Pubdate: Tue, 12 Apr 2016
Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
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Health

MEDICAL MARIJUANA SYMPOSIUM WEDNESDAY

LA JOLLA - People wanting to learn more about the latest scientific 
findings on medical marijuana can attend a free symposium on the 
topic Wednesday at UC San Diego.

The event, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., is slated to be 
held in the university's Medical Education and Telemedicine Building 
in La Jolla, on the school's main campus. It's meant to give an 
overview of research discoveries about cannabis and explain what's 
still unknown.

Topics will range from what scientists know about how marijuana 
affects a child's developing brain to what benefits and risks it 
brings to adult patients.

Hosted by the UC San Diego Clinical and Translational Research 
Institute, the symposium is scheduled to start with a presentation on 
the developmental effects of cannabis in animal-based lab studies. 
Scientists also intend to talk about the risks of exposure to 
marijuana through breastfeeding and the possibility of users 
suffering addiction and withdrawal symptoms.

Experts also plan to discuss how the nationwide ABCD Study, an 
ongoing research project examining cognitive development in 10,000 
healthy children, may bring new insights on medical marijuana. 
Finally, presenters intend to go over knowledge about the use of 
medical marijuana for treatment of nerve pain and the drug's effects 
on spasticity in multiple sclerosis.

The event is directed by Christina Chambers, director of the 
institute's Center for Life Course Research, and Dr. Dilip Jeste, the 
university's associate dean for healthy aging and senior care.

A full description of all presentations is available at 
bit.ly/CTRIcannabis. Reservations are required and can be made by 
visiting bit.ly/CTRIregistration.

The symposium's attendees can park in the university's Gilman parking 
structure at Gilman Drive and Russell Lane. The event site is a short 
walk south of the parking structure and can be accessed by crossing 
the medical school grounds past the Stein Clinical Research Building.

For more information, call (858) 246-1743 or email  ---
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