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People ask me all the time “How can I get medical cannabis for my loved one at a facility?”
It depends, there are many variables.
What kind of facility? Medicare, medicaid, private pay?
What State?
Today we’re having a conversation with MA Family Nurse Practitioner Rose Cain about how we might encourage our loved one’s facility to implement a medical cannabis program, or even natural, full spectrum, hemp CBD.
Rose Cain is an Army Veteran and has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 40 years. Nurse Rose has cared for patients in acute, primary and urgent care, geriatrics, home, hospice and nursing home settings.
Nurse Rose brings a unique perspective to the conversation because she also practiced Elder Law and Estate planning for 20 years, and she’s been a Professional Geriatric Care Manager. She’s a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and American Cannabis Nurses Association.
Since 2018, her practice, Creating Well Being has been providing access to medical cannabis certification for patients in Massachusetts and is expanding. Creating Well being can be found at budheals.com
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"Rose established CWB in 2018 to provide access to medical marijuana certification for patients in Massachusetts. She has been an Family Nurse Practitioner for over 40 years and has cared for patients in acute, primary and urgent care, geriatrics, home , hospice and nursing home settings. Rose is also an Army veteran and is committed to addressing the unique physical and mental health issues facing vets- including PTSD and chronic pain. Rose has served on the Board of Directors of non-profit organizations and was also a practicing attorney for 20 years."
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We had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Carolina Nocetti on Cannabis Helps Dementia podcast after she presented to the Society of Cannabis Clinicians detailing her work helping people living with dementia using cannabis medicine in Brazil.
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Dr. Carolina Nocetti's journey, deeply rooted in the therapeutic potential of natural compounds, began in the lush landscapes of the Amazon forest. Initially, she focused on developing and exporting fruit extracts like Açaí to the US. Eventually, her interests branched out into the realm of medicinal cannabis.
After earning certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and navigating the rigorous steps of the US medical boards, Dr. Nocetti planted herself in the vibrant cannabis hubs of Colorado and California.
During her decade in the US, she cultivated extensive hands-on experience in product development and served as a technical consultant and medical director, contributing to innovative cannabis products.
Now firmly planted in Brazil, Dra. Nocetti's clinical practice blossoms with a focus on cannabinoid therapeutics, particularly for older adults. She works to provide personalized care, aiming to nurture the quality of life for her patients.
Additionally, she offers corporate technical consultancy, leads educational initiatives, and advocates for cannabis. Her advocacy includes participating in public hearings and contributing to technical materials for the Brazilian Senate, House of Representatives, and São Paulo State Assembly.
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In this episode we speak with retired Army Colonel, Dr. Philip Blair, MD, a Family Physician, complex disease management consultant and remarkable cannabis medicine expert in the Pacific Northwest providing services globally.
After graduating from West Point he trained as an Army Family Physician, and served as a combat doctor during the 1st Gulf War. He retired from the Army as a Colonel after serving as a medical officer on three continents. In 2014 Dr. Blair began studying, treating, and lecturing about the human endocannabinoid system and the non-impairing parts of the plant, including cannabidiol, CBD.
Dr. Blair believes that Endocannabinoid System disorders are the root cause of many chronic medical problems, and his goal is to restore quality of life and health using diet, exercise, appropriate medications, and non-impairing, herbal nutritional supplements including the plant terpene, beta-caryophyllene, in a product derived from hops. You can find links in the description.
Clinically, Dr. Blair has treated thousands of patients with CBD and has seen remarkable results with people living with dementia. He has a passion about treating dementia and advocating for the use of cannabinoids in the treatment and prevention of neuro degenerative conditions of all kinds.
Dr. Blair encourages the use of cannabinoids and terpenes to improve patient care, reduce stress, improve behavior, and prevent staff burnout. He reminds us that CBD has great benefits for caregivers as well. We thank him for his time and continued work bringing plant medicine back for treating multiple conditions including dementia. Find his products at Blair Medical Group.com or follow our links in the description.
Did you know that dementia disproportionately impacts women, black, and latino people? Did you know that cannabis was made illegal because of racist policy?
