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Videos Now Available - Presentations from May 2016 Symposium on Marijuana in Washington: Shaping a Research Agenda

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Symposium on Marijuana in Washington: Shaping a Research Agenda
Friday, May 20, 2016, University of Washington

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Slides & Videos from the Symposium

Morning Session

Symposium Opening Remarks
Dennis Donovan, PhD
Director, UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute bio

Keynote: Marijuana Policies: What Matters for Influencing Public Health, Rosalie Pacula, Ph.D., RAND Corporation (video: 4:35) [slides | bio]

  • Rosalie Pacula, PhD
    Senior Economist, RAND Corporation, Director, Bing Center for Health Economics; Co-director, RAND Drug Policy Research Center

    Marijuana Legislation: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities (video 1:13:14), Moderator: Mark Cooke, ACLU of Washington

  • Rick Garza, WA State Liquor & Cannabis Board (video 1:15:58)
    Marijuana Legalization: Implementing I-502 [slides | bio]
    Suggested Resources:

    Washington's Marijuana Legalization Grows Knowledge, Not Just Pot (2014, Brookings Institute)

    Estimating the size of the Medical Cannabis Market in Washington State ( 2015, BOTEC Analysis Corp.)

  • Chris Baumgartner, WA State Dept. of Health (video 1:36:40)
    Washington's Medical Marijuana Program [slides | bio]

  • Rion Ramirez, The Suquamish Tribe (video 1:55:23)
    Marijuana in Indian Country: Fact, Fiction, and Reality [slides | bio]
    Suggested Resources:
    Cole Memo, Wilkinson Memo, Suquamish Marijuana Compact

  • Alexes Harris, UW Dept. of Sociology (video 2:16:48)
    Studying the Cannabis Markets of Seattle [slides | bio]

  • Q&A Session (video 2:35:27)

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    Afternoon Session

    Marijuana and Public Health (video 2:04), Moderator: Caleb Banta-Green, UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute

  • Staci Hoff, WA State Traffic Safety Commission (video 2:14)
    Marijuana Use Involvement in Fatal Crashes [slides | bio]

  • Therese Grant, Fetal Alcohol & Drug Unit, UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute (video 20:50)
    Marijuana Use During Pregnancy: A Summary of Short- and Long-Term Effects [slides | bio]

  • Beatriz Carlini, UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute (video 37:58)
    Marijuana Adult Users and Helplines: A Secret Shopper Study in 4 States [slides | bio]

  • Q&A Session (video 53:01)

    Marijuana Use: Prevention, Brief Interventions, and Treatment, Moderator: Dennis Donovan, UW ADAI (video 1:09:24)

  • Kevin Haggerty, UW Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work (video 1:10:46)
    Marijuana Use Prevention Programs in Washington State: What We Know, What We Need to Know [slides | bio]

  • Denise Walker, UW Innovative Program Research Group, School of Social Work (video 1:29:20)
    Brief Interventions to Elicit Self-Referral: The Check-Up Model [slides | bio]
    Suggested resources:
    Walker DD et al, 2007 article; Walker DD et al, 2011 article (both about the Check-Up instrument)

  • Susan Stoner, UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute (video 1:47:00)
    Challenges in Treating Youth Cannabis Use Disorders with Evidence-Based Practices [slides | bio]
    Suggested resources:
    Treating Youth Substance Use: EBPs & Their Clinical Significance (2016)
    Treating Youth Substance Use: Inventory of Evidence-Based Practices (2016)

  • Q&A Session (video 2:02:35)