SMA is pleased to collaborate with the Safe and Healthy Homewood Coalition to present the accredited activity "Marijuana and Opiate Abuse: What's the Connection?"

Event Date:  Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Event Time:  8:00 - 12:00 pm
Location: Samford University College of Health Sciences
Fee: $20
Register Today: https://goo.gl/sHwrRM

This lecture will be given by Dr. Bertha K. Madras, Professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School.

The Safe & Healthy Homewood Coalition is a Birmingham area voluntary organization comprised of community members committed to outreach and education to combat the opioid and addiction crisis and promote prevention. CEU's available for: Nurses, Social Workers, LPCs, Court Workers, and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors.  SMA will provide continuing education credits for physicians who attend the event.

The lecture will address the following:

• The science of addiction and what causes teens to be at greater risk of addiction
• The myths about marijuana and facts about its harmfulness
• Why “medical” marijuana is not medicine
• The FDA approval process and benefits
• The connection between marijuana use and opiate addiction
• What professionals can do to prevent marijuana and opiate abuse and addiction
• How professionals can empower parents to prevent addiction