(2 CEU Live Webinar) Marijuana is Legal...Now What?

Wednesday, 9 February 2022 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

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Wednesday, 9 February 2022 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

2 Ethics CEUs

Marijuana was legalized for recreational purposes in New Jersey through a ballot initiative in 2020, and approved by the governor in 2021. During this webinar, we will review the important advocacy work that led us to this significant step towards reducing the harms of the racist drug war. We will also review existing research on the effects of recreational legalization in states that have already fully implemented this policy. The presentation will end with tangible strategies on what this new law means for social workers specifically, and what we can do to best educate our clients and communities.

 Objectives:

1. Understand the advocacy efforts that went into this important legislation to reinforce how valuable the outcomes of this new law will be for communities most impacted by the drug war.

2. Explore the effects of marijuana legalization in other states/countries.

3. Build awareness of educational strategies to prepare clients, families and communities for the presence of legalized marijuana in NJ

For those licensed in NY: NASW New Jersey Chapter SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0138. This course does not necessarily meet supervision requirements in the state of New York.

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For more information, contact hfrench.naswnj@socialworkers.org or 732-993-7311

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Learn more aboutSandy Gibson, PhD, LCSW Sandy Gibson, PhD, LCSW
Sandy Gibson, PhD, LCSW
Professor, TCNJ

Sandy Gibson, PhD, LCSW, LCADC is a Professor with The College of New Jersey. She received her masters and PhD in social work from the University of Maryland with a specialization in addictions. She worked as an addiction counselor for six year in Alexandria, Virginia before completing her PhD in social work and becoming a Study Director at a research institute at Temple University for seven years. There she developed and evaluated addiction prevention and treatment programming. In 2010 she became faculty at TCNJ in the Department of Counselor Education where she teaches addiction counseling, research and statistics, measurement and evaluation and practicum/internship. During her tenure at TCNJ, she received a contract from Mercer County to direct the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center and recently developed new curriculum that is now used statewide, and a psychoeducation program for adolescents who are convicted of their first possession of cannabis charge that offers accompanying expungement upon completing. She also recently finished a study exploring how the use of Narcan to save someone’s life or have one’s own life saved affects drug use behavior change in the future. Now, she is actively working to promote harm reduction and a shift from a criminal justice to public health-based approach to drug use in New Jersey.

About Sandy Gibson, PhD, LCSW

Professor, TCNJ

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