Matthew Stolick, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy at UF, will offer three public presentations on his book, “Otherwise Law-Abiding Citizens: A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis Use,” at The University of Findlay.
   
Presentations, followed by question-and-answer sessions, will take place from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, and from 2 – 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, in Ritz Auditorium in Old Main.
   
Stolick will discuss cannabis (marijuana) chemical composition, neurological, experienced and therapeutic effects of cannabis use, the political history of cannabis in the U.S., and a moral assessment of cannabis use and of the prohibition and criminalization of cannabis users.

The conclusion finds current cannabis law morally unjustified, a form of democratic despotism that creates criminals out of otherwise law-abiding citizens.

Stolick is currently in his 10th year at The University of Findlay. He regularly teaches courses in applied ethics and introduction to philosophy, as well as courses in epistemology, metaphysics and aesthetics.

He provides Ethics Perspectives for the “American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine,” is a member of the Bioethics Network of Ohio Board of Trustees and editor of their newsletter, “BIO Quarterly,” and is a member of the Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center ethics committee.

Stolick received his B.A. in philosophy from Westminster College, Pa., and M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Matt and his wife, Randi, have three children: daughters, Van, 6, and Simone, 3, and son, Moses, 2. They reside in Findlay.