UBC experts on 4/20 cannabis events

Annual 4/20 cannabis events take place this Saturday—the first such events since cannabis was legalized in Canada. The following experts are available to comment on a variety of related topics, including policy and regulation, health and psychological effects, harm reduction, addiction and therapeutic use.

Rielle Capler
Researcher, BC Centre for Substance Use
Email: rielle@telus.net
• Medical cannabis
• Cannabis policy
• Cannabis retail
• Harm reduction

Sarah Daniels
Master’s student, Clinical psychology
Tel: 778-214-4519
Email: sarah.daniels@ubc.ca
• Cannabis in general
• Cannabis in prenatal care
• Parenting and cannabis
• Cannabis and mindfulness
• Cannabis and yoga

Mark Haden
School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 778-873-1424
Email: mark@markhaden.com
• Process of legalization
• Policy and regulation
• Relationship to psychedelic legalization

Emily Jenkins
School of Nursing
Tel: 604-822-4980
Email: emily.jenkins@ubc.ca
• Young people and cannabis use
• Setting the legal age for access to cannabis in Canada
• Harm reduction
• Cannabis and health

Stephanie Lake
PhD candidate, School of Population and Public Health
• Cannabis, public health, harm reduction, youth and students, opioids
Limited availability, by phone only. Please arrange interview via Kevin Hollett, communications lead for BC Centre on Substance Use, 778-918-1537 or kevin.hollett@bccsu.ubc.ca

M-J Milloy
Department of Medicine
BC Centre on Substance Use
• Cannabis for harm reduction
• Implementation of cannabis legalization
• Therapeutic aspects of cannabis for pain, addiction and HIV
Limited availability, by phone only. Please arrange interview via Kevin Hollett, communications lead for BC Centre on Substance Use, 778-918-1537 or kevin.hollett@bccsu.ubc.ca

Susan Murch
Department of Chemistry, Okanagan campus
Email: susan.murch@ubc.ca
• Plant growth
• Plant chemistry
• CBD and THC

Michelle St. Pierre
PhD student, clinical psychology
Email: michelle.stpierre@ubc.ca
• Cannabis and mental health
• Adolescent substance use
• Cannabis and pain management
• Cannabis education

Mark Tyndall
School of Population and Public Health
Email: mark.tyndall@bccdc.ca
• Public health
• Regulation
• Impact on opioid crisis

Zach Walsh
Department of Psychology, Okanagan campus
Cell: 778-821-1555
Email: zachary.walsh@ubc.ca
• Addiction, cannabis
• Psychedelic medicine, ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA, LSD

Contact

Clare Hamilton-Eddy
UBC Media Relations
Tel: 604-822-3213
Cel: 604-837-7831
Email: clare.hamilton-eddy@ubc.ca