Anti-Marijuana Cabal to Meet in San Diego

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 04:12:18 AM EST
Tags: (all tags)

Share This: Digg!

San Diego has been leading the charge in California against medical marijuana. So it's probably no surprise that a group of federally-funded law enforcement officers and personnel have chosen San Diego for their annual anti-cannabis cabal.

Here's the invitation:

September 5, 2006

To: Invited Guests

Re: National Marijuana Initiative Conference

The National Marijuana Initiative (NMI), funded by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, will hold its annual conference October 31-November 1, 2006 in San Diego, California. This year, the NMI, in partnership with Californian's for Drug Free Youth and its local affiliate the San Diego Prevention Coalition, has expanded the conference for California and other states' Drug Free Community grantees and prevention organizations. For the first time ever, the NMI is inviting prevention professionals to join us for Day 1, and for a new Day 2. An agenda will be sent out within the next few weeks.

All of the HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas) Directors located within the "Marijuana-Seven" states have been invited to participate. The HIDTA and their appropriate state and local law enforcement personnel will share their marijuana investigations and eradication efforts on public lands on Day 1. Day 2 will focus on marijuana prevention efforts.

Day 1 The first day of the conference will be dedicated to discussing the outcomes of calendar year 2006 operations and other topics of interest to agencies participating in the NMI. We know you will find the information provided by HIDTA personnel on Day 1 interesting and useful.

Day 2 The second day of the conference will provide the opportunity for prevention coalitions and organizations to focus on appropriate and timely marijuana prevention actions, involving youth, community members, decision makers and law enforcement. We will focus on successful marijuana prevention strategies, programs and activities from around the US.

The conference will be held at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley. The hotel's address is 8757 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego, California, 92108. A block of 100 rooms at the government rate has been reserved for October 30 and 31. A conference fee of $100 payable in cash only will be collected the morning of the 31st from 0700 - 0830. The meeting will run from 0830 to 1700 hours on both days, with a continental breakfast being served from 0700 to 0830 both mornings. A no-host reception will be held from 1800 to 2000 hours