CE Webinar: Medical Cannabis - Clearing the Air, presented by Josephine Cannella-Krehl, MSW, LCSW

Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia have passed medical cannabis laws. An additional 17 States have laws related to the legal use of CBD, a derivative of the cannabis plant. More and more people are turning to cannabis as a treatment option for both disease management and symptom control. This webinar will introduce Advocates and other healthcare professionals who participants to the human endocannabinoid system, what it is and what it does. The program will review how cannabis interacts with the body and the brain, provide an overview of conditions cannabis can be helpful for and refer participants to resources for exploring cannabis laws in their own states.

Program Objectives:

1. Participants will learn how cannabis is used therapeutically. 
2. Participants will learn how to research professionals to assist their patients on the type of cannabis for their specific conditions and the mode of delivery.
3. Participants will be able to identify conditions when cannabis can be helpful.

 
Josephine Cannella-Krehl, MSW, LCSW

Josephine Cannella-Krehl is a clinical social worker with a background in substance abuse counseling as well as in hospice and palliative care. When her father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, she began researching Cannabis as a therapeutic agent. As she began to realize that not only her patients but their family members were having to become “criminals” in order to access a plant that was providing them relief at their most vulnerable time, she felt a call to action. At the Florida state capitol, she connected with the Florida Cannabis Action Network and began developing strategies for the creation of sensible cannabis policies. She has testified at Department of Health Rulemaking workshops and in both Senate and House Committee meetings advocating for safe and legal access to cannabis. Now that Florida has an active medical cannabis program, she educates professionals and the general public on Cannabis Therapeutics and continues to advocate for the dignity, honor and informed decision making of patients.

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Building Your Practice: An Interview with L. Bradley Schwartz: Greater National Advocates & NAHAC

In this month’s Designing Your Practice webinar (Note: this is audio only), Anne Llewellyn, Board Member and Educational Chair for NAHAC will interview L. Bradley Schwartz, to learn why he started Greater National Advocates (GNA), his goals for the organization and his vision for the future of advocates as the practice emerges.

Program Objectives:

Session Objectives: Attendees will understand the benefits of becoming part of the Greater National Advocates network.

1.  How GNA benefits patient advocates and the public;
2.  How GNA fits in and works with NAHAC, APHA & PACB;
3.  Why GNA was formed and what it does for the profession;
4.  What GNA will do and what GNA won’t do;
5.  What GNA has accomplished and is about to accomplish; and
6.  Why the timing is perfect to get on board with GNA.

 L. Bradley Schwartz, Esq.

After serving on the Board of Directors of NAHAC and PACB, L. Bradley Schwartz founded Greater National Advocates in order to wake up the nation to the lifesaving benefits of Patient Advocacy and connect patients and loved ones with qualified advocates who can help. Mr. Schwartz represented insurance companies for almost 20 years until he entered the local emergency room with a worsening headache in 2004. Over the course of many hours with no meaningful treatment, he fell into a coma.  The ER physicians missed the warning signs of overwhelming sepsis caused by bacterial meningitis, and upon awakening from the coma, all four of his limbs were amputated. In 2018, Mr. Schwartz founded Greater National Advocates where he serves as president of a national public service organization dedicated to promoting Patient Advocacy with the goal of reducing instances of medical error.

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