BALTIMORE, Md. — Maryland-based cannabis industry company CannabizMD is hosting a hybrid in-person and virtual event for physicians, advanced practice providers, medical cannabis industry professionals, and policy influencers. The 3rd Annual CannabizMD Cannabis Science + Policy Forum: Patient Care, Policy + Emerging Trends will feature roundtable discussions relevant to both clinical practice, research, and cannabis industry professionals with a final discussion on emerging trends and innovation in medical cannabis on September 24th at the University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore.
The discussions will primarily cover the issues related to the therapeutic use of medical cannabis, as well as ongoing legislative issues and industry innovation. Each roundtable will be hosted by a panel of experts from various fields in the medical cannabis industry, such as:
Sarah Chase, Executive Director of the Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation (CFCR)
Stephen Dahmer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Vireo Health
Otha Smith, Founder/CEO of Tetragram.
Keynote speaker Jordan Tishler, M.D. is a professor at Harvard Medical School and the President of the Association of Cannabis Specialists. His presentation, “Medical Cannabis Policy, Politics and Patient Care,” will touch on how medical cannabis is a safe and effective treatment for a wide range of illnesses not well addressed by conventional medications.
While attendees can join the forum via Zoom if they wish, in-person attendees will enjoy unique networking opportunities, swag bags, and will be served lunch. Following the Forum, CannabizMD’s sister social enterprise
Tea Pad – an advocacy group for social equity in the cannabis industry – will host an event at the UMD BioPark from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM featuring live jazz and host Tahir Johnson, Director of Social Equity and Inclusion of the Marijuana Policy Project, who will host a discussion about how the industry needs to evolve to be more diverse and equitable.
CannabizMD and Tea Pad Founder and CEO Jacquie Cohen Roth. M.S. – a graduate of the inaugural class of the Master of Science in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics program from the University of Maryland School Of Pharmacy – now an adjunct professor of the same program – believes that this program is an invaluable resource for a growing industry that is subject to regular change.
“The cannabis industry in the country is still very much in its infancy, and still federally illegal with a patchwork of state regulations across the U.S.,” said Cohen Roth. “Success in this exciting and groundbreaking industry requires ongoing education on cannabis science and policy with constant dialogue between industry stakeholders like those CannabizMD and Tea Pad host.”
Tickets for The 3rd Annual CannabizMD Cannabis Science + Policy Forum are available now for between $65 and $150. Tickets for the September Tea Pad are also available for $50. For more information, visit http://cannabizmd.com.
About CannabizMD
CannabizMD, a Maryland MBE/SBE/DBE, was founded by Jacquie Cohen Roth in 2017 with a vision to create a unique ecosystem supporting Maryland’s nascent medical cannabis industry. That ecosystem is now national and international. The mission of CannabizMD is to educate, build, and engage an ecosystem of stakeholders to advance the needs of the medical cannabis industry and deliver optimal patient outcomes that support the medical cannabis industry’s growth and sustainability via an exchange of ideas and innovation on its platform and via CannabizMD programs. The CannabizMD ecosystem includes medical cannabis vertical owners/operators, healthcare providers, regulators, researchers, scientists, policy influencers, and ancillary service providers—all with a shared commitment to establishing industry best standards and compliance with them and shared goals. For more information visit cannabizmd.com.
About Tea Pad
Tea Pad is a national professional-level networking group for the cannabis industry. Its mission is to break down barriers to entry and to empower people to participate in the cannabis industry via education. All proceeds from Tea Pad events fund the Tea Pad Fellowship Program which provides education and paid industry externships. For more information, visit http://www.teapad.co.
