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Public Health Impacts of Cannabis Legalization in the USA

IASIC
June 29, 2022

Speaker Janni Leung. The public health impacts of cannabis legalization have received public attention with several jurisdictions around the world going through changes in cannabis policies. This talk summarizes research on the public health impacts of cannabis legalization in the USA, where the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis use has been in effect for the longest and where the most extensive research has been conducted to date. 

Video link: https://vimeo.com/732111502/79b9ffaf12

Speaker Details

Full Name
Janni Leung

Bio
Dr Janni Leung is an epidemiologist and is a Global Substance Use and Mental Health Research Fellow at The University of Queensland in Australia. They have qualifications and training in public health, sociology, and psychology. In addition, they have strong research and teaching experience in epidemiology and biostatistics. They have published over 100 scientific papers and conference presentations in the substance use epidemiology field. Janni is committed to conducting high-quality rigorous research to generate empirical scientific evidence to inform decisions to prevent substance use-related harms in the population.