Free, Family-Friendly Event will Take Place on Sat., Aug. 29 at West Hollywood Auditorium
The City of West Hollywood is co-sponsoring a Cannabis Education Forum to provide community members with an opportunity to engage in open conversations to discuss the impacts of legalization of cannabis, the current state of the industry, and the real-world application of cannabis and hemp use.
This family-friendly event will feature panelists and speakers from the medical field, from the legal arena, and from businesses. It will provide attendees with information and participants will offer their first-hand experiences regarding medical use in an array of areas, such as for adults and children with special needs and in hemp industrialization for fuel and materials. Panelists will also discuss legal education, criminal justice impacts, and innovative opportunities.
The Cannabis Education Forum will take place on Saturday, August 29, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the West Hollywood Auditorium, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard. The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the adjacent West Hollywood Park five-story parking structure for a fee.
The City of West Hollywood has been at the forefront of the national discussion about decriminalizing the use of cannabis and the City has a long track record of supporting cannabis use for medicinal purposes. In 1996, the City was an early supporter of California’s Proposition 215, also known as the Medical Use of Marijuana Initiative or the Compassionate Use Act, which was approved by voters in 1996 and allows statewide use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. In 1998, the City approved a Resolution to oppose the Federal government’s efforts to terminate operations of community-based medical marijuana programs. In 2001, the City approved a Resolution to declare West Hollywood a sanctuary for medical cannabis use, cultivation, and distribution.
The Cannabis Education Forum is organized by the organization Cannabis Education Forum (CEF), which has a mission of creating a space where business, medical, and cannabis professionals can have an open and on-the-record discussion about the current state of the cannabis industry with the public at-large.
For more information or to RSVP about the event, please visit www.cannabiseducationforum.org or contact Amanda Hyde by phone at
(323) 508-4CEF (4233) or by email at cannabiseducationforum@gmail.com.
