Michael Blackwood is an MSc student in the School of Pharmacy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and also a part of the Cannabis Health Evaluation and Research Partnership (CHERP) team. He has completed a Bachelor of Basic Medical Sciences with a major in Pharmacology from The University of the West Indies and a certificate in retail pharmacy assistant from Sheridan College. Michael's research interest is in cannabis policy evaluation and is currently conducting research on the impact of non-medical cannabis legalization on risk perception in Atlantic Canada.