Michael Beazely, Assistant Professor, UW School of Pharmacy will be leading this presentation.

This session is an excellent opportunity to learn and ask questions about the basics of pharmacology and the cellular and physiological relationships to addiction. Dr. Beazely will provide an overview of depressants such as opiates (oxycontin, percocet, morphine, heroin etc.) and alcohol; stimulants like cocaine/crack and crystal meth/methamphetamine; and hallucinogens such as LSD, psilocybe, and salvia. Some consideration to the effects of mixing substances will be covered in this workshop.

Dr. Beazely recently joined the UW School of Pharmacy after completing a CIHR post-doctoral fellowship at in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto. His work with one of the premiere stroke researchers, and newly appointed Scientific Director of the Robarts Research Institute, John MacDonald, focused on the mechanisms of neuronal damage and death. Dr. Beazely completed his pharmacy degree at the University of Saskatchewan and his doctorate at Purdue University where he investigated the potential cellular mechanisms that underlie the development of addiction. Dr. Beazely is also involved in coordinating the pharmacology portion of the pharmacy curriculum.

Key Links:
http://web.mac.com/mbeazely/Lab_site/Home.html
http://www.camh.net/