I was able to reach Dr. Dustin Sulak, world expert on clinical use of medical cannabis, founder of healer.com and co-writer of these new recommendation. Dr. Sulak provided number of critical clarifications. 1) The committee did not suggest use of just CBD but rather CBD predominant strains that contain as little as 0.5mg of THC/dose. […]
Last week during the virtual PAINWeek meeting, the international task force shared the guidelines for dosing and administrating on medical cannabis. Allan Bell, MD, one of the members of the task force, explained that their main focus was to provide directions to clinicians. Though medical cannabis has been suggested to treat chronic pain, there is […]
Russia is one of the countries where any use of cannabis is still illegal and strictly prohibited. Not only is the government against the use of marijuana, but religious institutions in Russia are as well. Nowadays, religion in Russia plays an increasingly prominent role in society. However despite the role of religion in Russian society, […]
Despite this growing public interest and increasing legal availability, formal teaching on cannabis during medical school and residency in the United States is limited. A study found that 25 % of surveyed medical school curriculum deans reported that their graduates were not at all prepared to answer questions about medical cannabis. They also found that […]
This article from “Washington Post” tells the story of Jackson Leyden, who started to have seizers few months after his eighth birthday, and how his parents came to a medical marijuana treatment. Though since 2016, when the article was published, medical cannabis has become more popular and more common, this article gives a basic understanding […]
It is important for oncologists to be actively engaged in developing and successfully implementing clinical trials focusing on medical marijuana. The purpose of this study was to analyze and evaluate trends in clinical trials focused on medical marijuana in oncology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965229919309306