Parabola Crash Course Schedule
Providence Public Library Auditorium, 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI
Saturday, July 13, 2024 9:00am-1:00pm
8:30-9:00 Check-in (Register in advance here)
WELCOME
9:00-9:20 Welcome by Parabola Center and Special Video Messages
THE BASICS
9:20-9:30 Cannabis 101 by Dr. Staci Gruber, Harvard Medical School
9:30-9:40 Anti-Monopoly 101 by Pat Garofalo, American Economic Liberties Project
9:40-9:50 Using Tax Policy to Combat Greed, by Professor Victoria Litman, Roger Williams University School of Law
9:50-10:00 Break
LIGHTNING UPDATES
10:00-10:10 Congress and Marijuana Policy, by Maritza Perez Medina, Drug Policy Alliance
10:10-10:20 Courts and Marijuana Policy, by Margeaux Lavoie, Parabola Center
10:20-10:30 The Biden Administration and Marijuana Policy, by Cat Packer, The Ohio State University Drug Enforcement and Policy Center
10:30-10:40 Break
PANEL: PERSPECTIVES ON RESCHEDULING
10:40-11:30 Moderated by Daniel Denvir, The Dig
Dasheeda Dawson, Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition
Professor Leo Beletsky, Northeastern University
Amanda Rositano, Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board
11:30-11:45 Special Video Message and Break
PROTECTING THE PEOPLE
11:45-11:55 Protecting Small Businesses and Craft Businesses by Commissioner Julie Hulburd, Vermont Cannabis Control Board
11:55-12:05 Protecting Workers by Christos Michalakis, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
12:05-12:15 Protecting Patients and Medical Programs by Dr. Peter Grinspoon, Massachusetts General Hospital
SUPPORTING IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
12:15-12:25 Supporting POC Entrepreneurs and Pre-Operational Businesses by Dru Ledbetter, Equitable Opportunities Now
12:25-12:35 Supporting Indigenous People by Mary Jane Oatman, Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association
12:35-12:45 Supporting Justice-Impacted People by Jason Ortiz, Last Prisoner Project
CLOSING
12:45-1:00 Closing by Parabola Center
ROOFTOP PARTY
1:00-4:00 Crash course attendees will be a given a party ticket and directions to the venue.