The Massachusetts Addiction Prevention Alliance (MAPA) is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a luncheon event, “Marijuana: Addiction, Mental Health and Policy” on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The event will take place at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Columbia Point, Boston) from 12pm – 2pm (Registration Opens 11:30am).
Featured speakers at the event include:
- Alex Berenson, Author of Tell Your Children: the Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence – An award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between marijuana use and mental illness, specifically psychosis and a suspected connection to violence — research the media has ignored as the United States rushes to legalize cannabis.
- Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute On Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health – A review of the research findings and advancements made since her Boston keynote appearance in 2014.
- Dr. A. Eden Evins, Founding Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Addiction Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School – What clinicians and scientists are learning and seeing locally on the marijuana – psychosis link.
- Will Jones III, Washington DC Fire-fighter, Founder of Two is Enough (TIE DC), advancing addiction prevention and representing SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) – Data and research findings impacting the African American community.
Who should attend?
Medical, health and mental health professionals, community leaders – elected and appointed, public health policy makers, youth, parents, business community, education professionals, youth-serving organizations, law enforcement agencies, faith communities, civic and volunteer groups, healthcare professionals, agencies with expertise in substance abuse, young adults and college administrators, and anyone with an interest in community health and healthy development of youth.
