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Evaluating Cannabis Products for Safe, Effective, Medical Use
How to Know if a Cannabis Product is Right for Your Patient fter years of working with patients using a variety of cannabis products, I began noticing a trend; different extraction and production methods often generate different effects or...
How to Support the Endocannabinoid System without Cannabis
As nurses, we are beginning to learn how cannabis can help balance the endocannabinoid system. The endocannabinoid system is a regulation system that promotes homeostasis between all operating systems in our body. We know that CB1 and CB2 receptors work as “locks” and...
Cannabis for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Neurobiological Approach to Treatment
The endocannabinoid system is intricately involved in regulation of the neurobiological processes, which underlie the symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article discusses the neurobiological underpinnings of PTSD and the use of cannabis for...
Scientific Lessons from the Experiences of End-of-Life Cannabis Patients
hen the issues of medical cannabis are considered, it is essential, to begin with this fundamental fact: not all marijuana is created equal – not even close. We observed how that fact has a direct impact on end-of-life patients who seek its...
PRESS RELEASE: National Nursing Standards Legitimize Cannabis Nursing
Cannabis Nurses Network Steps in as Essential Resource for Medical Marijuana Education San Diego, California: When the National Council of State Boards of Nursing released guidelines for cannabis patient care, it simultaneously validated the legitimacy of cannabis...
NCSBN Guidelines for the Nursing Care of Patients Using Marijuana 2018
The purpose of this article is to provide an Overview of the NCSBN Guidelines and recommendations for the Nursing Care of Patients Using Cannabis.Nursing Care of the Patient Using Medical Marijuana...
Rationale for Genetically Guided Cannabis Therapy
pigenetics is defined as the environmental impact on gene expression, explaining how genes can be influenced to alter genetic health expression, like an...
What Makes a Cannabis Nurse?
or most nurses, the journey to becoming a cannabis nurse begins with a passion, a curiosity, and asking “Why?”. Witnessing the transformative power of...
Patients Out of Time Position Statement in Support of De-scheduling Cannabis from December 2016
An Update: Rescheduling Petition for Cannabis 2009
Continued from: Oaths, Duties and the Pursuit of Harmony In 2009, I filed a Rescheduling Petition for Cannabis with the DEA, demanding that Cannabis be removed from Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act now that it has “accepted medical use in the United...