Addiction Science
The Science and Policy of Cannabis
April 27, 2018
Clayton Plaza Hotel | 7750 Carondelet Avenue | Clayton, MO 63105
Course Number 18008
7:30a Check in – Continental Breakfast and Coffee
8:00 Opening Remarks by Rachel Winograd, PhD
8:20 Beyond the Smoke: The New Era of Cannabis as Medicine with Tom Marcotte, PhD
9:20 Getting Into the Weed: Potentials and Pitfalls Affecting Medical Use with Cydney McQueen, PharmD
10:00 Break
10:15 Cannabis: Considering the Lows of the High with Arpana Agrawal, PhD
10:55 Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Marijuana Prevention, Treatment and Recovery: Facing Addiction in America–The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health– H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH
12:00 Lunch Buffet Provided
1:00 Cannabis Health Risk Behaviors on Social Media with Patty Cavazos-Rehg, PhD
1:30 The Science of Cannabis and Driving with Denis McCarthy, PhD
2:00 Empirical Reality or Methodological Uncertainty: The Promises and Perils of the Gateway Hypothesis in Today’s Drug Landscapes with Matt Vogel, PhD
2:35 Legal and Political Landscape for Marijuana in Missouri with Eapen Thampy
3:05 Cannabis Policy and Social Justice with Malik Burnett, MD, MBA, MPH
4:00 Speaker Q & A Panel moderated by Kimberly Werner, PhD
5 pm Adjourn
Schedule subject to change without notice