In-Person Only
Counselor’s Guide to Addressing Medical
Cannabis Use in Treatment
Friday, June 28, 2024
8:15 AM Check-In
8:45 AM Workshop Begins
12:00 PM Lunch Provided by Willingway!
1:00 PM Workshop Resumes
4:15 PM Workshop Concludes
Location: Willingway Hospital, 311 Jones Mill Rd, Statesboro, GA 30458
6.0 CE Hours Approved by GACA, GAMFT, GSCSW and NAADAC.
Approved for 6.0 Clock Hours with NBCC.
Description:
In the United States, medical cannabis is now broadly or at least partially legalized in 39 states, though it remains illegal under federal law. Traditionally, rehabilitation professionals were trained to be attuned to the dangers and drawbacks of potentially addictive substances such as cannabis, yet we also sometimes work with clients suffering from debilitating biomedical conditions who might benefit from medical cannabis. With so much contradictory information about the risks, benefits, and efficacy of medical cannabis, how can busy frontline healthcare providers sift through fact and fiction to develop an evidence-based approach to addressing the use of medical cannabis in a variety of treatment settings? This training was designed to provide counselors with an overview of research on the conditions that medical cannabis can effectively treat, the potential risks of medical cannabis, and a decision model that can be used to address medical cannabis use in a variety of behavioral healthcare settings.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe the difference between medical THC and CBD.
2. Identify disorders that may be treated by medical marijuana.
3. Identify potential adverse health effects and drawbacks of medical cannabis use.
4. Implement a decision tree applying best practices for how to address medicinal cannabis use by clients in behavioral healthcare settings
Presenter: Dr. Aaron Norton, PhD, LMHC, LMFT, MCAP, CFMHE
Dr. Norton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist providing providing individual, couples, and family therapy; clinical supervision; consultation; counseling; and continuing education/professional training. He is board-certified in addictions, clinical mental health counseling, forensic mental health evaluation; forensic psychometry; rehabilitation counseling; telehealth; and trauma treatment and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of behavioral healthcare. He also provides contracted administrative work for organizations such as the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) and teaches as an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida's Department of Mental Health Law & Policy.
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The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals.
Georgia Addiction Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7302. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
6.0 CE Hours, In-Person Only
