"'The Life She Deserves' Documentary Film Screening" - Nov. 5, 2018

Fall 2018 Brookings Mountain West Event
"'The Life She Deserves: Medical Marijuana in the United States' Documentary Film Screening"
Event Date: November 5, 2018
Abstract: The Brookings Institution and Brookings Mountain West at UNLV present a new documentary short-film, "The Life She Deserves: Medical Marijuana in the United States."
Produced by Brookings, “The Life She Deserves” is an intimate portrait of Jennifer Collins and her family’s struggle to find a treatment to control her debilitating epilepsy. Because her legal pharmaceutical treatments cause severe side effects, Jennifer and her mother moved across the country to Colorado to access medical marijuana. The therapy provides Jennifer and her family with the relief they once feared was unobtainable, but they are now faced with the stigma and legal uncertainty surrounding the use of medical cannabis.
Panelist:
George Burroughs, Film Director, The Brookings Institution
John Hudak, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Maritza Bermudez, VP Business Development, Cannabis Commerce Group Consulting
The panel discussion begins at 21:30
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