As the landscape of marijuana laws, policies, and use continues to grow and become normalized, health care professionals need to know how cannabis affects their patient’s cognitive functioning, health, and well being.  Join us as we learn the latest essential medical information regarding marijuana from nationally renowned experts.

Learning Objectives:

1) An ability to articulate clearly and distinctly the differences between and among; non-smoked components of marijuana for medicinal purposes, smoked marijuana for recreational uses, different components (eg CBD, THC), and how medical marijuana has worked in various U.S. states to present day.

2) Competently conversant in the differences between Schedule I and II regarding marijuana, as well as pressing issues related to marijuana policy in the United States.

3) Competency to examine and give an overview about the current debate about legalization, and in particular recent developments surrounding marijuana for medical purposes

4) Articulate a foundational understanding of data monitoring systems currently in place both nationally, and in states, designed to track progress and consequences of the changing marijuana policy landscape.

5) Describe various medical associations' positional statements on the evidence surrounding marijuana's use in medicine

6) List at least a half dozen important drug-to-drug interactions of which to be aware when treating patients who use marijuana products

7) State the current impact of marijuana upon youth, including without limitation; psychosocial development, educational deficits, and other neurobiophysiological effects.