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Marijuana
Trainings
Self Paced Resources
Marijuana Use in Adolescent Populations
Topic Areas: Youth, Marijuana perceptions and usage
Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Other Healthcare providers, Certified Health Education Specialists, Educators, Trainers
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Requirements: Enrollment and Registration/Sign in required
Cost: Free
Marijuana Exposure in Pediatric Populations
Topic Areas: Pediatric patients, Marijuana exposure
Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Certified health education specialists & other Healthcare providers/professionals
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Requirements: Enrollment and Registration/Sign in required
Cost: Free
Marijuana Use in Perinatal Populations
Topic Areas: Perinatal populations, Marijuana usage
Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Certified health education specialists and Other healthcare providers/professionals
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Requirements: Enrollment and Registration/Sign in required
Cost: Free
Recorded Webinars
Marijuana Messages: Art and Media Strategies to Reach Priority Population Youth
Topic Areas: Youth, Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities
Target Audience: Local, state, & tribal public health professionals; Youth development specialists in schools & Community-based organizations
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Requirements: Create Account/Log in
Cost: Free
Talking to Teens in the Era of Recreational Cannabis Legalization
Topic Areas: Youth
Target Audience: Public health, School administration, School health, Teachers, Parents, Coaches, Community leaders, Law enforcement
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: New England Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Create Account/Log in, Enroll
Cost: Free
Talking Marijuana with Parents & trusted adults
Topic Areas: Youth
Target Audience: Parents, Teachers, Coaches, Mentors
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Changing Perceptions of Risk
Topic Areas: Youth
Target Audience: Trusted adults: Parents, Teachers, Coaches, Mentors
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Substance Use and Misuse among Teens: Healthcare Strategies for Screening and Intervention
Topic Areas: Violence and injury prevention, Substance use/misuse, SBIRT
Target Audience: Local, state, and tribal public health practitioners
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Requirements: Create account
Cost: Free
The Impact of Legalization on Youth
Topic Areas: Youth, Marijuana Use, Policy
Target Audience: Public health community, Policy makers
Approximate length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Offered by: Research Triangle Institute International
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Marijuana Potpourri: Updates on pediatric exposures, prevention, adolescent use, CHS, evidence for CBD, & local policy
Topic Areas: Exposure, Health effects, Marijuana use
Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Certified health education specialists & Other professionals
Approximate length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Offered by: Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU)
Requirements: Enroll; Register
Cost: Free
Marijuana Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Clinical Guidance
Topic Areas: Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Target Audience: Childcare Providers, Educators/Trainers, Case Managers
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: CDPHE - Retail Marijuana Public Health Advisory Committee
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create Account/Log in)
Cost: Free
Structural Factors and Sexual Orientation Disparities in Adolescent Substance Use
Topic Areas: Youth, Minority Health / Health Disparities, Substance Abuse (Alcohol Tobacco, Marijuana & Other Drugs)
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Professionals, General Public Health Staff
Approximate length: 40 minutes
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Virtual Reality
Engaging Adolescent Patients About Marijuana Use
Topic Areas: Adolescents, Marijuana use, Motivational interviewing
Target Audience: Childcare Providers, Educators/Trainers, Nurses, Physicians & Other Clinicians, Social Workers, Substance Abuse Professionals
Approximate length: 30 - 3+ hours (depending on desired amount of repeat practice)
Offered by: SIMmersion Training Center
Requirements: Launch
Cost: Free
Online Resources
Marijuana and Public Health
Topic Areas: Health effects
Target Audience: Public health, General public, Prevention practitioners
Approximate length:
Offered by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Risks of Adolescent Marijuana Use
Topic Areas: Adolescent health, Substance use
Target Audience: Prevention practitioners, Parents & others
Approximate length:
Offered by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Adolescent Health
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
PDF Documents
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Factors Associated with Use
Topic Areas: Marijuana use, Youth
Target Audience: Public health
Approximate length: 31 pages
Offered by: SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Marijuana
Topic Areas: Effects of marijuana, Marijuana use
Target Audience:
Approximate length: 56 pages
Offered by: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Colorado Retail Marijuana: Education & Prevention Resource Guide
Topic Areas: Effects of marijuana, Marijuana use
Target Audience: Community-based organizations, Government agencies, Youth-serving professionals, Coalitions, Schools and Educators, Healthcare professionals, Marijuana industry professionals, & Communications professionals within those organizations
Approximate length: 53 pages
Offered by: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Requirements: None
Cost: Free