Rx Summit attendees have an opportunity to participate in a day-long program focusing on marijuana during the conference.  
 
Registration for the SAM Summit is an additional fee. Programming and speakers for the SAM Summit are selected exclusively by Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
 
2019 Featured Keynote: U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, District of Colorado
 
The annual SAM Education Summit, being held again in Atlanta this year alongside the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, is the perfect option for interested and concerned parties to learn more about what the current research says about the negative effects of marijuana normalization on public health and safety.
 
Attendees to this year’s SAM Summit will hear from top experts in the field, including sitting U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart and former U.S. Attorney for Colorado Bob Troyer. These professionals will attest to the problems of legalization firsthand. SAM is holding its first-ever “Physician’s Roundtable,” with top medical doctors, and attendees will hear from a New York Times bestselling author about his groundbreaking new book that shatters several marijuana myths. Presenters will discuss the interplay between marijuana and social media, as well as social justice impacts of changing policies.
 

2019 SAM SUMMIT AGENDA

 

Thursday, April 25, 2019

 

8:30am-9:00am               

Registration

 

9:00am-9:30am              

SAM President’s Opening Keynote

Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D. President & CEO, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, Inc.

 

9:30am-10:15am:           

It’s High Time we Take A Breath from Marijuana Commercialization

Bob Troyer, Former US Attorney, District of Colorado

 

10:15am-11:00am           

How Cannabis-Derived Medications Go Through the FDA Approval Process

Presenter: TBD

 

11:00am-11:15am         

BREAK

 

11:15am-12:00pm         

Social Justice Issues Related to Marijuana

Lavon Pettis, Illinois State Director, Healthy & Productive Illinois

Will Jones, Communications & Outreach Associate, SAM, Inc.

Abu Edwards, Director of State Affairs, SAM, Inc.

 

12:00pm-12:15pm       

Marijuana Social Media Promotions & Brand Engagement

Pamela Trangenstein, PhD, MPH - post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and Boston University School of Public Health 

 

12:15pm-1:30pm:         

LUNCH

 

1:30pm-2:15pm              

Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, & Violence

Alex Berenson, Author, The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, & Violence

Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D.: President & CEO, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, Inc.

 

2:15pm-3:00pm            

A Sitting US Attorney Shares His Perspective on Marijuana Policy

Mike Stuart, US Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia

 

3:00pm-3:15pm              

BREAK

 

3:15pm-4:15pm:          

Physicians Roundtable - Marijuana Research: Hot Topics in Today’s Debate

Moderator, Ashlynn Lusk, Ph.D.: Senior Research Analyst, SAM, Inc.

Russell Kamer, MD – Medical Director, Partners In Safety 

Ken Finn, MD, Springs Rehabilitation, PC

Ed Gogek,,MD, Board Certified Psychiatrist & Author: Marijuana Debunked

 

4:15pm-4:30pm             

A Community-Based Response – The Story of “Callie’s Backyard”

Jackie Long, Jackie Long, Founder, Callie’s Backyard Foundation

 

4:30pm-4:45pm           

Closing Remarks and Call to Action

Luke Niforatos, Chief of Staff & Sr. Policy Advisor, SAM, Inc.