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Cannabis and Young Minds: What Parents and Families should know.

• Date: 26 March 2025
• Time: 18:00 – 19:30
• Location: Desmond Auditorium RCSI 26 York Street, Dublin 2

This RCSI MyHealth Series event, focusing on the topic of cannabis, will explore the latest research on how cannabis affects brain development and mental health in young people. The event will feature healthcare providers as well as a patient advocate who will share their personal story to shed light on the challenges young people and families face.

This in-person event is free of charge and open to the general public to attend.

The event will be chaired by Miriam O’Callaghan, Irish television presenter and current affairs presenter with RTÉ.

Panellists include:

• Ms Laura Stack, Founder and CEO of Johnny’s Ambassadors
• Professor Mary Cannon, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, RCSI and Consultant Psychiatrist, Beaumont Hospital
• Professor Norman Delanty, Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Clinical Investigator with FutureNeuro Research Centre, and RCSI Honorary Clinical Professor
• Professor Colin O’Gara, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Addiction Services, St John of God Hospital; Clinical Professor, Medicine & Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University College Dublin

To assist with planning, please register your interest and indicate if you plan on attending in-person on the night.