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Cannabis and Heart Disease

Cannabis and Heart Disease

If you’re really following the discussion about cannabis, you may have noted that cannabis can potentially affect heart problems.  While this can be a serious issue, there are details that we should discuss so that you know whether cannabis poses a risk to...
What Do We Know About Terpenes?

What Do We Know About Terpenes?

If you’ve been looking into cannabis on the web, or if you’re part of a cannabis-using crowd, you’ve undoubtedly heard about terpenes and how important they are.  Currently, this group of chemicals is ascribed nearly mythical properties and...
The Problem with Harm Reduction

The Problem with Harm Reduction

I was doing my Duolingo yesterday and came upon a story that illustrates the problem with Harm Reduction. Eddy was making dinner and talking to Junior about one of Junior’s books that Eddy was reading.  Junior then said he’d tell Eddy the ending...
Is It Safe To Be In The State Cannabis Registry?

Is It Safe To Be In The State Cannabis Registry?

This has started coming up again with my patients, so let’s nip it in the bud, shall we?  Is it safe to be listed as a patient in your state medical cannabis registry? The short answer is yes.  Read on for more details.  Nobody likes the idea of...
Wellness Isn’t a Thing

Wellness Isn’t a Thing

Please don’t get me started on “wellness”.  OK, now you’ve got me going.  I admit I got sucked into this trap many years ago when I started my practice, but I’ve come to understand that wellness is pure-baloney...