: High in Times Square
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