3184.0 Marijuana and Today’s Youth: Challenges in the face of “medicinal” use and potential legalization

Monday, November 8, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Medical marijuana poses a challenge for public health researchers and practitioners and there is little research to guide our decisions on how to proceed. The research lags behind the community needs for policy approaches to address the recent adoption of medical marijuana in several states.
Session Objectives: Attendees of this session will be able to describe: Issues and challenges related to medicinal designation of marijuana Challenges and community responses related to dispensaries located in communities Current research on marijuana Marijuana's treatment in the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy Needed future research
Moderator:
Linda M. Bosma, MA, PhD
Panelists:
Tom McLellan, PhD , Linda Pratt, MA , Charlie Brown, Councilman and Alan J. Budney, PhD

12:30pm
Marijuana as Medicine: Consider the side effects
Tom McLellan, PhD
  
12:50pm
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries: Unintended consequences and community response
Linda Pratt, MA and Linda M. Bosma, MA, PhD
  
1:10pm
Medical Marijuana at the Local Level: Regulating Dispensaries in Denver, Colorado
Charlie Brown, Councilman
1:30pm
What Would We Like to Know Before (or After) Legalization of Cannabis?
Alan J. Budney, PhD
  

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Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, School Health Education and Services

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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