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MARIJUANA AND SUICIDE: Research and Prevention Strategies

Event Description
MARIJUANA AND SUICIDE
RESEARCH AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES
 

November 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm

VIRTUAL: ZOOM
 
THE OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION (OSPF) PRESENTS 

There is a growing consensus within the research community that marijuana use is associated with increased rates of suicide. Tragically, 53% of young adults who struggle with depression and use cannabis daily have suicidal ideations. Dr. Kevin Sabet will lead participants through a discussion on the link between marijuana and suicide and the latest prevention strategies.

WORKSHOP COMPONENTS
  • Share the research that connects marijuana use and abuse to suicide.
  • Examine how marijuana use negatively impacts the mental health of the most vulnerable populations (e.g. youth, underserved communities)
Discuss how individuals can implement prevention strategies to assist community members struggling with marijuana use and depression or suicide ideation

CEs provided: 1 CE hour for:
  • OPA
  • Ohio Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals
SPEAKER BIO:

KEVIN A. SABET, PHD

An affiliate of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Medical School at Yale University, and dubbed by NBC News as the “prodigy of drug politics,” author, consultant, and advisor to three U.S. presidential administrations, and assistant professor, Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., has studied, researched, written about, and implemented drug policy for more than 25 years. He is currently the President and CEO of SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), a non-profit organization he founded with Congressman Patrick Kennedy and David Frum. His first book, Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana, was published by Beaufort (Midpoint) in 2013, and its second edition released in 2018. He is also the co-editor of Marijuana and Contemporary Health, published by Oxford University Press and an institute director at the University of Florida.

His latest book, Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know, was distributed by Simon & Schuster in April, 2021 and released to critical acclaim.

His work as a government advisor began in the Clinton Administration as a researcher, and he was the senior speechwriter on drug policy in the Bush Administration (2002-2003). He returned to government in 2009, where he was asked to assist in drafting President Obama’s National Drug Control Strategy as a senior advisor. In 2011, he stepped down after being the only drug policy staffer to have served as a political appointee in a Democrat and Republican administration.

He has since been profiled in Politico, Crain's BusinessSalon Magazine, the International Business Times, The Daily Beast, Vox, and many other publications as America's point person on drug policy issues. He has spoken at the Allen and Co. Sun Valley Conference, the Aspen Ideas, New Yorker, and Politicon festivals, at the Puebla Ideas Conference to debate the former presidents of Mexico and Colombia, on the Organization of American States blue ribbon commission advising hemispheric drug policy, and in hundreds of forums and discussions. He has been featured on the front page of the New York Times and in virtually every major media publication and news channel on the subject of drug policy. He has published op-eds in the Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other publications. Dr. Sabet’s regular blog is housed at the Huffington Post and two of his op-eds have earned him a “Five Best Columns” distinction by The Atlantic.

Dr. Sabet also regularly advises foreign governments, several non-governmental organizations working to reduce drug abuse and its consequences, and serves in an international role as an advisor, in various capacities, to the United Nations and other multi-national organizations.

He is the winner of numerous drug policy awards, including the 2014 Nils Bejerot Award for Global Drug Prevention, given at Stockholm City Hall by the anti-drug organization chaired by H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden, the 2019 National Narcotics Lifetime Achievement Award, and the John P. McGovern Award for Drug Prevention given by the Institute for Behavior and Health, and Robert DuPont, the founding director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

He received his Doctorate of Philosophy and Masters of Science from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar in 2007 and 2002, respectively, and his B.A. with high honors in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001.
 
REGISTRATION FEE: $25.00             

Registration includes, CEU's , if required.
 
(REGISTRATIONS ENDS NOVEMBER 8, 2021 @5:00 P.M.)  

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AUSTIN LUCAS
OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION