High Potency THC Cannabis, What You Need to Know: Problems and Solutions

Join us for the Alliance for Addiction Solutions Monthly educational forum, featuring Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Stuyt, MD

This talk will cover how the increasing concentration of THC in cannabis is resulting in increasing problems with cannabis use disorder, psychosis, violence, and suicide, especially in those whose brains are still developing, as well as problems with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Potential solutions will be discussed. 

Objectives:

• Understand how today’s marijuana is not like the marijuana they may have experienced in the past.

• Report what levels of THC are supported by the literature for certain medical conditions and what levels have not been supported by research.

• Describe the effect of THC on those whose brains are still developing – up to age 25.

 • Discuss the role high potency THC cannabis plays in addiction, anxiety, depression, suicide, psychosis, violence, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, and cognitive impairment.

About the Speaker:

Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Stuyt, MD is a board-certified Psychiatrist and has worked in the addiction/behavioral

health field since 1990. She was the Medical Director for the Circle Program, a 90-day inpatient

treatment program, funded by the state of Colorado, for persons with co-occurring mental illness and

substance abuse who have failed other levels of treatment from 1999 - 2020. She was instrumental in

helping the Circle Program to become tobacco free in January 2000 and has been a strong advocate of

the need to address all addictions at the same time, including tobacco, to improve outcomes. She has

been actively incorporating complementary treatments into treatment programs, including the 5-point

ear acupuncture NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) protocol and BST (Brain

Synchronization Therapy), to help patients recover from addiction as well as trauma which often

underlies addiction and chronic pain issues. She retired from clinical practice in 2021 and continues to

do consultant work for treatment programs, trainings on ear acupuncture and BST and presentations to

educate as many people as possible on the un-intended consequences of the commercialization of

marijuana in Colorado, focusing primarily on the deleterious effects of high potency THC on the

developing brain and mental health. She is on the board of the International Academy on the Science

and Impacts of Cannabis (IASIC) and believes that people should be following the science regarding

policies related to cannabis.

libbystuyt@msn.com

719-671-1611

This is a must-attend event for anyone who wants to explore resources of addiction solutions designed to optimize brain function.