2013 International Drug Policy Symposium. Through the maze: Cannabis and Health

In 1993 the New Zealand Drug Foundation held our first Cannabis and Health conference. Over the past 20 years a lot has changed and a lot has stayed the same.

Help clear the clouded conversations around cannabis. Because it’s easy to get lost in the maze of issues around the world’s most widely used illicit drug, we’re putting on this symposium to address the real health, policy and research issues around cannabis.

The 2013 International Drug Policy Symposium Through the Maze: Cannabis and Health will bring together some of the best minds about cannabis and health from around the world for three days in Auckland, New Zealand 27-29 November.

Topics covered include

• Prevention — what works to help?
• Treatment — what is working?
• Cannabis and Crime — how does the justice system deal with cannabis?
• Medicinal cannabis — are the medical benefits real?
• Synthetic cannabis — is it cannabis at all?
• Global perspectives — what is happening around the world

We’re also really keen to hear what you want to know about cannabis and health, so participants are encouraged to get involved and provide us with ideas which the speakers will address.

For more reasons why you should attend, check out www.nzdrug.org/cannabiswhy

An impressive array of New Zealand and international experts has been corralled to answer your questions about cannabis.

Nadia Solowij

Nadia is a genius on the effects of cannabis on the breain and currently is an associate professor in the school of Psychology at the University of Wollongong.

Professor Wayne Hall

Professor Hall is a fountain of knowledge on the health effects of cannabis. He spoke at our first cannabis and health conference in 1993. Currently he is at the University of Queensland specialising in addiction, mental health and public health.

Richie Poulton

Richie is the director of the Dunedin Longitudinal study that operates out of Otago University. He’s one of New Zealand’s go to experts on the long term effects of cannabis.

To find out who else is speaking visit nzdrug.org/cannabisspeakers

This is a not to be missed event with only 200 seats available. Don’t wait another 20 years for our next one, register now: www.drugfoundation.org.nz.

When: 27-29 November 2013
Where: Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
Contact: events@drugfoundation.org.nz
Register: drugfoundation.org.nz
Facebook: facebook.com/NZDrugFoundation
Twitter: twitter.com/NZdrug

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