Why the rush to cannabis might not be such a good idea for people with multiple sclerosis

Please join us …

When: Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12–1 p.m.

Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Who: Anthony Feinstein, MBBCh, MRCPsych, MPhil, PhD, FRCPC; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Neuropsychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, Sunnybrook Hospital

Topic: Why the rush to cannabis might not be such a good idea for people with mulitiple sclerosis (MS)

Learning objectives

1. Appreciate the link between cannabis (smoked) and cognition in MS
2. Understand how brain function and structure can explain, at least in part, the association between cannabis and cognition in MS
3. Appreciate that cognition can improve with cannabis abstinence in people with MS.

Anthony Feinstein