CU Denver faculty, staff and students are invited to CU’s 2021 Cannabis and Psychedelic Symposium Saturday April 17, via Zoom. Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology Marty Otañez, the opening plenary speaker, will present “Transformative Cannabis: Exploring Ways to Unite Cannabis Consumers, Weed Workers and Multi-State Operators.” The virtual symposium is free and open to the public.

In addition, Otañez and Aaraón Díaz Mendiburo (of the National Autonomous University of Mexico) are organizing the free virtual colloquium “Cannabis Counter-Narratives: The Role of Arts-Based and Visual Research in Addressing Stigma,” April 27-29. Register or view the event flyer. Review the event program at this link. English-Spanish translations for the event will be provided by the CLAS Dean’s office and CU Denver Office of Research Services.