Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Columbia College Chapter Students for Sensible Drug Policy's First Ever!
Launer Auditorium,
1001 Rogers Street
Columbia, MO
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
2:00 – 6:00 P.M.
Speakers:
Mark Pedersen:
Mark is the founder of Cannabis Patient Network and Sensible Missouri.
Cannabis Patient Network is a national not-for-profit media organization dedicated to giving the chronically and terminally ill of our nation a voice. Mark has conducted over 150 on-camera interviews with cannabis patients, activists, politicians and physicians from all over the country.
Sensible Missouri is a statewide patient advocacy org, created for the purpose of organizing Missouri's medical cannabis community into a bargaining body regarding all matters concerning the health and wellbeing of his home state's chronically and terminally ill.
Mark is also on the Advisory Board for Patients Out of Time. Patients Out of Time is our nation's leader in providing the cutting edge science regarding medical cannabis.
Dan Viets, JD:
Dan is an attorney in private practice in Columbia, MO, specializing the defense of marijuana cases. He has served for years as the Missouri State Coordinator for NORML. He is a former president of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, former chair of the board of the Mid-Missouri ACLU, former president of the University of Missouri student body and former chair of the City of Columbia Human Rights Commission.
Eapen Thampy:
Eapen Thampy is a policy analyst with Americans for Forfeiture Reform, a non-profit research organization that works on America's state and federal civil asset forfeiture laws. Eapen did his undergraduate coursework at the University of Missouri-Columbia in economics, mathematics, and statistics, and represented Missouri at the national finals of the National Geography Bee twice as a middle-schooler.
Chris Kelly, JD:
Chris Kelly is a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He has represented District 24 since 2009.
Kelly served as an Associate Court Judge on the 13th Judicial District from 2000-2006, was Chairman of the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission from 1994-2000, and was County Director/Director of the Central Missouri Counties' Human Development Corporation from 1972-1977.
He earned his JD from the University of Missouri and BA from Marist College. He is a member of the American Whitewater Association, Columbia Rotary Club, Missouri Whitewater Association, and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
We will also be Screening, “What if Cannabis Cured Cancer”
Len Richmond's documentary detailing the anti-cancer properties of cannabis.
This recently premiered film is receiving rave reviews and is being heralded as one of the best medical cannabis documentaries yet released.
YouTube - "WHAT IF CANNABIS CURED CANCER"
"What if Cannabis Cured Cancer" focuses on the anti-cancer properties of the plant and the current medical research being conducted on its active, therapeutic compounds.
Research is emerging that cannabis may possess therapeutic properties that extend far beyond coping mechanisms for current cancer treatments. As this film explores, scientific studies are finding that cannabis may be able to actually heal and possibly even prevent certain types of cancer. This may be due to the fact that all mammals already possess a cannabinoid-producing system in their bodies called the endocannabinoid system. The administration of natural cannabinoid compounds found in the cannabis plant appear to act as a supplement to this system which, in turn, results in greater overall health.
“Everyone will face chronic or terminal illness at some point in their life.” Says Mark Pedersen, founder of Sensible Missouri, Missouri's cannabis patient advocacy organization. "When that occurs, all Americans should have the choice of this safe, effective alternative."
Launer Auditorium,
1001 Rogers Street
Columbia, MO
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
2:00 – 6:00 P.M.
Speakers:
Mark Pedersen:
Mark is the founder of Cannabis Patient Network and Sensible Missouri.
Cannabis Patient Network is a national not-for-profit media organization dedicated to giving the chronically and terminally ill of our nation a voice. Mark has conducted over 150 on-camera interviews with cannabis patients, activists, politicians and physicians from all over the country.
Sensible Missouri is a statewide patient advocacy org, created for the purpose of organizing Missouri's medical cannabis community into a bargaining body regarding all matters concerning the health and wellbeing of his home state's chronically and terminally ill.
Mark is also on the Advisory Board for Patients Out of Time. Patients Out of Time is our nation's leader in providing the cutting edge science regarding medical cannabis.
Dan Viets, JD:
Dan is an attorney in private practice in Columbia, MO, specializing the defense of marijuana cases. He has served for years as the Missouri State Coordinator for NORML. He is a former president of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, former chair of the board of the Mid-Missouri ACLU, former president of the University of Missouri student body and former chair of the City of Columbia Human Rights Commission.
Eapen Thampy:
Eapen Thampy is a policy analyst with Americans for Forfeiture Reform, a non-profit research organization that works on America's state and federal civil asset forfeiture laws. Eapen did his undergraduate coursework at the University of Missouri-Columbia in economics, mathematics, and statistics, and represented Missouri at the national finals of the National Geography Bee twice as a middle-schooler.
Chris Kelly, JD:
Chris Kelly is a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He has represented District 24 since 2009.
Kelly served as an Associate Court Judge on the 13th Judicial District from 2000-2006, was Chairman of the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission from 1994-2000, and was County Director/Director of the Central Missouri Counties' Human Development Corporation from 1972-1977.
He earned his JD from the University of Missouri and BA from Marist College. He is a member of the American Whitewater Association, Columbia Rotary Club, Missouri Whitewater Association, and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
We will also be Screening, “What if Cannabis Cured Cancer”
Len Richmond's documentary detailing the anti-cancer properties of cannabis.
This recently premiered film is receiving rave reviews and is being heralded as one of the best medical cannabis documentaries yet released.
YouTube - "WHAT IF CANNABIS CURED CANCER"
"What if Cannabis Cured Cancer" focuses on the anti-cancer properties of the plant and the current medical research being conducted on its active, therapeutic compounds.
Research is emerging that cannabis may possess therapeutic properties that extend far beyond coping mechanisms for current cancer treatments. As this film explores, scientific studies are finding that cannabis may be able to actually heal and possibly even prevent certain types of cancer. This may be due to the fact that all mammals already possess a cannabinoid-producing system in their bodies called the endocannabinoid system. The administration of natural cannabinoid compounds found in the cannabis plant appear to act as a supplement to this system which, in turn, results in greater overall health.
“Everyone will face chronic or terminal illness at some point in their life.” Says Mark Pedersen, founder of Sensible Missouri, Missouri's cannabis patient advocacy organization. "When that occurs, all Americans should have the choice of this safe, effective alternative."
