Speaker Mary Celeste. This presentation will discuss the legal history of cannabis in the United States from the early American hemp plantations and legal cannabis as a pharmaceutical, to the Marijuana Tax Act, to the Control Substances Act, to the decriminalization and legalization of medical and recreational marijuana, to the DEA position on re-regulating marijuana and congressional bills, to the Farm Act and appellate cases challenging the classification of marijuana.
- The audience will identify how cannabis has been legally treated in the United States from Colonial times to the present.
- The audience will explore how the Farm Act legalized hemp and created confusion about the legalities of hemp derivatives
- The audience will analyze the legal challenges to the classification of marijuana
Video link: https://vimeo.com/821864887
Speaker Details
Full Name
Mary Celeste
Bio
Judge Mary A. Celeste (ret.) sat on the Denver County Court bench 2000-2015. She was the Presiding Judge 2009-10 and the co-founder of the Denver County Court Sobriety Court. She is currently a law school professor and university professor teaching Cannabis and the Law and is considered a national content expert on the topic of cannabis. She was a co-coordinator for the 2022 National Interdisciplinary Symposium which included judges, attorneys, law students, specialty court professionals HR, toxicologists/scientists, law enforcement and NORML. It also included cannabis commissioners and state legislative experts. She has written many articles on the topic of cannabis and is a national speaker and consultant on many topics related to cannabis including, marijuana and drug-impaired driving, specialty courts and cannabis, cannabis and juveniles, and other topics.
