141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Marijuana in the Headlines: Medicinal & Illicit Use

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Robert Carroll, PhD(c), MN, RN, ACRN

12:30pm
Marijuana as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs among medical marijuana users from a cluster-based sample of dispensaries in los angeles county (LAC)   
Tina Kim, PhD MA, Benedict Lee, PhD, Shantel Muldrew, Christine Grella, PhD and Luz Rodriguez
12:50pm
Medical cannabis use among adolescents: A comparative analysis   
Candice Beathard, PhD, MA
  
1:10pm
Marijuana use and academic performance: A longitudinal study   
Lusine Nahapetyan, MPH, Heidi Ehrenreich, PhD, MPH and Pamela Orpinas, PhD
1:30pm
Does perceived risk of marijuana use mediate or moderate the relationship between perceived availability and use of marijuana in past year by adolescents aged 12 to 17?   
Mian B. Hossain, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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