This week’s topic is on the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain and in Sickle Cell disease, and how to go about getting it. The website:
http://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/office-of-compassionate-use/patients/index.html
is where a doctor with medical cannabis expertise can conduct an evaluation.
References for Medical Cannabis video:
1)Newton DE (2013). Marijuana: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 7.
2)Russo EB (2013). Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential. Routledge. p. 28.
3)] “Bulletin on Narcotics – 1962 Issue 3 – 004”. UNODC (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime). 1962-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
4)Aizpurua-Olaizola O, Elezgarai I, Rico-Barrio I, Zarandona I, Etxebarria N, Usobiaga A (January 2017). “Targeting the endocannabinoid system: future therapeutic strategies”. Drug Discovery Today. 22 (1): 105–110.
5)FM, Liu J, Kunos G (2005). “Evidence for novel cannabinoid receptors”. Pharmacol. Ther. 106 (2): 133–45.
6)Matsuda LA, Lolait SJ, Brownstein MJ, Young AC, Bonner TI (1990). “Structure of a cannabinoid receptor and functional expression of the cloned cDNA”. Nature. 346 (6284): 561–4.
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