Medical Cannabis Podcast: A Beginner's Guide

Is there a chance your terrible medical symptoms could be due to a dysfunctional Endocannabinoid system?  

In this episode we talk about the Endocannabinoid Deficiency Theory and how Migraines, Fibromyalgia and Irritable bowel syndrome may be due (at least in part) to an Endocannabinoid Deficiency. And possible ways to treat it.

If you don't know what an Endocannabinoid is, don't worry we summarize that too.

In this episode we look at how Canadians can access Medical Cannabis. Cannabis is now legal in Canada, but the government differentiates "medical cannabis" from "recreational cannabis."

We present how a person can get Cannabis for medical purposes, and we also look at why it could be in your best interest to access official, legal medical cannabis.

Choosing a medical cannabis product can seem confusing when two varieties of cannabis can have the same amount of THC and CBD in it, yet are purported to have different effects.

We aim to help you with this by exploring the fragrant essential oils in the Cannabis plant called terpenes, and how these chemicals can help us select a medical cannabis product that is suited to our needs.

The terpenes themselves have medical benefits, and they may change the way the phytocannabinoids, like THC, work in our body

This episode is an introduction into some of the ways a patient can get Medical Cannabis into their system. In order to use Cannabis as medicine we need to be able to get the phytocannabinoids from the Cannabis plant into our body so they can interact with our Endocannabinoid system.

This episode looks at inhaling cannabis (primarily vaporization) as a means to quickly get it into your system, and ingesting cannabis (primarily Cannabis oils) for a slower acting, but longer lasting effect.

This first episode of the Medical Cannabis Podcast: A Beginner's Guide is a quick introduction to the podcast hosts and to the Cannabis plant itself.

We take a "simple" approach to the topic and try to make it understandable for all listeners, regardless of previous knowledge.

Our goal is that by the end of the episode everyone will have a basic understanding of the plant so we can build on this knowledge in subsequent episodes.  Medical Cannabis, CBD, THC and Terpenes are all introduced in this episode