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Legalizing Marijuana and the Community Impact
Track: Business Administration

Thursday, April 30th | 1:15 - 2:30pm
Speaker: Monte Stiles, Monte Stiles LLC
Room: 315


Description: As drug normalization has impacted most states in some way, problems emerges in several areas - increased access to marijuana by youth, a reduced perception of harm, and public policy issues involving use in public. The end result is higher youth rates and other social, economic and legal consequences. Through real life experiences and research, my multi-media presentation will highlight the influence of popular culture on the attitudes of young people towards substance abuse, training participants to recognize national and local trends of drug normalization and how to fight back through increased community education and advocacy. Finally, a history of prevention efforts in the United States, including tobacco education, designated driver programs, seat belts, recycling and other successful educational efforts will be used to show how prevention and education work to save lives. The end result will be a renewed belief in the power and effectiveness of community and state drug education efforts.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be given up-to-date information regarding local and national issues regarding drug normalization through the popular culture
  • Participants will understand the influence of popular culture and recognize efforts to impact choices regarding substance abuse
  • Participants will learn strategies to educate youth (and the general public) about the dangers of substance abuse, and in particular, the impact of popular culture on society.

Speaker Bio: Monte Stiles, Monte Stiles, LLC

Monte Stiles served for 28 years as a state and federal drug prosecutor. During the last 24 years, Monte led the Organized Crime/Drug Enforcement Task Force in the investigation and prosecution of large-scale drug trafficking organizations. During this time, Monte was deeply involved in community drug education and training law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad. In 2011, Monte left his position with the U.S. Attorney's Office in order to devote his full attention to motivational speaking, training, and drug education, spending much of his time working on national policies that impact youth substance abuse.