Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hello everyone and we're glad you can attend Attitudes weekly ADHD experts

webinar. Just an introductory note before we get started.

If you've listened to one of our webinars before, you know we offer attendees a certificate of attendance.

When the webinar ends, the post-event survey will pop up.

It will list three questions about the quality of the webinar,

followed by three questions titled,

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Now for the theme of today's webinar, marijuana, and the ADHD brain.

As more and more states legalize marijuana, the general acceptance of cannabis as safe and medicinal has sort of taken hold.

But studies show that isn't the case, especially among those diagnosed with ADHD.

Those with the tension deficit carry a higher risk for

substance use problems and are especially vulnerable to cannabis's effects

physically and psychologically. Those effects are mostly negative. Cannabis can adversely

affect motivation, memory, focus, processing, and learning. It can also affect balance, posture, coordination, and reaction time and not in a good way.

We are very happy to have Roberto Oliveardia here today to talk about the latest science behind the cannabis ADHD connection.

Dr. Oliveardia is a clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Lexington, Massachusetts,

where he specializes in the treatment of ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic

disorder, and eating disorders.

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