South African Addiction Medicine Society Symposium

Pre-symposium workshop: Medical management of opioid use disorders
Sponsored by Equity Pharma TBC Venue: Wanderers (Max 20 pax)

Plenary Session 1: Anxiety and Addiction
08:00-08:10 Welcome
08:10-08:40 Anxiety disorders and substance use disorders
08:40- 09:10 Benzodiazepines- savior or villain 

Plenary Session 2: Opioids and Addiction
09:10-09:50 Hepatitis C – a growing epidemic 
09:50-10:20 Opioid conundrums

Plenary session 3: Addiction and Young People
10:50-11:20 Cannabis and the adolescent
11:20-11:50 Double trouble: ADHD and addiction 
11:50-12:20 Global health dimensions and neurobiological correlates of gambling disorder

Plenary session 4: What’s Trending?
13:10- 13:40 Emerging evidence for medicinal use of psychedelics 13:40-14:10 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Addiction Care

Plenary 5: Ethics
14:10-15:10 The addicted health care worker