How are you staying motivated recently? Here are some ways to keep your energy up.

Upcoming free webinar from the PTTC 9. Participants will learn about marijuana: its pharmacology, THC, CBD, and its effects on the body. The webinar will present the most factual information and up-to-date data on marijuana and participants will review illuminating examples of daily marijuana poisonings that present to emergency departments across the Pacific Southwest Region. Learn the facts vs. the myths to assist you in your prevention work and to educate and protect future generations in your state and/or jurisdiction.

Presenter - Roneet Lev, MD, FACEP, was the first Chief Medical Officer of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, ONDCP. She brought refreshing frontline medical experience to national health policy. She is a nationally acclaimed medical expert and speaker who continues to treat patients in the emergency department. As a mother of four, she relates to families who struggle. Dr. Lev uses data to drive change and is frequently quoted in print and television media. Dr. Lev is dually board certified in emergency and addiction medicine, bringing over 25 years of experience treating the frontline cases of addiction. She came to the White House as chief of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego.

To register click here.

Need a little break? Did you know there are live animal webcams that stream from places like the San Diego Zoo, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium?

Check out these links to find the different animal cams:

San Diego Zoo - https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

Smithsonian’s National Zoo - https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams

Monterey Bay Aquarium - https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

Right now, there is a 7-day old Giant Panda cub and 4-month-old Cheetah cubs at the National Zoo. Another favorite live cam is the Ape cam from the San Diego Zoo.

Happy Friday!

Many people, he added, are reluctant to tell doctors they use the drug or that they are dependent on it. CHS remains “way underrecognized” by doctors, he said, and is a diagnosis of exclusion typically made after other conditions have been ruled out.

“CHS is a very frustrating and alienating condition to have,” Danovitch added. “It often takes people a long time to be diagnosed and there’s a lot of suffering along the way.”

To view Washington Post article, click here.

CCR will be conducting workshops at this years National Prevention Network (NPN) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) statewide conference on August 25th. The session will focus on Prop 64's effects on public health and prevention efforts to tackle youth use.

See SUD conference details here.
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