Name
P03 - The Current State of Chemical Choices: What Drugs Teens and Young Adults are Choosing to Use and Why (1.50 CE)
Date & Time
Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Description
Speaker: Stephen Odom, PhD
Among teens and young adults, mind altering drug use continues unabated from experimental to abuse to dependence. In an authoritative, informative, and entertaining style, Dr. Stephen Odom explores and explains current drug use trends, prevalence, and consequences for teens and young adults today.
Understanding the availability, sourcing, and even the demographics and geography of what and how substances are being used will help the audience to leave with insights and even strategies for how to better identify use and how to approach treatment interventions today.
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:
Understanding the availability, sourcing, and even the demographics and geography of what and how substances are being used will help the audience to leave with insights and even strategies for how to better identify use and how to approach treatment interventions today.
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Describe current drug use trends among teens and young adults.
- Discuss the prevalence of various drugs by demographics and geography
- Recite and understand some of the unintended negative consequences of cannabis and synthetics use among young people.