The view of drug use and drug addiction as a brain disease serves to perpetuate unrealistic, costly, and discriminatory drug policies, argues Carl L. Hart. “More than 25 years ago, I began studying neuroscience because I thought this approach would uniquely fix the ‘drug problem’. At that time, I believed that the poverty and crime…
Read More »PUBLISHED DENVER POST: THE CANNABIST: JUN 13, 2017, 8:11 AM • UPDATED: 2 DAYS AGO COMMENTS (1) By Socrates Rosenfeld, Special To The Cannabist Socrates Rosenfeld is a West Point graduate and a combat veteran who served as an Army Ranger and Apache helicopter pilot. He is also a graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of…
Read More »Despite the systematic hurdles in place to perform research, a recent article in the Journal of American Medical Association concludes there is moderate-quality evidence to support the use of cannabinoids for the treatment of chronic pain and spasticity. Cannabinoids for Medical Use A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Read More »Vireo Releases Protocol Aimed at Replacing Opioids with Medical Cannabis This first-of-its-kind draft protocol is being called FREDOM (Flexible Reduction and Expedited Discontinuation of Opioid Medications) and has been developed to offer a potential path for physicians to help patients struggling with chronic or intractable pain replace opioids with medical cannabis. The protocol has…
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