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In this episode we catch up with cannabis clinician and educator Dr. Sherry Yafai.
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We first met Dr. Genester Wilson-King through the Society of Cannabis Clinicians where she is the co-vice president. I had recently become an advocate member of the SCC, a non-profit that works to empower and educate healthcare providers on the use of cannabis medicine. Dr. Wilson-King was presenting on cannabis medicine, pregnancy and breastfeeding - which as you know is not our area of focus but her presentation was incredibly compelling and opened our eyes to new things. Later, we connected in person at CannMed 2019.
Dr. Genester Wilson-King, MD is a Board-Certified Obstetrician and gynecologist with over 25 years of clinical experience providing compassionate and research-driven care to patients. After years of working as a full-service OB/GYN, she founded Victory Rejuvenation Center, a private holistic and preventive medicine practice that provides life-transforming management modalities and customized medicines to patients.
As the Medical Director of VRC, she helps her patients age gracefully and achieve holistic wellbeing. Her expertise focuses on plant-based medicine, integrated health, nutrition, supplements, cannabis education, and hormone balance. Dr. Wilson-King primarily uses FDA approved compounded plant-based medicines and pharmaceutical grade supplements.
Dr. Wilson-King is a clinician advocate and educator on medical cannabis. She has spent extensive time in processing facilities, labs, farms, and dispensaries across the country and in Israel. In addition to being Co-Vice President of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, she is also on the Board of the Doctors For Cannabis Regulation (DFCR), the first and only national physicians’ association dedicated to the legalization and regulation of cannabis for adults. Advancing the DFCR’s commitment to addressing the disproportionate criminalization of cannabis use among communities of color and the nation’s poor, she regularly provides expert opinions for legal cases involving cannabis.
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We first saw Dr. Bonni Goldstein at CannMed2018 speaking on Treating Pediatric Conditions with Medical Cannabis. But she also treats seniors! Dr. Goldstien is a world renowned doctor, educator and cannabis specialist who has treated thousands of adults and children and seen their quality of life improve with cannabis medicine.
Dr. Goldstein created Canna-Centers Wellness, a medical practice devoted to educating and approving qualifying patients for cannabis treatment. Their Educational Center offers classroom seminars and live webinars about all things cannabis.
Dr. Goldstein’s 2020 book, “Cannabis is Medicine” explains the science of cannabis in easy to understand terms, and shares some remarkable stories of some of her patients' experiences.
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"Established in 2008, Canna-Centers offers medical evaluations to patients who wish to incorporate the use of cannabis in their treatment regimen. Our physician-owned office is dedicated to helping those with serious and chronic illnesses understand the science of cannabis. Medical cannabis helps with many conditions including chronic pain, epilepsy, autoimmune disorders, cancer, gastrointestinal illnesses, sleep, anxiety and depression, PTSD and many others. We have helped thousands of patients improve the quality of their lives with cannabis medicine in a safe, legal and compassionate environment.
Our Medical Director, Bonni Goldstein M.D., has treated thousands of patients with cannabis medicine. She has lectured both nationally and internationally about her clinical experience and also helps to educate healthcare professionals on how cannabinoids can be incorporated into a patient's medication regimen. She co-authored the article, “The current status of artisanal cannabis for the treatment of epilepsy in the United States,” published in a special issue of the scientific journal Epilepsy & Behavior. She was awarded “2017 Medical Professional of the Year” by Americans for Safe Access. Dr. Goldstein’s book, Cannabis Revealed: How the world’s most misunderstood plant is healing everything from chronic pain to epilepsy, was awarded semifinalist 2017 Book of the Year by the American Botanical Council."
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In this episode, we're connecting with cannabis educator, activist and entrepreneur, Jude Thilman
We first learned of Jude at a conference on cannabis medicine. She wrote a great article about her mother who had lived with Alzheimer's Dementia.
In the article she referenced several studies including the 2016 Salk Institute study that showed micro-doses of THC reduces beta amyloid proteins in human neurons and a University of Bonn study of dementia in mice successfully treated with THC!
