The other day my practice got a call from a middle-aged woman who had just been diagnosed with cancer. After a bit of discussion about how cannabis medicine could be helpful to her, she stated that she really felt well and had no reason to start cannabinoid...
If I had a nickel for every time a patient said to me, “Doc, give me the kind of weed that won’t get me high,” well, you know the rest. Similarly, if I had nickels for every time I’ve had a medical colleague say, “medical cannabis...
This is the second installment of this Top 10 Myths about cannabis. Please see the first installment here. As we discussed last time, everyone is talking about cannabis these days. Unfortunately, this enthusiasm often leads to distortions of the truth in...
Cannabis is quite the hot-button topic these days. Everyone is talking about it! In many ways, it’s about time, but unfortunately this enthusiasm often leads to distortions of the truth in both overly positive and overly negative ways. ...
Last week a 50 year old woman came to see my practice partner, Dr. Becker. She came for insomnia and had recently started herself on a cannabis product from a local recreational cannabis store. She was quite concerned because not only had this product not...
With cannabis legalization on everyone’s mind, there is a growing PR push to imply that cannabis is harmless. This makes great political baloney, but very bad science and public health policy. Every substance, legal or illegal, medical or...
