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# Adolescent Cannabis Use: Risks of use and a European perspective on North America’s cannabis legalization experiment

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November 13, 2024

Speaker: Prof Bobby Smyth, Mb BCh BAO MRCPsych PhD

About the Speaker: Bobby is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, who has acted as clinical lead across three adolescent addiction services in Dublin since 2003. He has also worked in UK & Australia. He is a Clinical Professor with the Department of Public Health & Primary Care in Trinity College Dublin. He has published over 80 scientific papers in the field of addiction. He is a ministerial appointment to the National Oversight Committee which monitors implementation of Ireland’s National Drugs Strategy. He is vice-chair of Alcohol Action Ireland and is the current chair of the Addiction Faculty of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland.

 

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