Happy Wednesday, and welcome back to Go West! Special thanks to STAT colleague Andrew Joseph for the assist with this edition. You can follow him @DrewQJoseph.

Coming up in the next few days

This weekend, Stanford is hosting a HealthAI hackathon, with health care experts and engineers coming together to see how artificial intelligence can be used to address problems in medicine.

And next Monday through Wednesday, the 2019 North American Cannabis Summit takes place in Los Angeles, with a focus on public health, science, and policy.