Tom Fontana, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LADC);
Alcohol, Cannabis, and Other Drugs Initiatives Manager
University of Vermont
Tom Fontana (he/him) coordinates drug and alcohol education at the University of Vermont. He oversees the BASICS program (which is a brief intervention model), and he meets with student groups, including Greek Life and Athletics.
Tom is author of the ‘T-Break Guide’ – a free resource to help people take a tolerance break from cannabis. He is Principal Investigator of a research study seeking to gauge the effectiveness of cannabis harm reduction resources.
Access and/or download the T-Break Guide at go.uvm.edu/tbreak. You can reach out to Tom Fontana (tom.fontana@uvm.edu) if you have any questions!
Additional Resources:
- Slide deck
- Edible dosing chart
- Some posters based on the dosing chart (Poster One, Poster Two, Poster Three)
- A graphic of cannabis’ effect on sleep (with regular sleep in white coming in 90 minute cycles; and cannabis influenced sleep in orange, showing deep sleep, but missing REM sleep)
