2010 6th National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics

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Our 6th conference is scheduled for April 15-17, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick (Providence), Rhode Island. We will be co-sponsoring this conference with other organizations including the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC), the Rhode Island State Nurses Association (RISNA), MAMA, the American Alliance of Cannabis Medicine, and the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine.

I hope some of you from OR can make the trip.

Take care, ML

Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, CLNC
President and Co-founder
Patients Out of Time
1472 Fish Pond Rd.
Howardsville, VA 24562

www.medicalcannabis.com (http://www.medicalcannabis.com/)

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Here is the agenda for the upcoming Cannabis Therapeutics Conference in 2010 in Rhode Island.

http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Clinical-Conferences/2010-upcoming-conference

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The Sixth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, co-sponsored by the School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco; the Rhode Island State Nurses Association and Patients Out of Time will be held on April 15 - 17, 2010 at the Crowne Plaze Hotel in Warwick, RI.
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Continuing education credits will be available through the University of California's Office of Continuing Medical Education. (http://www.cecity.com/ce-bin/owa/bel?cc=CECA&aid=14422)
Agenda - Sixth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
Thursday April 15, 2010
7pm Reception & Exhibits
Friday, April 16, 2010
7:30 - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 - Al Byrne - Welcome/Opening Remarks – Donald Abrams, MD (UCSF), Stephen Hogan, Jr. (RIPAC) and Donna Policastro, RN (RISNA)
8:30 - Raphael Mechoulam, PhD –Cannabis:Opening New Vistas in Both Therapy and Chemical Biology
9:10 - John McPartland, DO – A Molecular View of the Synergistic Shotgun.
9:35 - Robert Melamede PhD– Endogenous Cannabinoid System Review

10:00 Break
10:20 - Gregory L. Gerdeman, PhD – Cannabinoids and the Neurobiology of Reward, Habit Formation and Addiction

10:45 - Andrea Hohmann, PhD – Endocannabinoid System & Neuropathic Pain

11:10 - Heather Bradshaw, PhD – The Endogenous Cannabinoid System and Reproductive Pain
11:35 - Mark Ware, MD, MSc, MRCP – Safety of Medical Cannabis Use
12:00 Lunch
1:30 - Ed Glick – Growing Cannabis for Medicine

1:50 - Lyle Craker, PhD – Chasing the Rainbow- Medical Cannabis and the Struggle to Break the NIDA Monopoly.
2:10 David Bearman, MD – American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine
2:30 Break
2:50 - Philippe Lucas –It Can’t Hurt to Ask: A Patient Survey of Canadian Medical Cannabis Users
3:10 - Sandee Burbank – Oral Preparations
3:30`- Manley West, PhD, MD (or replacement) – Ophthalmic Preparations

3:50 - Charles Alexandre, RN & Todd Handel, MD (RI) - Jeff Marshall (or replacement) & Bryan Krumm, RN, CNP (NM) – State Programs and Supplying Patients with Medicinal Cannabis

4:10 - Sunil Aggarwal, MD,PhD Candidate - Geographic Snapshots of Medical Cannabis Access and Delivery in Washington State
4:30 End of day
6:00-10:00 - Benefit Dinner-Weil Presentation-Silent and Live Auction-Reggae Band-Live Comedy
7:00 PM - Andrew Weil, MD – Live Video Lecture - Alternative Medicine

Saturday, April 17, 2010
7:30 Registration
8:00 Al Byrne - Welcome – Melanie Dreher, RN, PhD
8:20 Raphael Mechoulam, PhD – Head Trauma, Osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s Disease – An Unexpected Trio
9:00 Reinaldo Takahashi, PhD – Cannabinoids and Aversive Memories in Animals: Novel Perspectives in the Treatment of PTS(d)
9:30 Denis Petro, MD - Cannabis in the Treatment of Eye Movement Disorders, Congenital and Pendular Nystagmus
10:00 Break
10:20 - Richard Musty, PhD – Cognitive and Psychomotor Effects of Cannabis
10:50 - Michael Krawitz and Martin Chilcutt – Veterans and Pain, PTS(d) Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injuries
11:20 - Jose Crippa,MD, PhD – Cannabidiol for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Past, Present and Future
12:00 Lunch
1:30 - Jay Rostow (VA) & Rhonda O'Donnell (RI) - Cannabis for Muscle Spasms and MS
2:00 - Donald Abrams, MD – Cannabinoid:Opioid Interactions

2:30 - Jane Metrik, PhD – Variability in Marijuana's Acute Effects: The Role of Expectancies, Pharmacology and Genetics
3:00 - Break
3:20 - Mary Lynn Mathre, RN – Harm Reduction and Cannabis
3:45 - Faculty in Attendance, Mathre-Moderator Q & A
4:30 End of Conference