Summit on Opioids and Marijuana

We hope to offer participants an opportunity to increase their understanding of effective opioid and marijuana strategies while increasing participants’ resources.The summit hopes to assist in professional and career development for young adults and allow participants to receive continuing education credits. Objectives: (1) Take a fresh look at how to tackle opioid and marijuana misuse among youth and young adults (2) Convene a community of practice to disseminate information on technology, media, and social media prevention strategies and research application for opioids and marijuana and other issues related to youth and young adult substance misuse, and (3) Provide professional development for young adults in the behavioral health field. Tuesday, October 17 7:00 pm Drug-Free Community Support Program Networking Dinner Wednesday, October 18 8 am Registration 9 am Plenary Session I Innovative Practice and Research Strategies for Opioid and Marijuana Misuse Representative from the Maryland Opioid Operation Command Center (Invited) Representative from the Youth Popular Culture Institute, Inc. (Invited) 10:00 am Concurrent Session I Workshop 1: Hip Hop Development Theory – A new theoretical framework for educators and practitioners working with youth and young adults on marijuana prevention Workshop 2: Update on the Maryland Opioid Operation Command Center 11:15 pm Concurrent Session II Workshop 1: Innovative Prevention Media Strategies - New Public Service Announcements for youth and young adults Workshop 2: Research Opportunities for Opioid and Marijuana (Representative from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Invited 12:30 pm Buffet Lunch 1:45 pm Plenary Session II Paper Presentations 3:45 pm Plenary Session III Response from the Field (Panel Discussion) 4:45 pm Looking Forward 5:00 pm Adjournment Thursday, October 19 (9am – 12 noon) 9 am Drug-Free Community Support Program Knowledge Exchange A review of the 2017 National Cannabis Summit: Science, Policy, and Best Practices held in Denver, CO on August 28-30, 2017. Key information from the National Cannabis Summit workshops will be shared with recommendations on direct action advocacy for the DFC Coalitions.