When: Wednesday, February 7, 6:30 p.m.

Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street

Thousands of patients obtain and use marijuana under the laws of 11 states providing for its medical use. Except in the case of the handful of patients who obtain marijuana from the federal government, federal law prohibits any use, sale, or cultivation of marijuana. Join the Committee on Drugs and the Law for a discussion of proposed medical marijuana legislation for New York and the growing body of cases addressing this conflict between state and federal law.

Moderator
ERIC E. STERLING, President, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.

Speakers
HON. RICHARD N. GOTTFRIED, Chair, New York State Assembly Committee on Health; sponsor of medical marijuana legislation;

SUSAN N. HERMAN, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School;

KAREN O'KEEFE, Assistant Director of State Policies, Marijuana Policy Project;

ROBERT A. RAICH, Counsel for respondents in Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005), and United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative, 532 U.S. 483 (2001).

About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.

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