Town Hall Meeting on Medical Marijuana proposals

KATV Presents Town Hall Meeting on Medical Marijuana proposals

Please mark your calendar and make plans to attend

KATV will present a town hall style meeting to debate the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act and the Arkansas Hemp and Marijuana Legalization Amendment on Thursday, September 3rd at 7 p.m. on the campus of UALR at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.

If enough signatures are collected, the act and the amendment (and possibly a third proposal) will be on the ballot for Arkansas voters to decide in the 2016 November General Election.

We believe that this is an important public policy issue that will be and should be debated by Arkansans. That’s why we want to invite you to this meeting.

At the meeting, a panel will discuss the issue of medical marijuana, and we’ll get input from our guests in the audience – that includes you, if you’d like. We will also release new polling data on the subject.

We plan to broadcast this town hall meeting on our sub-channel 7.2, and live stream it at www.katv.com.

Feel free to share this invitation with whomever you like – and we hope see you there! Please note, seating is limited.

Questions or comments can be directed to:

Rusty Mizell, Assistant News Director, KATV, LLC 501-324-7758

rmizell@katv.com

Temitative Schedule;

Airs 7 – 8 p.m. KATV 7.2 – streams live at www.katv.com

Produced open to the program

Hello to guests and panelists and thank you to UALR by host Scott Inman

Brief taped story outlining the issue

Introduction of panel

Audience comments and questions presented throughout the evening by co-host Beth Hunt

Reaction from panel

(repeated numerous times)

Presentation of polling information collected by Talk Business & Politics / Hendrix College by Roby Brock

(this will be broken into a number of polling questions / segments)

Brief taped interview with person who uses medical marijuana for treatment

Reaction from panel

Brief taped interview with person who calls marijuana a gateway drug

Reaction

Program concludes at the end of the hour

Closing comments

Thank you, good night!

You are free to share these details with anyone you’d like to distribute them to, and invite them to attend. As you can see, during the hour, we will be asking people for their input on the subject. These comments may come from people in an official capacity, like a law enforcement official or medical professional, or they may come from just an average citizen.

It should be noted, the Fine Arts Auditorium holds just over 300-people. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis. http://ualr.edu/about/campus/



Confirmed Speakers as of 8-28-2015

Dr David E Smith MD, Hospice & Palliative Medicine (Con Viewpoint)

Mr Jerry Cox, Family Council Action Committee (Con Viewpoint)

Mrs Melissa Fults, Arkansans For Compassionate Care (Pro Viewpoint)

Mr Robert L Reed, Cannabis News and Information Radio (Pro Viewpoint)

Cost: Free - NOTICE: Seating is limited!!

Categories: Education | Health & Wellness | Politics & Activism