2024 ADAI Symposium
The Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute’s Cannabis Education & Research Program hosted this day-long hybrid (in-person and virtual) event on September 19, 2024 titled “Cannabis, Schizophrenia, and Other Psychotic Disorders: Moving Away from Reefer Madness Toward Science.”
Recordings & Slides for Each Session
Opening Remarks
- Susan Ferguson, PhD, Director, Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI), University of Washington
- Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH, Director, ADAI Cannabis Education and Research Program
Keynote: Cannabis use and psychosis: Past, present, and future
Moderators: Kristen Haley, BA & Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH
Speaker: Marta Di Forti, MD, PhD*
King’s College of London, United Kingdom [slides]
Panel: Reviewing the evidence: Cannabis use, schizophrenia, and psychotic disorders
Moderators: Sarah Okey, PhD & Sharon Garrett, MPH, MA
- Cannabis-induced psychosis and schizophrenia following cannabis legalization and commercialization in Canada (video: 0:1:07)
Daniel Myran, MD, MPH (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada) [watch | slides] - Understanding causality between cannabis potency and psychotic experiences through longitudinal cohorts (video: 0:28:30)
Lindsey A. Hines, PhD (University of Bath, UK) [watch | slides] - Lived experience testimony video (video: 0:55:03 | watch)
- Gone to pot? The complex relationships between cannabis, cannabinoids and psychosis (video: 0:59:30)
Deepak Cyril D’Souza, MD (Yale University) [watch | slides not available] - Panel Q&A (video: 1:35:14 | watch)
- Lived experience testimony video (1:59:00 | watch)
Panel: Promising clinical interventions to reduce cannabis use among at-risk consumers
Moderators: Harrison Fontaine, PhD & Lyndsey Kellum, MEd
- Recent advances in novel approaches to reduce cannabis harms among young adults (Kilmer: 0:1:02 | watch; Walukevich-Dienst: 0:16:19 | watch)
Jason Kilmer, PhD and Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, PhD (University of Washington) [Kilmer slides | Walukevich-Dienst slides] - CannTalk: A brief intervention for discussing cannabis with clients experiencing psychosis. (video: 0:31:20)
Denise Walker, PhD (University of Washington) [watch | slides] - Lived experience testimony video (video: 0:59:19 | watch)
- Cannabis interventions to reduce consumption and risk among young adults (video: 1:05:09)
Erin Bonar, PhD (University of Michigan) [watch | slides] - Panel Q&A (video: 1:37:40 | watch)
Promising policies to reduce onset and progression of psychotic disorders in U.S. states with legal cannabis markets
Moderators: Marie Gray, MS & Sharon Garrett, MPH, MA
Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH
University of Washington [slides]
Funded by the Washington State Legislature through ESSB 5187 (2023) and by the University of Washington’s Cannabis Dedicated Account.
