News and Events

Journal

We have just released the special edition on Current Perspectives on Marijuana and Society in the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, co-edited by Professors Ronnie Swartz and Beth Wilson.

Annual Speaker Series

We are looking forward to our upcoming speakers for 2013-14. We will post the schedule in the fall. For more information about the speakers series contact Josh Meisel, HIIMR Co-Director. phone: 707.826.4446 • email: meisel@humboldt.edu

Here is the complete list of all speakers for 2012-2013.

Interviews and in the News

• Chronicle of Higher Education "Legalize it and they will analyze it" June 3, 2013.
• KTAR.com Medical Marijuana will create 1,500 jobs in Arizona with Professor Beth Wilson April 23, 2013.
• KHSU radio interview with Professor Monica Stephens February 28, 2013.
• High Country News Blog February 28, 2013.
• KHSU radio interview with Professor Monica Stephens January 28, 2013.
• KQED radio interview with Professor Tony Silvaggio December 27, 2012.
• The Willits News "Once the leader, Calif. now looks to other states for legalization of pot" December 18, 2012
• Christian Science Monitor "With a puff of smoke, pot becomes legal in Washington" December 6, 2012
• Alan Colmes radio show "Liberaland" interview with Professor Joshua Meisel November 29, 2012.
• KHUM radio interview with Senior Communications Officer Paul Mann November 28, 2012.
• Washington Post "Public University in--where else--Humboldt County forms marijuana research institute" November 26, 2012
• KCBS radio interview with Professor Joshua Meisel November 26, 2012 in MP3 format.
• KNX Newsradio/CBS radio interview with Professor Erick Eschker November 26, 2012 in MP3 format.
• Time-Standard "Marijuana institute takes shape at HSU" November 25, 2012
• KHSU Econews radio interview with Professor Tony Silvaggio week of October 1, 2012 in MP3 format.

Past Events

Symposium

• Earthday Symposium on Marijuana and the Environment

  Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20, 2013

  Here is the link to the website.

  Here is the flyer with more details.

  Click here for the audio from the following symposium from KMUD.

  
  

• Symposium: Environmental Challenges of Marijuana Agriculture in the Age of Prohibition 

  Friday Oct 12, 2012. 1-5 pm, BSS Native Forum Room 162

  Click here for the video from the following symposium.

  Click here for the audio from the following symposium.

  Grassroots environmental activists and policy makers will provide a comprehensive review of the environmental impacts of marijuana agriculture and offer insights into community based approaches that could be implemented to help address the problems created by these industrial agricultural practices. 

  Here is the flyer with more details.

Speaker Series

Streaming VIDEO for the following talks is available from the Humboldt Digital Scholar website.

• Monday, April 29, 2013

  “Dispensary-based research: an untapped resource”

  Amanda Reiman, PhD, The Drug Policy Alliance

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• Monday, March 25, 2013

  “Developments in Dutch Drug Policy”

  Dr. Craig Reinarman, University of Santa Cruz

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  “The Potential Economic Impact to Humboldt County if Marijuana is Legalized”

  Ms. Jennifer Budwig, Redwood Capital Bank

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• Tuesday, January 29, 2013

  “Data Shadows of the Underground Economy”

  Dr. Monica Stephens, Department of Geography, Humboldt State University

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:30-7:00pm, BSS Native Forum, Room 162

  "Of Green Institutions and Incremental Policies: Marijuana Regulatory Reform"

  Jason Plume, PhD candidate, Syracus University

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• Monday, October 29, 2012 5:30-7pm, BSS Native Forum Room 162

  “Silent Forests: How are Toxicants Associated with Marijuana Cultivation Impacting Wildlife on our Public and Tribal Lands?”

  Mourad W. Gabriel, M.S., PhD Candidate (Comparative Pathology, University of California Davis) and Wildlife Disease Ecologist (Integral Ecology Research Center)

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• Monday, October 8th • 5:30-7:00pm

  REQUIEM FOR A CAMP: POST MORTEM FOR A DRUG WAR INSTITUTION
  Dominic Corva, Ph.D. Department of Public Policy Sarah Lawrence College

  Here is the flyer with more details.

• October, 2011, Sustainable Future Speakers Series

  "The Carbon Footprint of Indoor Cannabis Production"

  Evan Mills

  Here is the video.

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