Dean William Parks Colloquium Series presents "From Reefer Madness to ‘Radical’ Reformer: How a Campus Arrest Sparked a 15-Year Career in the Marijuana Legalization Movement".

Join CNU alumna and author Sabrina Fendrick (Tokin’ Female: Women, Weed, and the War on Prohibition, 2025) as she recounts how the 1930s-era origins of federal cannabis prohibition ultimately led to her own jarring encounter with law enforcement on the CNU campus in 2005. Discover how that pivotal moment inspired a 15-year journey—beginning at the height of the Drug War—that spanned from grassroots advocacy in the Nation’s Capital to the regulatory implementation of a new legal market in California. Engage in a vital conversation on the profound impact of this historic policy change, the importance of inclusive movement leadership, and how Virginia’s future legal retail market can finally foster true equity for the communities most harmed by criminalization.