Topics covered will include:

• Using NRT in a cannabis context.
• Cannabis and tobacco, the medical evidence.
• Understanding psychological addiction relating to cannabis.
• Physical withdrawal symptoms from cannabis, reality or myth.
• Strategies for working with young cannabis users.
• The mental health perspective (when, where and how to refer).
• Cannabis and ambivalence.
• Demographics of cannabis use.
• Tolerance and the risks associated with skunk, and stronger strains of cannabis.
• A uniform assessment procedure.
• Lapse and relapse prevention strategies.