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Join us tonight (4/17) in the Key West Ballroom of the Student Union (room 218) at 7pm for the last meeting this semester!

Paul will be joining us for our last meeting of the Spring semester. He will be giving a presentation titled, “The Fight for Cannabis Freedom: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going”.

Here is a brief bio on Paul: Paul Armentano is the Deputy Director of NORML and the NORML Foundation. He has reviewed and commented upon thousands of academic studies and white papers pertinent to cannabis use and its impact on behavior. His writing and research have appeared in over 750 publications, scholarly and/or peer-reviewed journals including The New York Times, Medscape, Drug Testing & Analysis, and Congressional Quarterly, as well as in more than a dozen textbooks and anthologies. He has spoken at numerous national conferences and legal seminars, including those sponsored by the California Association of Toxicologists, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He has testified on numerous occasions before state lawmakers and federal agencies. Mr. Armentano is also a court-certified expert, having testified to the behavioral effects and pharmacokinetics of cannabis and cannabinoids.
Mr. Armentano serves of the faculty of Oaksterdam University in Oakland, where he lectures on the science surrounding the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis. He is the author of the book Emerging Clinical Applications for Cannabis (NORML Foundation, 2007, updated 2011, 2012), which reviews over 200 clinical and preclinical studies assessing the therapeutic properties of marijuana and its organic compounds. Mr. Armentano presently provides online content to TheAnswerPage.com, an online medical educational resource founded in 1998 that provides daily education to healthcare professionals in 120 countries, as well as CME credit.
Mr. Armentano is a 2008 recipient of the ‘Project Censored Real News Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.’ In 2009, Mr. Armentano co-author of Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? (Chelsea Green), which has been licensed and translated internationally. A revised and updated edition of the book will be published later this year.

Come out and support your buds! It will be an excellent presentation, we are always very lucky to have Paul Armentano speak to us.

Dr. Mike Whitty, PhD, of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, is coming out to the meeting tonight to give a presentation on the psychological and spiritual effects of Cannabis use. The meeting will take place tonight (4/10), at 7pm in the Key West Ballroom, on the second floor of the Student Union. Bring friends!

For more information on Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, visit http://ssdp.org/

During the 4/3 meeting, officer nominations and elections took place. Next year’s officer line-up is as follows:

President: Rachael Lott

Vice President: Amanda Herlich

Secretary: Savannah Koerner

Treasurer: Jan Dubose

Director of Communications: Jenna Montalbano

Director of Public Relations: Dylan Hill

Historian: Gabby Felice

Webmaster: Austin Sanchez

Congratulations to our new officers! Elections for the 2013 trip to NORML Conference in October, as well as for the (currently) unofficial positions of Ambassador to Florida Cannabis Action Network and Director of Philanthropy, will be held at the dinner party on 4/14.

Come out to the Student Union 218AB (Key West Ballroom) at 7:00pm today, March 20th to see a very special guest! Keith Stroup, founder of NORML and pioneer in the cannabis reformation movement, is coming to kick off the book tour for his new book, It’s NORML To Smoke Pot. This will definitely be a meeting that you won’t want to miss!

“Emily Ruff, Director of the Florida School of Holistic Living, is a community herbalist and health educator who has practiced the art and science of plant healing for over a decade.”

Come join us on the second floor of the Student Union on Wednesday, March 13th to see Emily Ruff discuss holistic and natural medicines.

Tonight (Weds, February 27th) at 7:00pm in the UCF Student Union, Room 218AB (Key West Ballroom), NORML@UCF will be having our next meeting, with Mitch Earleywine coming in to speak to us. Mitch is a psychology professor from the State University of New York at Albany. As a part of NORML’s board of directors, he’s a big influence in the national reform movement and has written the book “Understanding Marijuana.” This week, he’ll be sharing with us the presentation “Persuading Prohibitionsists,” so please don’t miss this event!

UPDATE: Due to flight troubles, Mitch will unfortunately be unable to make it out tonight.The meeting is still happening, however.

Elvy Musikka is a glaucoma patient and one of the final four Federal Marijuana Patients! Come hear her story of how she fought the government and won her right to use her medicine! You don’t wanna miss this! Today at 7!