Webinars

Cannabis Policy Considerations for Alberta Post-Secondary Campuses

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Dates
Registration will close on March 21, 2018.

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Dates
The pre-event opens on December 3, 2024. Registration will close on March 21, 2018.

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Dates
The main event opens on March 21, 2018. Registration will close on March 21, 2018.

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Dates
The post event opens on March 21, 2018. Post-event will close on March 28, 2018.

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Dates
The public archive opens on March 28, 2018.

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Webinars Date: March 21, 2018

Healthy Campus Alberta and presenters overviewed cannabis related policy considerations for Alberta Post-secondary institutions. This webinar covered the following:

  • Best practice in policy development, including how to choose policy direction.
  • Steps to creating policy including: key areas to consider regarding cannabis, conversations, and principles on the road to creation of policy.
  • Policy considerations for Dry campuses, what are the considerations and implications from legalization to their policy that is already in place.
  • Lessons learned from Tobacco policy and how to take this opportunity to strengthen smoking policies on campus.
  • Q&A

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Resources

Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG)

From Centre for Addiction and Mental Health An evidence-based tool to guide choices and improve the health of Canadians who use cannabis, provided by the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). For more information from CAMH about cannabis , click here.

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Alberta Cannabis Framework, Legislation, and Fact Sheet.

From the Government of Alberta “Alberta’s system for legalized cannabis will provide adults safe access to legal cannabis while protecting Alberta’s youth and public health, promoting safety on roads, in workplaces and in public spaces, and limiting the illegal market.” Excerpt from pg. 2 of the handbook To view the...

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Cannabis evidence series : an evidence synthesis

From the University of Calgary “Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Canada. In 2015, the new Liberal government of Canada announced their plan to legalize cannabis and in June of 2016 a federal task force on cannabis was announced. Guided by this task force, cannabis legislation is...

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Cannabis Legalization in Alberta

Healthy Campus Alberta joined Alberta Health Services for an overview and update of cannabis legalization. This webinar covered: The basics of cannabis legalization at the Federal and Provincial levels of government Provide an overview of the public health approach to legalization A quick review of the research Low risk use guidelines...

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