COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The Texas Cannabis Policy Conference is taking over the Memorial Student Center (MSC) starting this Thursday.
The conference will take place throughout Saturday, with events happening at the MSC and Rudder Tower. This is the first time in two years the conference is back, and it is sold out. This will bring more than 200 industry leaders together from doctors and lawyers to district judges and State Senator Jose Menendez.
Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy, the organization which hosts this annual event, told KBTX it’s not just about sharing information but inspiring, innovating, and forging connections that impact the future of the cannabis industry.
“We’ve been working with our coalition Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy for about 10 years now,” Director Heather Fazio said. “It’s going to be an exciting event bringing together all the great minds that understand cannabis well enough to inform lawmakers and working on building relationships so that we have a voice in unison as we approach the legislative session in January.”
The organization’s goal, per Fazio, is to initiate fact-based dialogue about marijuana use and criminalization. Sessions throughout the event will cover topics about state policy, medical use, research happening at Texas A&M, and the future of the industry. She called the event a unique benefit to having the conference at Texas A&M.
“We’re looking forward to highlighting the student researchers right here on campus,” shared Fazio. “We’re going to have a panel dedicated to talking about the very research that they’re doing, the advocacy work that they’re doing, and their perspectives on the future.”
This annual conference continues to grow as support around marijuana legalization grows.
“We have products that people are enjoying, the sky hasn’t fallen, this is something that we can do. We want to make sure that we do it right and there are some regulations that need to be put into place,” Fazio added.
According to a new poll from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, 68% of Texans support eliminating jail time for marijuana possession.
Copyright 2024 KBTX. All rights reserved.