Impact of Marijuana & Vaping on Brain Development, Depression, Anxiety

THIS TRAINING IS FULL

Description
Marijuana has now been fully or partially legalized in 44 of the 50 United States.  According to the 2019 and 2020 Monitoring the Future Study, marijuana use among both teens (especially through vaping) and adults has increased significantly.  Medical marijuana is becoming increasingly popular, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the question of whether marijuana is best thought of as a friend or foe of the American healthcare system.  A simple Google search on any variety of keywords related to the effects of marijuana will often yield puzzling and contradictory information. With so much conflicting information out there, how can busy addictions professionals separate fact and fiction to develop a cohesive, rational perspective on the effects of marijuana?  This 6-hour webinar was designed to equip addictions professionals with a basic overview of what the research does and doesn’t say about the effects of both recreational and medicinal marijuana.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the effects of both recreational and medical cannabis.
2. Describe the positions of medical and psychiatric associations on marijuana. 
3. Differentiate between cannabis use and cannabis use disorders. 
4. List resources to learn more.

Agenda

9:00 am – 9:30 am: Definitions and statistical overview of trends in teen and adult recreational and medicinal marijuana use

9:30 am – 10:30 am: Effects of Cannabis on the Brain, Body, and Mental Health and Wellness, Part 1

10:30 am – 10:45 am: 15-minute break

10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Effects of Cannabis on the Brain, Body, and Mental Health and Wellness, Part 2

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Medical Marijuana: Routes of Administration, Conditions Treated, Efficacy

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm: 15-minute break

2:45 pm – 4:15: pm: Cannabis Use Disorder and Cannabis Withdrawal

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm: Questions & Answers

Trainer
Aaron Norton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with certifications in addictions, alcohol and drug counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical mental health counseling, trauma treatment, forensic mental health evaluation, and forensic behavioral analysis. He serves as Executive Director of the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, a national not-for-profit board officially endorsed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association that provides training, certification, and professional advocacy for licensed mental health professionals specializing in forensic mental health evaluation. He is an Adjunct Instructor at the University of South Florida’s College of Behavioral and Community Sciences as well as a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at USF.  He serves as Southeastern Regional Director and Ethics Committee Liaison for the American Mental Health Counselors Association and Past-President and Chair of Education, Training Standards, and Continuing Education for the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association. He is the Consulting Editor for AMHCA’s The Advocate Magazine.  He also works at Integrity Counseling, a group private practice, providing therapy, forensic and clinical evaluation, and clinical supervision to mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist interns as a Qualified Supervisor. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the counseling profession, specializing in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues, cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depressive disorders, and substance abuse treatment. He is recognized as a Diplomate and Clinical Mental Health Specialist in Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorders by the American Mental Health Counselors Association, and he was awarded Mental Health Counselor of the Year by the American Mental Health Counselors Association in 2016, Counselor Educator of the Year by the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association in 2016, and Researcher of the Year by the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association in 2019.  An experienced writer, presenter, and trainer, he has been published in NAADAC’s Addiction Professional, Counselor Magazine, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Journal of Individual Psychology, Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, and The Advocate Magazine, the official magazine of AMHCA. 

Earn Continuing Education Hours
6 Credits: NAADAC CE’s/ Social Worker and Allied MH CE’s pending.

Price
VAPA Members- $50.00
Non-Members – $100.00
Students – $50.00