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Recent Speaking Credentials

Module Presenter: Legality of Psychedelic Therapy, Psychedelics Today Vital Course Virtual, June 14, 2022
Moderator: Out of Left Field or Out of Bounds: Industry Sustainability, Limits and Potential O’Cannabiz Psychedelic Summit, Toronto, June 3, 2022
Policy is the Field, Industry is the Game: The Sport of Operational Excellence O’Cannabiz Psychedelic Summit, Toronto, June 3, 2022
Podcast: Psychedelic Leadership with Sebastien Fouillade
Virtual, May 26, 2022
Guest Lecture: Psychedelic Renaissance, Florida International University
Miami, April 18, 2022
Panel Discussion: The Integration of Psychedelic Medicine into Mainstream Healthcare Microdose Plant Medicine Week, Malta, April 7, 2022
Panel Discussion: EU Legislation & Legalisation Microdose Plant Medicine Week, Malta, April 7, 2022

Recent Accolades

Panel Discussion: The Psychedelic Renaissance and Its Forensic Implications Psychedelic Medicine Conference, Dallas, April 1, 2022
Top 200 Global Psychedelic Lawyers and Policy & Regulatory Experts (2021) - Courtney Barnes

Education and Events

Panel Discussion: The Psychedelic Renaissance and Its Forensic Implications Psychedelic Medicine Conference, Dallas, April 1, 2022
Panel Discussion: Decriminalization Of Psychedelics Q&A Rising Consciousness Conference, Salt Lake City, March 9, 2022
Panel Discussion: SoHo House Psychedelic Series SoHo Beach House, Miami, February 8, 2022
Panel Discussion: Pathways to Legalization to Legalization for Cannabis & Psychedelics 2021
Panel Discussion: Pathway to Federal Acceptance for Psychedelics Wonderland Conference by Microdose HQ, November 8, 2021
Panel Discussion: Legal Cultivation of Psilocybin; How Will it be Regulated?CBD Expo Southwest, August 27, 2021
Panel Discussion: The D8 Conundrum: Legality vs. Reality--Legal/BusinessCBD Outlook Conference, August 13, 2021
Haze Radio: Shall We Toke Podcast
June 29, 2021
Understanding Texas HB 1325 and Implementing RegulationsLucky Leaf Expo, Austin, Texas, May 15, 2021
Effecting Drug Policy Reform at the Local Level: 101Lucky Leaf Expo, Austin, Texas, May 14, 2021
SPOREcast: Community, Protect Thyself: A Live Panel on Risk Reduction in Psychedelic CommunitiesSPOREcast, March 30, 2021
Psychedelic Research and Drug Policy ReformOh Here We Go, Podcast, March 30, 2021
Smokable Hemp, Delta8, CBN & Shades of GrayNoCo Hemp Expo, March 25, 2021
WAFBA to the Future – Entheogens and PsychedelicsNoCo Hemp Expo, March 24, 2021
The Road to Legalizing Psychedelics: Public Knowledge, De-stigmatization, Research, and AdvocacyModern Psychedelics, Podcast, March 12, 2021
For-Profit Actors in the Psychedelic Economy, Part IINew Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog, March 10, 2021
For-Profit Actors in the Psychedelic Economy, Part INew Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog, March 3, 2021
Attorney Courtney Barnes on the status of the Oakland Community Healing Initiative and the effort to enact reform legislation in California in 2021New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog, December 17, 2020
The Business of HempNCIA Cannabis Business Cyber Summit, November 10, 2020
Regulatory Reality, Where is the Legal Battle Going?HEMPFORWARD, October 13, 2020
What Does the Current Global Hemp Market Look Like and How Will it Develop in the Future?Global Hemp Day, September 16, 2020

News

DoubleBlind Mag, Now that New York Legalized Cannabis, Could Psychedelics Be Next?May 3, 2021
ColoradoNews Online, Mass Pardons for past Marijuana Crimes Offer Hope for ThousandsAugust 18, 2020
Psychedelic Law Bog,Keeping Ahead of the Corporate Interests: Attorney Courtney Barnes Discusses Decriminalize Nature Oakland’s Proposed New OrdinanceAugust 7, 2020
Marijuana Moment,Psychedelics Activists Unveil Measure To Legalize Plant Medicine Healing Ceremonies In OaklandJuly 23, 2020
Marijuana Moment,Oakland Activists Meet To Chart Path For Legal Sales Of PsychedelicsMarch 4, 2020
LA Cannabis News,Burning Man with Your Clothes On…Summit LA 19November 12, 2019
Marijuana Moment,USDA Releases Video Explainer On Its Draft Rules For HempNovember 5, 2019
Cannabis Investing News,Retail Sales for CBD Products are CriticalSeptember 25, 2019
NCIA Blog,Five Common Misconceptions About CBDMay 13, 2019
DOPE Magazine,Challenges of Cannabis DealsSeptember 20, 2018

Attorney Publications

Courtney Barnes, Co-Author, USDA Hemp Regulations Explained by Vicente Sederberg LLP and Vote HempNovember 5, 2019
Courtney Barnes, Co-Author, Five Reasons Why Texas Could Be 'The Great Hemp State' July 30, 2019
Courtney Barnes, Co-author,Five Common Misconceptions About CBDNational Cannabis Industry Association Member Blog, May 13, 2019
Courtney Barnes, Co-author, 2018 Farm Bill Policy Guide and Model Hemp Production PlanAmerican Hemp Campaign, February 28, 2019
Courtney Barnes, Co-author, Challenges of Cannabis DealsDope Magazine, September 20, 2018
Courtney Barnes, Co-author, Rebuttal to Massachusetts Special Senate Committee on Marijuana ReportACLU Massachusetts, July 1, 2016

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