Maryland Cannabis Policy Conference Call
December 17, 2019 8:00PM – 8:30PM
Dial: (605) 313-5635
Access Code: 659303#
Please mute your phone once you have joined the call.
A weekly conference call update on plans for the largest state-wide cannabis policy legislative event of the year – the 2020 Maryland Cannabis Policy Coalition Lobby Day in Annapolis on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (8:30 AM – 4:30 PM).
12/17/2019 AGENDA
1. Lobby Day Registration is Open – Please Share Broadly!
In anticipation of an adult use market taking shape for Maryland, we expect a larger number of people joining our lobby day this year in comparison to prior years. We want to include more bills this year as well!
2. Announcing 1st Annual Maryland Cannabis Conference – Monday, February 3, 2020!
Details to follow…
3. Announcements
Upcoming events and other BRIEF announcements
In order to keep these calls short and to the point, we ask that anyone who may have items they’d like to add to the agenda, please post it in the discussion of this event.
Use & Follow: #LegalizeMD
Contact: LegalizeMD.2019@gmail.com
Tuesday Night Pot-Line Call #15
Our 15th conference call will be held on Tuesday, November 26th from 7:30PM – 8:30PM. Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-5635 Access code: 659303# International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/kris387 Online meeting ID: kris387 Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/
2020 Maryland General Assembly Lobby Day Planning Call #1 Co-Hosted with Maryland Cannabis Policy Coalition (MCPC)
AGENDA
1. Lobby Day: February 2020
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
a. Bills having chance of passing – i.e., increase civil penalty threshold from 10g to 113.4g (4 oz)
b. Bills that won’t pass
2. Maryland Cannabis Law and Policy Summit
Description: On the Monday before Lobby Day, have an all day cannabis law and policy conference. 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon = review bills (we anticipate 9-12 bills total, some will have a chance to pass, some won’t). Legislators will speak for their bills, attendees can ask questions about the bills. 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM = lobby day training. Roll play, what to expect on lobby day, team up with other people from your same legislative district to strategize, help profile legislators to make civic engagement more effective, etc. Night reception/fundraiser/party with keynote speakers (a). Marilyn Mosby to convey Vanguard Award, and (b). Major Neal Franklin, LEAP re: Law Enforcement and need to change enforcement level.
3. Civil Disobedience for Home Grow Rights?
Cannabis Waste Project
Hey Maryland! We need your help.
We want to bring it to the attention of the Maryland General Assembly and the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, (MMCC) that we are doing harm to the environment by not addressing the poor standards we currently have for packaging in the cannabis industry. As we are getting settled and making changes to our medical program, and as we fight to get closer to full legalization in Maryland, we have to remember to think green, REALLY GREEN!
We want your doobtubes, your plastic baggies, your poptops containers, even all that cardboard packaging that you have to tear through just to get to the product! We are taking any and all cannabis packaging. Our goal is to change the regulations to be more environmentally friendly and hopefully set an example to the rest of the country that we need better packaging for ALL products! NO MORE SINGLE USE PACKAGING! JUST SAY NO TO PLASTIC!
#CannabisWasteProject
Joining Efforts with you, your community, and your local dispensary.
All packaging collected for this demonstration will be donated to “The High 5 Recycling Initiative” to ensure all it is all reused/re-purposed and stays out of our landfills and waterways.
MDMJ Planning Meeting #4
Join MDMJ for our 4th planning meeting of 2019!
When: September 24th, 2019 from 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Where: The meeting will be held at Wilde Lake Park, located in Columbia, Maryland.
We’re headed to Columbia, MD to continue growing and building up for meeting with members of the Maryland General Assembly in January.
The agenda will be posted the day of the meeting.
Anti-Plastic Action
As the country moves forward with cannabis legalization, and hopefully soon an end to federal prohibition once and for all, we are seeing a huge problem with packaging standards in the cannabis industry. The amount of plastic being used to package even the smallest quantities of product is overwhelming! MDMJ is advocating for more eco-friendly, non-toxic packaging standards in the cannabis industry. We are planning our next big action in efforts to change how we package our cannabis. We’re asking patients in Maryland to start collecting your cannabis packaging from the dispensary! If you need them to be picked up, contact us at kris@mdmj.org. Talk to your local dispensary about supporting this effort. Our goal is to pass more eco-friendly and sustainable packaging standards not only in the cannabis industry, but eventually for all products. It’s time we move away from plastic and find a better way to package our products that won’t destroy our planet. Who’s with us? Start collecting and spread the word!
