Educational Resources
Websites for Public Education
Learn About Cannabis – WA
First developed in 2015, the LearnAboutCannabisWA.org website is updated annually. It was created in response to a legislative mandate that partially funds ADAI for the “creation, maintenance, and timely updating of web-based public education materials providing medically and scientifically accurate information about the health and safety risks posed by cannabis use.”
This website includes resources for parents, teens, and adult consumers; and information about cannabis products and health risks.
Personal Experiences with High-THC Cannabis
The Personal Experiences with High-THC Cannabis page (on LearnAboutCannabisWA.org) features videos of parents, health care providers, and individuals sharing how high-THC products have affected their families, their clients, or themselves. While these stories do not represent all people who use high-THC cannabis products, capturing negative experiences is important because many people believe that cannabis use is completely safe, and that there aren’t any health risks. Listening to people who have experienced harm from high-THC products will help us better understand the possible effects and risks of using these products.
This information is intended to help people make more informed choices around their cannabis use and reduce the risk of having a bad or unintended experience. Especially when trying new or unfamiliar products, the key advice is to “start low and go slow.”
ADAI Cannabis Research Symposia
Every other year, CERP organizes a one-day symposium with lead experts on select cannabis topics. Slides and recordings of all these events are available to the public
Our latest symposium was held on September 19, 2024 and titled: Cannabis, Schizophrenia, and Other Psychotic Disorders: Moving Away from Reefer Madness Toward Science.
Previous Symposia Slides & Recordings
Find slides and recordings from our previous cannabis-focused research symposia here:
Resources for Clinicians
CannTalk Educational Resources for Clinicians
CannTalk was designed to equip Coordinated Specialty Care teams and behavioral health clinicians with skills to communicate more effectively about cannabis and guide clients towards reducing or quitting their cannabis use. CannTalk offers providers with an online training and materials to facilitate conversations.
CannTalk resources include:
Medicinal Cannabis and Chronic Pain: Science-Based Education in Times of Legalization
Developed for health professionals and updated in 2020, the Medicinal Cannabis and Chronic Pain online training presents current information and clinical practice guidelines on the use of medicinal cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain.
The first module is a basic primer on the mechanism of action of medicinal cannabis, its medical uses, and Washington State law. The second module focuses on the best clinical practices associated with the recommendation of medicinal cannabis. This training also provides tools that may be useful to health care providers in their discussion with patients about the use of medicinal cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain.
