America’s Pro-Marijuana Reform Conference: NORML’s 38th National Conference in SF, Sept. 24-26
Category: News and Politics
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
If there were ever a year to attend NORML's national conference, this is it.
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NORML 2009: Yes We Cannabis!
September 24-26, 2009
Grand Hyatt Hotel
San Francisco
There has never been a greater cultural, media or political zeitgeist to re-legalize cannabis than right now. Indeed, even more so than the 1970s era of decriminalization.
Indicative of such momentum, last Thursday U.S. Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) have re-introduced the cannabis decriminalization bill that NORML help to write and champion for introduction in the 111th Congress.
Take Advantage Of Great Early Bird Registration and Reduced Room Rates At a Four-Star Tower Hotel in San Francisco
For this and other numerous reasons, if possible, please take advantage of NORML's early bird discounts resulting in 35% off the conference registration and socials by registering ASAP.
Also, don't delay in reserving your room for the national conference as NORML always sells out the reserved room block of discounted rooms. Don't miss out on a room at a great 4-star tower hotel in San Francisco.
'Discounted Rooms at Luxury Hotel in SF...Reserve Now!
I strongly encourage you to take advantage of the greatly discounted hotel rooms available at the beautiful, and centrally located Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco on Union Square.
Single (or double) occupancy is only $165/night (rack rate for rooms at the Grand Hyatt are usually $275-$400/night) by calling 415-398-1234 (must refer to 'NORML – National Sales Meeting').
Add $75/night for an executive upgrade; triples and quads also available at $190 and $215 respectively.
Negotiating $55/night for a 4-star tower hotel in the commercial district of San Francisco is one way to make the conference as affordable, and popular, as possible.
Limited Number of Reserved Smoking and Wheelchair Accessible Rooms
There are only 30 reserved 'smoking', and 10 handicap-accessible rooms available for cannabis and/or tobacco consumers. Act fast.
Reserve your room now at:
Reserve Now
Affordable Airfare Available Right Now
A number of staff have already reserved flights at very low costs, i.e, $215 non-stop, roundtrip on Virgin Airlines from Washington DC to San Francisco. Other similar deals currently exist on most airlines.
Medical Cannabis-Only Day
Lastly, the very first day of the conference is devoted entirely to the topic of medical cannabis, the emerging 'cannabusinesses' in a number of medical cannabis states (such as California) and 'best practices' for patients and providers. At the last two NORML conferences (in Los Angeles and Berkeley) the medical cannabis-only days were very successful and held on day #3 of the conferences; this year it is frontloaded into the day #1 slot.
Once again, guided tours of medical cannabis wellness centers in 'Oaksterdam' and other parts of the SF Bay area available.
About 70% of conference attendees come for the 'regular' sessions and the rest come for the medical cannabis-only day, so if you or your legal partners have strong interests in medical cannabis (as you should), please plan on attending all three days of this year's 38th annual national NORML conference.
Can Last Year's Conference Party Be Topped?
For those who attended last year's conference in Berkeley, the best efforts are being made to make sure that, if at all possible, this year's Saturday Night Fundraising Party during the conference tops last year's. If you can conceive of that!
Again, with the incredible social, media and political momentum swinging cannabis law reformers' way since the beginning of 2009 (building on decades of hard work), this really is not the year to miss NORML's national conference.
Please email conference@norml.org with any questions or concerns about this year's conference, and I sincerely hope to see you at NORML’s 'Yes We Cannabis!' national conference in September.
Thanks for all your hard work and support for cannabis law reform!
Kind regards,
Allen St. Pierre
Executive Director
Board Member
NORML/NORML Foundation
director@norml.org
p.s. The conference planning committee has left open a few slots for either your speaker or panel suggestions, please forward your suggestions or proposals to: conference@norml.org
Partial listing of panel topics for this year's conference include:
- The Zeitgeist of Legalization: Why and How Did This Happen?
- Pot Politics 2009 and beyond
- Has Support For Legalization Reached The Tipping Point?
- What Impact Would Legalization/Regulation Have On Use Rates
- Cannabis' Law Reforms Missing Link: Law Enforcement
- Putting The Mexican Cartels Out Of Business
- Marijuana Legalization as a Local, State and Federal Revenue Stream
- Pot, Parenting and Legalization
- Cannabis and Athleticism
Medical Cannabis-only day
- Panels and lectures on the health effects of medical cannabis;
- examinations and discussions led by expert lawyers focusing on emerging medical cannabis distribution models;
- taxation;
- zoning and business license issues and criminal defense representation.[/size]
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Take care everyone
,WHAB