EDITOR’S NOTE: On March 10, NJ Cannabis Insider hosts its first semi-annual, daylong industry conference, featuring top leaders in the medical marijuana, hemp and legal cannabis industries. Tickets are now on sale.

Brigid Callahan Harrison, one of the Democratic candidates running for Congress in New Jersey’s congressional district, will host a public form on Wednesday addressing the value and benefits of cannabis legalization.

The free forum, which features key players in the Garden State’s cannabis space, will take place March 4 at 11 a.m. at the law firm of Cooper Levenson at 1125 Atlantic Ave., 3rd floor, Atlantic City. RVSP is required to attend. Those interested in attending should contact Grace Kennedy at (609) 457-0149.

Among the speakers who will be joining Harrison for the forum are:

Scott Rudder , president of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association.

Leo Bridgewater , an Army veteran and a longtime activist for veterans and cannabis legalization.

LaQuay Juel , the owner of Ibadah International hemp and herbal extract farms, the Home First Foods brand and Dansby Business Consulting. He is also president of Obsidian Elite Investment Association.

Brittany A. Bonetti , an associate in Cooper Levenson’s healthcare and cannabis law practice groups.

Rob Mejia , an adjunct professor at Stockton University and the founder of Our Community Harvest, a cannabis education company.

Tom Olah, an adjunct professor at Stockton University, CEO of TAO Consulting and the former dispensary manager for Compassionate Care Foundation.

Less than a week after Harrison’s event, Rudder and Bridgewater will be in Edison for NJ Cannabis Insider’s: Road to Legalization conference and networking event on March 10 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center. Rudder will be on the hemp panel with Department of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher. Bridgewater will talk about diversity and inclusion in the cannabis industry, along with Minorities for Medical Marijuana founder Roz McCarthy, among others.

Keynote speakers for NJ Cannabis Insider event include Jeff Brown, assistant commissioner in charge of the Department of Health’s Medicinal Marijuana Program, and Devra Karlebach, CEO of GTI-NJ, a new medical dispensary.

Justin Zaremba is content lead and an assistant editor for NJ Cannabis Insider. Find him on Twitter at @JustinZarembaNJ.

NJ Cannabis Insider is a weekly subscriber-based newsletter produced by NJ Advance Media, which also publishes NJ.com, The Star-Ledger and other affiliated papers.

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