Stockton to host cannabis tourism webinar

NanetteG

Christina Casile

ATLANTIC CITY - A panel of cannabis industry experts will lead a free online webinar focusing on cannabis tourism 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7.

The webinar, titled Destination Cannabis: Spotlight on Atlantic City, will discuss legal recreational cannabis and its development as a tourism amenity in the resort.

Rob Mejia, a teaching specialist in Cannabis Studies at Stockton, will serve as moderator. Mejia is the author of multiple books written specifically to introduce adults to the cannabis industry and is the president of Our Community Harvest: A Cannabis Education Company.

Featured panelists will be:

Brian Applegarth, founder of the Cannabis Travel Association

Christina Casile, CEO/owner of Design 710, a female-owned dispensary in Atlantic City

Jon Cohn, founder/CEO of Agri-Kind Brands, a cannabis facility and dispensary in Chester, Pennsylvania

Following the discussion, the panelists will take questions from the virtual audience.

The webinar is co-sponsored by the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Stockton University's School of Business and the Cannabis and Hemp Research Initiative at Stockton.

To register go to stockton.edu/light or call 609-626-3859. For more information, email [email protected]. Once you reserve a spot, the Zoom link for the seminar will be available.