Adam Birkenstock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who oversees the operations at the heart of LICADD’s mission, providing support, guidance, and oversight to each member of the clinical team. He provides supervision and training to staff members, drawing from his years of experience as a direct service worker in an OASAS setting to help his clinicians make appropriate referrals and provide effective care. Adam also coordinates with treatment agencies across Long Island to ensure all individuals contacting LICADD are accessing quality care at facilities that can help them on the path to recovery, and maintains contact with communities across the island combatting the epidemic of drug use. When he’s not meeting with professionals, educating clinicians and communities, or assisting his team in their work, you’ll find him on the phones at LICADD and in session with clients seeking help. The mission of LICADD calls on staff to engage on all levels to aid our communities in healing from drug and alcohol addiction – Adam is dedicated to that mission.
Adam received his undergraduate degree in German Language and Literature from Franklin & Marshall College in 2009, and his Master of Social Work degree from Adelphi University in 2013.
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Topic: Marijuana’s Impact on Our Youth
This keynote presentation will review the impacts of marijuana on our youth, discussing how its legalization has shifted social attitudes and perceptions of marijuana use, as well as marijuana’s biological, behavioral, and social impacts it has on today’s children and adolescents.
Participants will:
1) receive data on the current landscape of marijuana use;
2) increase an understanding of the impact of marijuana legalization;
3) identify the pros and cons of marijuana use;
4) gain insight into how our youth experience marijuana’s effects.
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Adam Birkenstock, LCSW
Program Director with Long Island Council on Alcoholism
(LICADD)
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