Jude is a long-time medical cannabis educator, policy leader, and entrepreneur in Mendocino, CA. In 2011 she founded Dragonfly Wellness, dispensary and holistic healing center, in Fort Bragg and has been at the forefront of the modern medical cannabis movement.
Jude is dedicated to changing the outdated narrative and resultant policy on medical cannabis and is heavily involved in California’s efforts to create a viable regulatory scheme for cannabis that includes medicinal cannabis - so far neglected by regulations.
Jude is a producer of the video series, “Cannabis is Medicine: Changing the Narrative,” host of “Cannabis News & Views,” a biweekly program on Mendocino TV, and a patient counselor who promotes cannabis as a viable, effective treatment option.
Jude comes from a lifelong commitment to social change and has been an activist on behalf of many causes. She strongly believes that healthcare is a human right and sees a return to traditional, herbal medicine as one means of achieving that right for all. Jude is also a cannabis patient herself.
Despite cannabis medicine being legal in more than 2/3rds of U.S. States, in order for people living with dementia to get some relief today, we need to get cannabis de-scheduled, and open up the Schedule I of Drugs for research.
Contact your Senators, Representatives and the President to let them know that you want to de-schedule cannabis and open up the Schedule I for research at the very least.
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We hope you’re inspired by this episode!
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Today we welcome back Dr. Melanie Bone! We spoke with her in the 2020 season and we’re thrilled to connect with her again for an update!
Dr. Bone is a board certified Ob Gyn with 30 years of experience in women’s health care. She started a medical cannabis practice in 2016, treating adults and children. Dr. Bone has a unique background as a cancer survivor, a mother of five children, public speaker, and a women’s health care advocate.
Educating others is key to Dr. Bone’s belief about empowering patients in their own care. We are totally aligned in our advocating for increased education around the possibilities of medical cannabis!
In April of 2019 MorseLife Health System became the only senior community in Florida to have an approved medical cannabis program. Dr. Bone is the medical director of the cannabinoid initiative there. “...MorseLife is an over-65 residential community with a teaching nursing home, memory care unit, hospice, and rehabilitation facility on site…
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Fierce advocate, Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and has been involved in cannabis research his entire life.
You might know of his father, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, who was also a Harvard Medical School physician. An Associate Professor of Psychiatry who, in 1971, wrote the revolutionary book that brought science to the modern cannabis legalization movement, “Marihuana Reconsidered.”
Dr. Peter Grinspoon is known as an authority on virtually all aspects of cannabis, including adult and medical uses, as well as political issues and social history as many of the thought leaders of the Cannabis Movement hung out in his parents living room and his older brother found some relief during his losing battle with childhood leukemia.
He’s served as an expert witness, as a consultant, and as a medical and scientific advisor. He also knows first hand how powerful cannabis can be in healing from opioid addiction, which he wrote about in his engaging memoir, “Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction.”
"Peter Grinspoon, M.D. is a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a certified health and wellness coach. He is currently serving as a board member of the advocacy group Doctors For Cannabis Regulation, which works towards legalizing cannabis with an eye toward social justice issues. According to Wikipedia, “He is an authority on virtually all aspects of cannabis, including recreational and medical usages, as well as political issues and social history.” In the cannabis industry, he has served as an expert witness, as a consultant, and as a medical and scientific advisor.
Dr. Grinspoon is a Contributing Editor to Harvard Health Publications. In recovery from opiate addiction, he has been a national leader on the issue of physician health and has served as an Associate Director of the Massachusetts Physician Health Service, helping physicians with addiction and mental health issues. He is the author of the memoir Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction published by Hachette Book Group, which was optioned by MarVista Entertainment.
He graduated with an M.A. in Philosophy with honors from Swarthmore College. He then spent five years as a Campaign Director for the environmental group Greenpeace before entering medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, where he graduated with honors. He completed his residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Woman’s Hospital. He has been on national television including NBC, C-SPAN and Fox and Friends and Fox Nation, discussing issues ranging from cannabis to the opioid crisis, he has been appeared in the national press such as on NPR: All Things Considered and in People magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, New York Magazine. His writing has been published in The Nation, The Los Angeles Times and The Narrative Inquiry In Bioethics."
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