Conference Call #7
Our seventh conference call will be held on Tuesday, August 6th from 7:30PM – 8:30PM. Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-5635 Access code: 659303# International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/kris387 Online meeting ID: kris387 Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/kris387
If you were unable to attend last weeks conference call and would like to hear the recording, please email kris@mdmj.org for the link.
The agenda for this call will be posted the day of the call.
Conference Call #6
Our sixth conference call will be held on Tuesday July 23rd from 7:30PM – 8:30PM. Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-5635 Access code: 659303# International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/kris387 Online meeting ID: kris387 Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/kris387
If you were unable to attend last weeks conference call and would like to hear the recording, please email kris@mdmj.org for the link.
The agenda for this call will be posted the day of the call.
AGENDA
Instructions – Upon joining the conference call, we will ask that you put your phone on mute to eliminate background noise so that the person speaking can be heard by everyone on the call and there are no interruptions.
Introductions – Name, organization, what’s your favorite way of consumption?
Cannabis college event.
Democracy Summer 2019 Rally/brief chat with Marc Elrich.
Fundraising ideas.
Donations for MDMJ banner literature for table.
Baltimore meeting reminder.
Closing.
Weekly Conference Call #3
We apologize for having to cancel last weeks conference call, so thanks for bearing with us. It’s been a busy week in Annapolis. Great dialog on our last conference call. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend. We discussed ways to recruit through upcoming networking events, we’ve created a dialog for talking points for our upcoming meetings, and we’re now taking public comment for what we’ve drafted up so far. Please take some time to submit your feedback. Your voice is needed. The form is available on MDMJ.org.
MDMJ will be holding 4 consecutive lobby days starting January 8, 2020 leading up to the end of the legislative session in April.. We will use this time to prepare, recruit, train, and hold phone banking/letter writing campaigns. We plan to be prepared come January so we have a lot of work to do.
For those who would like to attend the quarterly commission meeting in Annapolis TOMORROW, we encourage you to come sit in and listen. The meeting will take place June 27th, 2019 at 2:00PM at the Joint Hearing Room Department of Legislative Services Building 90 State Circle, 1st Floor Annapolis, MD 21401.
If you’d like to volunteer, please fill out the form.
Our third conference call will be held on Tuesday July 2nd from 7:30PM – 8:30PM.
Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-5635
Access code: 659303#
International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/kris387
Online meeting ID: kris387
Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/kris387
Agenda
Instructions – Upon joining the conference call, we will ask that you put your phone on mute to eliminate background noise so that the person speaking can be heard by everyone on the call and there are no interruptions.
Introductions – Say who you are and what organization you’re with if applicable. Did you get a chance to watch the Marijuana Legalization Work Group Hearing from Tuesday, the 25th?
Discuss Marijuana Legalization Work Group Meeting
Discuss talking point comment submissions
Discuss best replica watches online
If there is anything else you feel should be added to next weeks agenda, please send a message and we will be glad to add it.
Q&A/Suggestions/Feedback/Comments
Weekly Conference Call #2
During our first conference call we discussed strategies, recruitment, job delegations and volunteer opportunities.
For those who would like to attend the quarterly commission meeting in Annapolis, we encourage you to come sit in and listen. The meeting will take place June 27th, 2019 at 2:00PM at the Joint Hearing Room Department of Legislative Services Building 90 State Circle, 1st Floor Annapolis, MD 21401.
Updates on the 1st conference call:
MDMJ will be holding 4 consecutive lobby days starting January 8, 2020 leading up to the end of the legislative session in April.. We will use this time to prepare, recruit, train, and hold phone banking/letter writing campaigns. We plan to be prepared come January so we have a lot of work to do.
If you’d like to volunteer, please fill out the form by clicking this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6qAYxcR92v7CXG93AGWAB0-xn4vH-5iKm3PA__klUCeaRyA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR13Cmewp_mODnpP3tdesn1Pq-q6Alr6XeO4WUiBe4lUju9Vm7oBbvT38XI
Our second conference call will be held on Tuesday June 18th from 7:30PM – 8:30PM.
Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-5635
Access code: 659303#
International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/kris387
Online meeting ID: kris387
Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/kris387
Agenda
Instructions – Upon joining the conference call, we will ask that you put your phone on mute to eliminate background noise so that the person speaking can be heard by everyone on the call and there are no interruptions.
Introductions – Say who you are and what organization you’re with if applicable.
Updates on volunteer efforts (talking points and thank you letters)
Discuss talking points
Updates on recruitment
We look forward to growing, so please spread the word!