---
title: Case Report on Cannabis-Induced Acute Encephalopathy in elderly after taking CBD
description: Speaker Mohamad Moussa. Review of the case report about our patient with acute encephalopathy after taking CBD. Discussion about the increased utilization of CBD in the elderly and the need for clinicians to be familiarized with the effect of CBD usage on their patients due to limited training.
---

<https://education.iasic1.org/speaker-series>

[Skip to main content](https://education.iasic1.org/speaker-series/case-report-on-cannabis-induced-acute-encephalopathy-in-elderly-after-taking-cbd#main)

[![IASIC logo - ](https://education.iasic1.org/hs-fs/hubfs/IASIC_logo.jpg?width=300&height=77&name=IASIC_logo.jpg) ![INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY ON THE SCIENCE AND IMPACT OF CANNABIS](https://education.iasic1.org/hubfs/IASIC_logo.svg)](https://iasic1.org)

- [Home](https://iasic1.org)
- [Leadership](https://iasic1.org/advisory-board/)
- [Library](https://iasic1.org/library/)
- [News](https://iasic1.org/news/)
- [Risks](https://iasic1.org/risks/)
- [Show submenu for Upcoming Speaker Series Upcoming Speaker Series](https://education.iasic1.org) 
    - [Past Seminars](https://education.iasic1.org/speaker-series)
- [Contact Us](https://iasic1.org/contact/)

Open main navigation

Close main navigation

- [Home](https://iasic1.org)
- [Leadership](https://iasic1.org/advisory-board/)
- [Library](https://iasic1.org/library/)
- [News](https://iasic1.org/news/)
- [Risks](https://iasic1.org/risks/)
- Show submenu for Upcoming Speaker Series Upcoming Speaker Series 
  
    - Upcoming Speaker Series
    - [Upcoming Speaker Series](https://education.iasic1.org)
    - [Past Seminars](https://education.iasic1.org/speaker-series)
- [Contact Us](https://iasic1.org/contact/)
- Search

Search

# Case Report on Cannabis-Induced Acute Encephalopathy in elderly after taking CBD

![IASIC](https://education.iasic1.org/hs-fs/hubfs/favicon.gif?width=50&height=50&name=favicon.gif)

September 12, 2023

Speaker Mohamad Moussa. 

- Review of the case report about our patient with acute encephalopathy after taking CBD.
- Discussion about the increased utilization of CBD in the elderly.
- The need for clinicians, especially hospitalists, to be familiarized with the effect of CBD usage on their patients due to limited training.

Video link: [https://vimeo.com/867241972](https://vimeo.com/867241972)

 

### Speaker Details

**Full Name**  
Mohamad Moussa

**Bio**  
- Geriatric Trained Hospitalist since 2009.  
- Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine.  
- Director of Hospital Medicine at Emory Johns Creek Hospital in GA since 2014.  
- President of Atlanta chapter at the Society of Hospital Medicine since 1/2023.

<https://isaic1.org>

 IASIC, the International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis, are doctors who educate on marijuana. IASIC is an organization of international experts on cannabis who are guided by medicine and science to provide accurate and honest information that guides decision-making. We recognize that the use of cannabis is potentially harmful, and that policies or practices which enhance or increase the use of cannabis risk serious medical and social consequences.

- [Home](https://iasic1.org)
- [Leadership](https://iasic1.org/advisory-board/)
- [Library](https://iasic1.org/library/)
- [News](https://iasic1.org/news/)
- [Risks](https://iasic1.org/risks/)
- [Upcoming Speaker Series](https://education.iasic1.org)
- [Contact Us](https://iasic1.org/contact/)

©2026 International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis. All rights reserved.

- <https://www.facebook.com/IASIC1>
- <https://twitter.com/IASIC3>

```json
{
  "@context" : "https://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "IASIC",
    "url" : "https://education.iasic1.org/speaker-series/author/iasic"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2024-02-26T18:50:46.855Z",
  "datePublished" : "2023-09-12T21:00:00.000Z",
  "headline" : "Case Report on Cannabis-Induced Acute Encephalopathy in elderly after taking CBD",
  "mainEntityOfPage" : {
    "@id" : "https://education.iasic1.org/speaker-series/case-report-on-cannabis-induced-acute-encephalopathy-in-elderly-after-taking-cbd",
    "@type" : "WebPage"
  },
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "url" : "https://education.iasic1.org/hubfs/IASIC_logo.svg"
    }
  }
}
```