A discussion of the therapeutic promise and legislative possibility for medical marijuana in Texas featuring an experienced legal grower and dispensary operator from New Mexico, a physician, a Baker Institute drug policy expert, a veteran Texas legislator, and current user and non-user advocates and activists.
0:00 Introduction, William Martin, Director, Baker Institute Drug Policy Program
5:10 Leslie Grady McAhren, Researcher, grower, dispensary operator, New Mexico. Variation among states with medical cannabis programs
22:07 Terri Carriker, Embrace Moms, mother of child with epilepsy
32:20 Neeraj Shah, M.D. The endocannabinoid system
50:50 AmyLou Fawell, Mothers Advocating Marijuana for Autism (MAMMA)
1:00:00 Katharine Neill, PhD. Baker Institute Drug Policy Program. Political climate for cannabis legislation
1:12:30. Vincent Lopez, Director of Patient Outreach, Texas NORML; Founder, Patient Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (PACT).
1:26:43 Elliott Naishtat, Texas State Representative, District 49. Assessment of prospects for medicinal cannabis legislation in the 2015 session of the Texas Legislature.
1:44:20 Jeronimo Saldaña. Drug Policy Alliance, movement organizer and coordinator
