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SASH Trainer of Trainers Substances, Suicide & the Older Adults Addiction and Older Adults SUBSTANCE ABUSE & DEPRESSION People with a recent major depressive episode who also had recent drug/alcohol use were more than 2x as likely

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SASH Trainer of Trainers Substances, Suicide & the Older Adults

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Addiction and Older Adults

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE & DEPRESSION

People with a recent major depressive episode who also had recent drug/alcohol use were more than 2x as likely to attempt suicide than were people with depression who did not have drug/alcohol use.

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Alcohol Abuse and Suicide

Compared to the general population, people

treated for alcohol abuse or dependence are at about ten times greater risk for suicide.(6)

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Marijuana & Driving…..

Marijuana’s impact on driving skills seems to

indicate that THC concentrations of 7-10 ng/ml may produce similar to blood alcohol concentrations of .05%. (Groternhermen et al., 2007).

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Medical Marijuana and the Elderly

1. Concerns about Health Harms
2. Concerns about Drug Interactions
3. Concerns about Memory Problems
4. Concerns about Cannabis Misuse

http://learnaboutmarijuanawa.org/factsheets/olderadults.htm

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