Welcome to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Maryland (NCADD-MD)
Our mission is
to raise public awareness of alcoholism and
drug dependence issues across the state, while
working to ensure those affected by the disease
of addiction have the resources necessary when
accessing treatment and sustaining
recovery.
Thank you for your support of
the
2018 Tuerk Conference
Please note: If you have not received your link to obtain your CEU certificate, please send an email to info@ncaddmaryland.org stating that.
Medical Cannabis in
Maryland:
Legal Issues
and Implications
William C. Tilburg, JD,
MPH
Director, Policy and Government
Relations
Maryland Medical
Cannabis Commission
(MMCC)
Medical
cannabis became available in Maryland on
December 1, 2017. Today there are more than 50
licensed dispensaries operating in the State
and nearly 50,000 patients enrolled in the
program. MMCC oversees all licensing,
registration, inspection, and testing measures
pertaining to Maryland's medical cannabis
program, including providing relevant program
information to patients, providers, medical
cannabis businesses, and independent testing
laboratories.
This presentation
discusses the interplay between federal and
state law regulating cannabis use, legal
protections for patients and providers, whether
employers may test or refuse to hire, fire, or
otherwise sanction employees for medical
cannabis use, and emerging professional and
healthcare concerns.
The Recovery Leadership Program provides members of the recovery community in Maryland with the knowledge and tools to effectively advocate for themselves and for the behavioral health community. An overall goal of the RLP is to work with those in recovery to impact public policies and public understanding of the disease of alcohol and substance use disorder, its treatment, prevention and support for recovery. RLP focuses on education of the public, peer advocacy, outreach and training, and weighs in on re-entry issues, health care reform and behavioral health integration.
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More than 23.5 million
Americans are currently living in recovery from
addiction – and they have found multiple
pathways to get well from alcohol and other
drug problems. In order to help those still in
the grips of active addiction, as well as the
family members and other loved ones who spend
endless hours trying to help them, it is
imperative that the many pathways of recovery
become more widely understood.
Multiple Pathways of Recovery
Guide FrontFacing Addiction with NCADD began
working in early 2017 to develop a guide that
describes the many pathways of recovery,
including testimonials from individuals who
have found recovery through a wide variety of
ways. The result is our Multiple Pathways of
Recovery Guide — a truly unprecedented
resource - you can download the guide by clicking
here.
We believe this kind of
information can help save lives through
educating those struggling, and their loved
ones, about the promise of recovery — and the
many different pathways of it.