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Cannabis and young minds: what parents and families should know

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This RCSI MyHealth Series event, focusing on the topic of cannabis and young minds, explores the latest research on how cannabis affects brain development and mental health in young people.

This episode is chaired by Miriam O’Callaghan, Irish television presenter and current affairs presenter with RTÉ.  

Panellists include: 

  • Ms Laura Stack, Founder and CEO of Johnny’s Ambassadors.
  • Professor Mary Cannon, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, RCSI and Consultant Psychiatrist, Beaumont Hospital.
  • Professor Norman Delanty, Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Clinical Investigator with FutureNeuro Research Centre, and RCSI Honorary Clinical Professor.
  • Professor Colin O’Gara, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Addiction Services, St John of God Hospital.

    • All useful resources, including all of those shared by our speakers and those that were made available to take away from the support stands present on the night, can be freely downloaded and viewed on the website www.rcsi.com/myhealth

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