The Miller School of Medicine’s Jeffrey S. Block, M.D. ’82, a board-certified anesthesiologist and highly recognized horticulturist and botanical medicine expert, will review the cannabis plant’s documented ethnobotanical co-evolution with human beings on Wednesday, March 2, at 8 p.m. in the Cox Science Center, 1301 Memorial Drive, room 145.

Block will discuss the new bioethical considerations confronting marijuana’s controversial contemporary use and abuse in light of recent discoveries and federal prohibitions. The event is part of the University’s Friends of the Gifford Arboretum “Meet the Docs” series of talks, which are free and open to all Coral Gables residents.

Please call 305-284-4904 for more information.