Mark Mason to Participate in MUSC Inaugural Medical Cannabis Conference

It is inevitable that medical cannabis will be a reality in South Carolina.

MUSC is presenting an Inaugural Medical Cannabis Conference on September 28, 2018.  

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Subjects include significant research on cannabis and cannabinoids as medicine as well as clinical evidence of potential positive outcomes utilizing cannabis as either a stand-alone or adjunct treatment for patients with varying debilitating conditions including PTSD, cancer, epilepsy, chronic pain and autoimmune diseases.

The program also includes a legal – legislative panel that will address cannabis legislation in South Carolina, and nationally.  Legalization will involve collaboration between professionals, including doctors, PhD’s, leading researchers, legislators, lawyers and their governing associations.

Mount Pleasant personal injury attorney Mark A. Mason of The Mason Law Firm, P.A. will moderate the legal / legislative panel. 

Read about Mason Law Firm's work in the field of marijuana licencing and regulation.

The program is open to anyone who wishes to register.  

Members of the South Carolina Bar are invited to attend.  A request for SC CLE credit is pending.

Students from Charleston School of Law and University of South Carolina School of Law are invited to attend for a student registration fee of $100.  There are a limited number of seminar registration fee waivers available.  Mason Law Firm is accepting requests for law student registration fee waivers until September 25, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at which time recipients will be randomly selected from the pool of requestors.   Any law student interested in requesting a seminar registration fee waiver should do so by email request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Mason Law Firm is a contributor to the welcome reception for registered participants, which will be held on September 27, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Wickliffe House. At the welcome reception, there will be a slide presentation depicting the major aspects of a regulated medical cannabis program. Refreshments will be provided.  Registrants can meet and converse with seminar presenters in advance of the main event.  

Anyone interested in learning scientific and legal information about medical cannabis should attend this event, which is presented by the MUSC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Office of Continuing [Medical] Education.