Wellspring Center for Prevention
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By: Mallory Stufsky, Substance Abuse Navigator With the topic of legalizing marijuana increasing in popularity, controversy regarding safety and other public health concerns come into question. Research from an October 2018 poll by the Pew Research Center found that 62 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization. Timothy Hsiao, a professor ...
The 16th Annual Middlesex County Prevention Education Summit will be held on Friday, June 15, 2018. The event’s theme is “Perspectives on Marijuana Legalization" and it will be held at the Middlesex County Fire Academy, 1001 Fire Academy Drive, Sayreville, NJ. The Summit will feature welcoming remarks by Andrew Carey, Middlesex County Prosecutor. He will be followed with a keynote address of by Kevin Sabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), who will speak to “Perspectives on Marijuana Legalization.” Following the keynote, John Zebrowski, Chief of Police at Sayreville Police Department will provide “A Law Enforcement Perspective” on the current efforts to legalize marijuana in New Jersey. The event will also feature a presentation by a representative from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) who will provide a Colorado Perspective on that state’s experience with the legalization of marijuana. And finally, the event will close with a panel...
