On Sunday, March 13, from 10 a.m.-noon, Or Emet will host a program led by Dr. Ken Winters, a senior scientist at the Oregon Research Institute (Minnesota site) and a consultant to the National American Indian/Alaska Native Technology Transfer Center.

Dr. Ken Winters

The program will be at the Talmud Torah of St. Paul, 768 Hamline Ave. South in St. Paul. Everyone is required to wear a mask and show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within the previous 72 hours. Those who cannot attend in person may join over Zoom. Please register in advance here.

Winters will present “Association of Cannabis Use and Risk of Mental Illness.” His primary research interests are related to the assessment and treatment of addictions, including adolescent drug abuse and other adolescent health issues. He co-founded Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota, a state action group. 

Previously a professor in the psychiatry department at the University of Minnesota, Winters founded and directed the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research for 25 years. He has received numerous research grants from the National Institutes of Health and various foundations to address adolescent health and has published more than 140 peer-reviewed articles and numerous book chapters during a 30-plus-year period.

Or Emet’s Sunday adult programs are free and open to the public, and meet concurrently with Or Emet’s Jewish Cultural Sunday School. Or Emet is a secular congregation celebrating and honoring Jewish culture, history and values from a humanistic, inclusive perspective. 

For information about Or Emet’s Jewish Cultural Sunday School, contact JCS director Arty Dorman at school-1@oremet.org. Or Emet’s events and programs may change per CDC and state guidelines during the pandemic. All updates and changes will be posted in Or Emet’s events calendar. For information about Or Emet, email info@oremet.org or visit oremet.org.