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Medical Marijuana Awareness Post-Webinar Resources
The Webinar
Thank you to everyone who attended the April 20th Medical Marijuana Awareness webinar. Your questions and comments during the live Q&A helped to make a great source of information for the next person seeking treatment.
The speaker featured in this webinar was series host Marc Matoza.
Ongoing Education
We’ve partnered with medical marijuana education experts to provide you further resources on the topic of Medical Marijuana and what it can do to help with your chronic condition.
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Speakers
- Marc Matoza, Marijuana Med Today
Overview: Can Medical Marijuana Help You?
- PATIENT INFORMATION BROCHURE
- MMTCFL Chronic Conditions Resources
- How Cannabis Works on the Human Body: The Endocannabinoid System with Cannigma
Materials from the Webinar
- View the slides from the live presentation
- How CBD Oil Affects Chronic Pain and Inflammation with Thomas DeLauer
- Weed (Parts 1-4) with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Cannachats Recommended Reading
- Medical Marijuana Help
- Basics of Medical Marijuana in Florida
Meet the Speakers
Marc Matoza, Series Host
President and Founder, Marijuana Med Today
Read more about Marc Matoza
Marc is a technology and business development manager with expertise in technology, database, cybersecurity, and online/web/mobile computing. As an inventor, computer scientist, and entrepreneur, he has developed innovative tech products including a leading relational database, multiple digital multilingual dictionaries, a digital bilingual reference/grammar-checking word processing add-on, golf [sports] swing video capture & analysis solutions, and certified safe anti-microbial environments.
Marc’s multinational background includes technology and corporate management experience with Hewlett Packard, Netscape Communications, Ashton-Tate, AlphaGraphics SA, MarcTech SA/LLC, and Swing Solutions. This includes managing operations in Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the USA. He has a Computer Science Degree from California Polytechnic State University.
Read about Medical Marijuana Awareness Webinars
Can Medical Marijuana Help You?
Overview by Medical Marijuana Treatment Clinics of Florida
Medical Marijuana is used to treat a variety of lifestyle conditions. In Florida, the Office of Medical Marijuana Use outlines the rules and regulations for the State Medical Marijuana program.
See Also from MMTCFL:
More About CBD:
- Neither CBN or CBG produce an intoxicating high on its own, though they both affect the high when combined with THC (source: Weedmaps)
- CBN is a byproduct of THC which is produced by environmental factors experienced during the growth and storage of a plant containing THC (source: Industrial Hemp Farms)
- CBG is in both cannabis and hemp, but patients should research the individual CBD product if not purchased from a licensed dispensary because some extraction processes may greatly reduce the amount of CBG in the product (source: Cresco Labs)
“What does the endocannabinoid system have to do with cannabis? It has everything to do with the order in which scientists discovered the different molecules.
Cannabinoid receptors, the locks attached to cells in our bodies, were only discovered because researchers were trying to understand how plant-based cannabinoids (phyto-cannabinoids) like THC interact with the body. So they were named cannabinoid receptors, after the main chemicals that activates them.“
Materials from the Webinar
How CBD Oil Affects Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Thomas DeLauer | Octagon Biolabs CBD, Aug. 2018
“Cytokines are signaling proteins that ultimately recruit inflammation to happen. Cytokines will trigger specific immune cells to release inflammation or actually even reduce inflammation, given the right circumstances. […] CBD actually modulates the cytokine production.”
Weed (Parts 1-3)
CNN Documentary | Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 2013-2015
Weed (Part 4)
CNN Documentary | Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 2016
Dr. Sanjay Gupta‘s enterprise reporting on medical marijuana has led to five documentary films, “Weed,” which were awarded the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
Cannachats Recommended Reading
Medical Marijuana Help
Center for Medical Cannabis Research University of California, San Diego
Cannabis Pharmacy: The practical guide to medical marijuana. Pgs 185-187. Backes, M. W. (2017).
Basics of Medical Marijuana in Florida
Patient Information Brochure
Medical Marijuana Awareness Webinars, in partnership with MMTCFL
Office of Medical Marijuana Use
Florida Department of Health | KnowtheFactsMMJ.com
Florida Medical Marijuana Patient Application
Click to Download from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use
Medical Marijuana Patient Webinars
MarijuanaAware.com
Cannabis 101 with Leafly
Leafly.com | Cannabis 101
Suncoast NORML
suncoastnorml.org
Supplemental Research
Origins of Agriculture.Gray, Alic William et al. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 Sep. 2015. Web.
The Cannabis Health Index, pgs. 259-264. Uwe Blesching, P. (2015).
The History of Herodotus.Herodotus. 440 B.C.E. Web.
Assessing the Effects of School-Based Drug Education: A Six-Year Multilevel Analysis of Project D.A.R.E. Rosenbaum, Dennis P. and Gordon S. Hanson. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency 35.4 (1998): 381-412. Web.
The Economic Costs of D.A.R.E.Shepard, Edward M. Institute of Industrial Relations, Nov. 2001. Web.
Mortality Data. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Vital Statistics. Atlanta, 2014. Web.
The Economic Burden of Prescription Opioid Overdose, Abuse, and Dependence in the United States. Florence CS, Zhou C, Luo F, Xu L. 2013. Med Care. 2016;54(10):901-906. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000625.
Versatile Plant: What Were the Many Uses of Cannabis in Ancient Egypt? Bruscoa, Robert. (17, March, 2017)
10 Surprising facts about the history of pot. Blakinger, Keri (9, Oct 2014).
5 Facts About How Cannabis Was Used by The Mayan People Roger, Morgan (17, Oct 2017)
The History of Prescription Drugs (n.d.) Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America.
Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding.National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse. 1973. Web.
Legalize It All Baum, Dan. Harper’s Magazine. Harper’s Magazine Foundation, Apr. 2016. Web.