The Effects of Marijuana and Other Drugs on Oklahoma Children
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Description
This highly informative training will outline the medical marijuana law in Oklahoma, including legalization, established by State Question 788 and subsequent regulation implemented by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act (Unity Bill). The impact of marijuana exposure on children as based on the literature and professional experience at The Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma will be presented and will include prenatal exposure, accidental intoxication, and use of medical marijuana given to children. The impact of other drugs and alcohol including symptoms of intoxication, effect of prenatal exposure, and child maltreatment consequences will be discussed. Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how change in Oklahoma law allows widespread use of marijuana, what is necessary to obtain medical marijuana for children, identify symptoms of marijuana, methamphetamine, and opiate intoxication in children, and describe the impact of substance abuse on child maltreatment.
Description
This highly informative training will outline the medical marijuana law in Oklahoma, including legalization, established by State Question 788 and subsequent regulation implemented by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act (Unity Bill). The impact of marijuana exposure on children as based on the literature and professional experience at The Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma will be presented and will include prenatal exposure, accidental intoxication, and use of medical marijuana given to children. The impact of other drugs and alcohol including symptoms of intoxication, effect of prenatal exposure, and child maltreatment consequences will be discussed. Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how change in Oklahoma law allows widespread use of marijuana, what is necessary to obtain medical marijuana for children, identify symptoms of marijuana, methamphetamine, and opiate intoxication in children, and describe the impact of substance abuse on child maltreatment.
Location
Virtual/Zoom
Start Time
03-03-2022 09:00 AM
End Time
03-03-2022 12:00 PM
Registration Link
Presenter:
Mary Stockett, MD
Child Abuse Pediatrician
Assistant Professor
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
For more information contact:
Makala Pittman
MDTOffice@occy.ok.gov
(405) 606-4903
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Last Modified on
Dec 13, 2021