Easing Anxiety and Stress:
How Medical Marijuana Can Help
Medical Marijuana & Wellness Post-Webinar Resources
The Webinar
Thank you to everyone who attended the May 1st Webinar on Easing Anxiety and Stress:
How Medical Marijuana Can Help!
Watch the video on our Youtube Channel!
Your questions and comments during the live Q&A helped to make a great source of information for the next person seeking treatment.
Our Speakers featured in this webinar was host Marc Matoza, with Marijuana Med Today and Amy Green with MMTC of Florida and Dr. Katelyn Stark, with AYR Cannabis Dispensary.
Ongoing Education
We’ve partnered with medical marijuana education experts to provide you with further resources on the topic of Easing Anxiety and Stress: How Medical Marijuana Can Help.
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Sponsor Discounts
- Medical Marijuana Treatment Clinics of Florida
- AYR Cannabis Dispensary
Meet the Speakers
- Marc Matoza, Marijuana Med Today
- Katelyn Stark PhD, AYR Cannabis Dispensary
- Amy Green, MMTC of Florida
Overview:
- PATIENT INFORMATION BROCHURE
- MMTCFL Chronic Conditions Resources
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
Sponsor Discounts
Medical Marijuana Treatment Clinics of Florida
$49 Patient Transfer Pricing
Applies only to select MMTC clinic locations. This discount is available year-round.
10% Veteran's Discount
Applies to all MMTC clinic locations. This discount is available year-round.
My Botanica Wellness
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AYR Cannabis Dispensary
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Senior Discount
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Meet Our Speakers
Marc Matoza, Series Host
President and Founder, Marijuana Med Today
Marc Matoza is a medical cannabis enthusiast and research professional who was instrumental in founding MarijuanaAware education events. He’s been speaking at these seminars and webinars since the very first in June 2017 and is key in coordinating sponsors and speakers for each series.
Amy Green, RN
Patient Educator, Medical Marijuana Treatment Clinics of Florida
Amy Green is a US Navy veteran, a former volunteer firefighter and EMT, a Registered Nurse, and is completing a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, focusing on patient education and vulnerable populations. She is passionate about providing personalized cannabis education for medical marijuana patients and staff.
Read more about Amy Green, RN
Amy Green works collaboratively with the doctors and practitioners of MMTC to provide quality cannabis education to patients and staff. Amy also oversees the B-12 Wellness program within MMTC. She is a US Navy veteran, serving five years of active duty as a Master at Arms. After the military, she sought ways to serve her community, including being a volunteer firefighter and EMT.
She then utilized those skills to complete a nursing degree in 2014 and has been practicing as a Registered Nurse in Florida since then. Amy has worked in the medical marijuana industry as a patient educator for a major multi-state cannabis company. Currently, she provides 1-on-1 education for all new patients that come through The Villages office at MMTC.
She is passionate about providing personalized cannabis education for her patients and their families and is a go-to resource for new and experienced medical marijuana patients. She is completing a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, focusing on patient education and vulnerable populations.
Webinars featuring Amy Green, RN:
- Terpenes: The Key to Medical Marijuana / March 15, 2023
- Dosing with Medical Marijuana / March 22, 2023
Katelyn Stark, PhD
Senior Manager, Marketing Operations, AYR Cannabis Dispensary
Dr. Katelyn Stark taught undergraduate courses at FSU, and has since built several medical marijuana resources that focus on terpenes, flavors, aromas, potential benefits, and in-depth strain knowledge. These educational resources are currently used at all 64 AYR Cannabis Dispensary retail locations.
Read more about Dr. Katelyn Stark
Dr. Katelyn Stark earned a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Florida State University where she taught undergraduate courses in Business Communications, Rhetoric, Media, and others. She emphasizes cannabis education in her marketing materials, and she has built several resources, including those that focus on terpenes, flavors, aromas, potential benefits, and in-depth strain knowledge. These educational resources are currently used at all 64 AYR Cannabis Dispensary retail locations so that AYR budtenders can better guide Florida patients. Dr. Stark has several years of experience working in the medical cannabis industry and enjoys sharing her knowledge with those on their cannabis wellness journey.
Webinars featuring Dr. Katelyn Stark:
What are Cannabinoids?
Cannabinoids are any of a group of closely
related compounds which include cannabinol and the active constituents of cannabis.
Cannabinoids can treat numerous medical problems
CURRENT USES OF CANNABINOIDS:
- Alleviate pain and inflammation, especially chronic forms, from diseases such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, glaucoma, neuropathy, and Crohn’s disease
- Increasing appetite to prevent the extreme weight loss of AIDS
- Improving muscle control/lessening spasticity in conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease
- Controlling epileptic seizures, especially in children
- Treating mental illnesses, including post-traumatic stress (PTS), bipolar disorder, and multiple anxiety disorders
- Treating addiction, including smoking cessation
See Also from MMTCFL:
Tha Main Cannabinoids
How Medical Cannabis Helps With Chronic Pain
It helps them sleep better. It helps them deal with the pain better. And it can help with so many things surrounding the underlying condition, so that when they wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night they’re living fuller, better-quality lives.”
Cannabinoid Receptors
Continued Education and Awareness Resources
Materials from the Webinar
How CBD Oil Affects Chronic Pain and Inflammation
“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)
Weed (Part 4)
Cannachats Recommended Reading
Cannabinoid Resources
Used for Pain, Cancer and autoimmune disease
Very Well Health by Adrienne Dellwo
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Vol 2.1, DOI: 10.1089/can.2017.0017. Hill, K.P., Palastro, M.D., Johnson B., & Ditre, J.
Backes, M. Weil, A. McCue, J.D.
Basics of Medical Marijuana in Florida
Florida Department of Health | KnowtheFactsMMJ.com
Click to Download from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use
MarijuanaAware.com
suncoastnorml.org
Supplemental Research
Health/Wellness Southwest May 4, 2020
Earth Seedlings Blog
Formula Swiss
Janice M. May 07, 2019
Jun 23, 2021
Oregon State University Blog Newsroom Jan 10, 2022