Health Forum panelists will discuss legalized marijuana, health care industry

DeVos Center with fall trees
Panelists will discuss legalized marijuana and the health care industry at an event November 1 at the DeVos Center.
Image credit - Rachael Mooney

The implications of legalized marijuana for the health care industry will be discussed at the next Health Forum of West Michigan event hosted by Grand Valley's Office of the Vice Provost for Health.

Panelists will discuss the topic on Friday, November 1, from 8-9:30 a.m. in the DeVos Center, 401 Fulton St. W., on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus. A light breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public; RSVP online at gvsu.edu/vphealth

Panelists are Dr. Mandeep Bath, addiction psychiatrist for Pine Rest; Andrew Brisbo, executive director of the Marijuana Regulatory Agency for the State of Michigan; Scott Rifenberg, deputy chief, Grand Rapids Police Department; and John Titley, partner and corporate attorney for Varnum LLP. The moderator is Susan DeVuyst-Miller, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Ferris State University and clinical pharmacist for Cherry Health Services.

The Health Forum of West Michigan monthly series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; community partners, in addition to the Office of the Vice Provost for Health, are Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and the Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement. Visit gvsu.edu/vphealth for more information.

 

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