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Concurrent Session 5B - Cannabis

Tracks
Track 2
Friday, November 1, 2024
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Bradman

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Chair: Christina Marel, The University of Sydney


Speaker

Ms Giang Vu
Phd Candidate
National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research

Changes in route of administering cannabis over time: A systematic review and meta-analysis of US and Canadian studies.

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Biography

Giang is currently a PhD candidate researching substance use in young people, with a focus on e-cigarette vaping. Her PhD seeks to uncover factors influencing substance misuse in adolescents to provide evidence-based suggestions for public health interventions and substance-use control policies.
Ms Myfanwy Graham
NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar
Monash University

A provisional evaluation of Australia’s medical cannabis framework

9:10 AM - 9:15 AM

Biography

Myfanwy Graham is an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar at Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University. Myfanwy is also a registered pharmacist, Schaeffer Fellow in Health Policy & Economics, at the University of Southern California, and Fulbright Scholar Alumna in cannabis public health policy. Her consultancy experience includes WHO, UNODC, and NASEM.
Mr Robert Taylor
Manager - Policy & Engagement
Alcohol and Drug Foundation

Cannabis regulation outcomes – A rapid review

9:15 AM - 9:20 AM

Biography

Robert has a background as a social worker in the AOD treatment system, as well as social policy research. With the ADF he advocates for evidence-based AOD policy at state and federal levels.
Dr Llewellyn Mills
Senior Research Associate
Specialty of Addiction Medicine, University of Sydney

Correlates of cannabis use disorder among prescribed and illicit medical cannabis users: Findings from the Cannabis As Medicine Survey 2022-23 (CAMS-22)

9:20 AM - 9:30 AM

Biography

Dr Llew Mills is a postdoctoral researcher with the Discipline of Addiction Medicine, University of Sydney and South-Eastern Sydney Local Health District. His interests are cannabis dependence in a clinical and medicinal context, and in using routinely-collected clinical drug and alcohol data to improve drug and alcohol treatment.
Professor Nicholas Lintzeris
Senior Staff Specialist
SESLHD

Medicinal cannabis treatment for people with cannabis use disorder in Australia

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM

Biography

Nicholas is an addiction medicine specialist and researcher with 35 years of experience in AOD sector. He has been involved in medicinal cannabis developments for over 10 years in Australia, and has led a number of clinical trials for the treatment of CUD.
Dr Benjamin Trevitt
Addiction Medicine Registrar
NSW Health - SESLHD

Differences in prescribed medicinal cannabis use by cannabinoid product composition: Findings from the cannabis as medicine survey 2020 (CAMS-20) Australia-wide study

9:40 AM - 9:50 AM

Biography

Benjamin Trevitt is a fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He is currently training in addiction medicine and is also passionate about addiction medicine research.
APSAD 2024

Session Q&A

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM

Biography


Chair

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Christina Marel
Associate Professor
The University of Sydney

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