Medical Marijuana in New York

Presented by the Drugs and the Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street (off Fifth Ave.) Thousands of patients obtain and use marijuana under the laws of eleven 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 Drugs and the Law Committee 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, J.D. President, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation Panelists Richard N. Gottfried Chair, New York State Assembly Committee on Health, and sponsor of medical marijuana legislation Susan N. Herman, J.D. Centennial Professor of Law Brooklyn Law School Edward H. Jurith, J.D. General Counsel Office of National Drug Control Policy Karen O'Keefe, J.D. Assistant Director of State Policies Marijuana Policy Project Robert A. Raich, J.D. Robert A. Raich, P.C. Counsel for respondents in Gonzales v. Raich, 125 U.S. 2195 (2005), and United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, 532 U.S. 483 (2001) Attendees are asked to pre-register for this event online at http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=599 [4]