Seattle AWIS and ACS Puget Sound Section are co-presenting:

Recreational Marijuana: Science & Society

Wednesday – Nov. 19, 2014 – 6:00 pmFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Pelton Auditorium

1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109 – Free visitor parking

6:00pm – Networking and Refreshments6:30pm – Introductions and Panel Discussion 7:30pm – Networking and Dessert

Have you ever wondered about the scientific research and societal consequences surrounding legal, recreational

marijuana use for our community?

If so, please join AWIS and ACS for this forward-thinking scientific panel discussion, where we will be exploring topics such as regulating impaired driving, ensuring quality control of marijuana and cannabis-based products, understanding and treating marijuana dependency, and neurochemical and neurobiological issues surrounding marijuana use. Our distinguished panelists are:

Michelle Sexton, NDFounder, Chief Science Officer PhytaLabs (Cannabis testing facility)

Caleb J. Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSWSenior Research Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse InstituteAffiliate Associate Professor, UW School of Public Health

Denise Walker, PhDResearch Associate Professor, UW School of Social WorkCo-Director, UW Innovative Programs Research Group

Pratistha Ranjitkar, PhDClinical Chemistry Fellow, UW Department of Laboratory Medicine

This event is FREE but requires pre-registration. Space is limited and priority is given to

AWIS and ACS Members. Register here: http://SeattleAWIS-ACSPugetSound.eventbrite.com

More information at: http://www.seattleawis.org/ -- http://pugetsound.sites.acs.org