Tennessee Research Institute sponsored a symposium at Vanderbilt Law School on Feb. 18, 2016. Dr. Kimberly Vera, Vanderbilt Medical School faculty member, discusses the scientific basis of cannabis as medicine. She also tells how she became interested in this subject.

Allison Barker Watson, former Tennessee Assistant District Attorney, discusses the societal effects of cannabis being illegal and the urgent need for sentencing reform.

Tennessee Research Institute President Paul Kuhn presents the history of cannabis prohibition and the disastrous War on Drugs.