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Welcome and Introduction

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy and Company, Abbotsford

Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan

The Canadian Legislative History of Cannabis (Marihuana) for Medical Purposes—from Prohibition to Regulation

• Mackenzie King and the Opium Narcotic Act
• the Narcotic Control Act and Regulation 53
• the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act
• Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) and compassion clubs
• legal bases for compassion clubs: R. v. Parker and Mernagh v. Canada
• Marihuana for Medical Purposes (MMAR, MMPR): Allard v. Canada, R. v. Smith 
• the Criminal Code and impaired driving
• the Food and Drug Act
• Natural Healthcare Product Regulation and cannabis exemptions
• Health Canada and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health Report Marihuana's Health Risks and Harms
• the Criminal Code and impaired driving 

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy and Company, Abbotsford
Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan

Networking Break

A Primer on Cannabis (Marihuana)—What it is and its Current Use in Medical and Other Practices

• cannabis: natural origins and early evolution
• the uses of cannabis as fiber, food, and oil
• historical psychoactive and non-psychoactive ritual and recreational uses
• early medical uses
• contemporary medical uses
• pharmacology and ethnobotany of cannabis
• modes of consumption and the different effects

Moderator: Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan
Dr. Caroline Ferris — Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of BC, Surrey
Dr. Jonathan Page — Adjunct Professor, Department of Botany, University of BC, Vancouver
Professor Zachary Walsh, PhD, RPsych — Centre for the Advancement of Science and the Law, University of BC, Kelowna

Networking Lunch

Medical Marihuana: Current Law and Practice in BC and Canada

• local government issues, policy, and zoning issues
• enforcement, nuisance and safety, and local government issues
• incorporation of non-profits, licensed producers and other clubs
• taxation issues (GST and PST)

Moderator: John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy and Company, Abbotsford
Alistair G. Campbell — Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, Vancouver
Donald I. Howieson — Young Anderson, Vancouver
Robert W.E. Laurie — Ad Lucem Law Corporation, Vancouver
Sukhbir Manhas — Young Anderson, Vancouver

Networking Break

The Future of Medical Marihuana: Legalization or Litigation?

• the MMPR scheme
• employment human rights 
• the impact of R. v. Allard: patient cultivation upheld
• the impact of R. v. Smith: production of cannabis extract products upheld
• to a natural healthcare products mode?
• the trend towards "legalization" of cannabis (marihuana) production in Canada, the US, Europe, and globally 

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy and Company, Abbotsford
Gabriel M.A. Somjen — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan

Concluding Remarks

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy and Company, Abbotsford
Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan