Meeting Dates:
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Meeting Time and Location:
1:00pm-2:00pm
Note:
By attending this webinar, you will:
- Learn how the Controlled Substances Act regulates cannabis at the federal level and the schedules that cannabis and THC-derived medications occupy within that structure.
- Understand the current rescheduling process underway at the Drug Enforcement Agency and how rescheduling would impact federal and state cannabis law.
- Understand other policy proposals that have been made to deschedule cannabis entirely, and what that would mean for state cannabis policy.
- Understand how federal law has created a market for intoxicating hemp derived products and the public health challenges created by these products.
- Learn how states have attempted to minimize the risks of intoxicating hemp products.
- Explore the potential changes in federal law aimed at addressing the issues associated with intoxicating hemp products.
Speakers:
- Mathew Swinburne, J.D., Director, Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy-Cannabis and Senior Advisor, Network for Public Health Law-Eastern Region.
- George Townsend, J.D., Staff Attorney, Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy-Cannabis