For Utah Prevention Professionals: Marijuana Policy in Utah

For Utah Prevention Professionals: Marijuana Policy in Utah

Presenter: Scott Gagnon, MPP, PS-C; Director, New England PTTC; AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc.

• Participants will learn about the importance of public policy that is data driven and informed by public health and prevention science.

• Participants will learn how to use the Strategic Prevention Framework and prevention strategies to address intervening variables and contributing factors in their states and/or communities.

• Participants will learn about the importance of training community sectors in marijuana science and how it can be a powerful environmental strategy for prevention.