NAMI Jeffco Education Night: The Long Lasting Effects of Marijuana

November's topic: The Long-Lasting Effects of Marijuana featuring special guest speaker Dr. Elizabeth L. Stuyt, MD!

About this month's presentation:

On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, from 7-8:15 pm via Zoom, NAMI Jeffco will host Dr. Libby Stuyt, an Addiction Psychiatrist with over 36 years of experience. She is motivated to educate as many people as possible about the downside of our high potency THC marijuana, especially in adolescents. Although she is not a prohibitionist, she used to think there was no real difference between alcohol and marijuana, but her thinking has changed. Her presentation will address the long-lasting effects of marijuana, especially on adolescents and people diagnosed with mental health issues.

About the speaker:

Dr. Stuyt is a board-certified Addiction Psychiatrist and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Stuyt received her Bachelor‘s degree in Biomedicine from Texas A & M University and her medical degree from Texas Tech University at Lubbock in 1986. She has been working in the field of addiction psychiatry since 1990. She is working with people diagnosed with dual diagnosis/co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Dr. Stuyt is also a Mental Health and Addiction Specialist.