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NAPD 2024 We The Defenders - Detroit
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Wednesday, August 14 • 10:15am - 11:45am
Voluntary Brain Disease? Substance Use Disorder, Neurobiological Effects, and Mitigating Factors

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In many legal jurisdictions substance use is a voluntary act that may result in mental impairment that does not mitigate legal consequences for the substance using individual. This session will introduce the ways in which substance use disorder is a brain disease, providing information about the physical and neurobiological effects of different substances on the brain and how these may result in individual impairment. The various ways in which substances can impact an individual and how this information can be used to develop mitigation will be brainstormed during the session. Recent legal cases related to substance use and the role of the individual will be discussed.
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Stephanne Thornton

Clinical Director/Owner, West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program/Transform Legal
Stephanne Cline Thornton is the Clinical Director for the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program and owner of Transform Legal, focusing on mitigation and training. Stephanne is also the Social Work Training and Resource Coordinator for NAPD. She is a Licensed Independent... Read More →

Wednesday August 14, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
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