Sessions
- Wednesday, September 11, 2024
$50.00
Medical Marijuana and Addiction Treatment - Can They Co-Exist?
WebEx
Laws permitting medical marijuana have created many unique challenges for addiction treatment programs and individuals attempting to recover from substance abuse. This presentation will examine the negative impact of medical marijuana on the field of addiction treatment and interventions designed to help our clients successfully recover despite the legal availability of medical marijuana
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PST
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CST
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
This presentation is designed to help participants:
- Describe three ways Medical Marijuana adversely impacts our client’s addiction treatments.
- Describe two political factors that have led to the legalization of Medical Marijuana
- Recognize three ways regular marijuana use negatively impacts mental health & cognitive functioning.
- Discuss three treatment interventions to reduce the impact of medical marijuana on their client’s treatment.
Saul Selby MA LADC has been working in the addiction and mental health field for over 40 years. Previously the Clinical Director at Hazelden, he is currently the Senior Vice President of Clinical Services at Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge. Saul is a national speaker, author and has developed products utilized for addiction treatment. His publications include “A Look at Cross Addiction”, “Chemical Dependency and Acceptable Disease” and Twelve Step Christianity. Saul is the creator of the puppet Slick “The Voice of Addiction” utilized in recovery videos and referenced twice on CBS 60 minutes. Slick videos are available free on YouTube.
Participants must attend the entire event and complete tests and evaluations to receive credit. Attendance tracked via virtual WebEx platform reporting. Certificates will be provided following completion of tests and evaluations.
If you have an ADA request and special requirements are needed, please contact Pam Wood at 1-651-213-4538 at least two weeks prior to the program.
Questions? Please contact Pam Wood.
The Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, provider #1487, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period:11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0529. The Graduate School is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Graduate School maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. The Graduate School is an NBCC approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP # 6547, and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. The Graduate School is approved to provide continuing education by CAADE Provider # CP20 975 C 0325, CCAPP Provider Number 1N-88-160-1125, CADTP provider # 125, and CA BRN CEP 16722.
Participants are required to keep their certificate for a minimum of six years. For information about this continuing education program, please contact the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, P.O. Box 11 CO9, Center City, Minnesota 55012
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