Treating Neuropathy
with Medical Marijuana
Medical Marijuana Awareness Post-Webinar Resources
Treating Neuropathy with Medical Marijuana
Medical Marijuana Awareness Post-Webinar Resources
The Webinar
Thank you to everyone who attended the December 1st Medical Marijuana Awareness webinar on Neuropathy and Medical Marijuana!
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.
Speakers featured in this webinar were host Marc Matoza and Jenifer Perdomo, Community Educator for Trulieve and Cancer Thriver.
Ongoing Education
We’ve partnered with medical marijuana education experts to provide you further resources on the topic of neuropathy and medical marijuana.
Click an item from the index below to skip to that section.
Overview: What is Neuropathy?
- Medical Marijuana 101 Patient Education Packet
- MMTCFL Chronic Conditions Resources
- How Cannabis Works On The Human Body: The Endocannabinoid System
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
- Neuropathy & Medical Marijuana
- Basics of Medical Marijuana in Florida
What is Neuropathy?
Overview by
Medical Marijuana Treatment Clinics of Florida
Neuropathy is when the nerves within your body, specifically the nerves outside of your spinal cord and brain, are damaged. This damage often leads to pretty significant systems. The nerves which are damaged are typically responsible for sending info between your nervous system within the brain and spinal cord to the rest of your body. As a result, damage to these nerves often leads to great discomfort, pain, and weakness.
See Also from MMTCFL:
“There is strong evidence that the endocannabinoid system is involved in the expression of neuropathy. In animal models, ECS dysfunction has been shown to correlate with neuropathic pain. One study showed that when activity of CB1 — the primary ECS receptor in the central nervous — system was deleted, mice showed signs of increased pain. In another study, deletion of the CB2 receptor — primarily found in our immune system — also led to more pain in mice.
The more CB2 receptors we find in the central nervous system, the more we find a reduction in neuropathic pain. In animal studies of diabetic-induced neuropathic pain, along with chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, activating the CB1 and CB2 receptors also reduced pain. It is noteworthy that other studies using mice whose CB1 or CB2 receptors were blocked did not show changes in pain behavior in animals.“
Continued Education and Awareness Resources
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
Neuropathy & Medical Marijuana
What to know about diabetic neuropathy
Medical News Today Yvette Brazier on March 19, 2019
Basics of Medical Marijuana in Florida
Medical Marijuana Patient Education Packet
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
Cannabis and Neuropathy: How Marijuana Helps Treat Neuropathic Pain
Thursday July 13, 2017 By Morgan Smith
Cannabis and Pain: A Clinical Review
Hill, K.P., Palastro, M.D., Johnson B., & Ditre, J. (2017). Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Vol 2.1, DOI: 10.1089/can.2017.0017
Cannabis Pharmacology
Ethan B. Russo, et al., Advances in Pharmacology (2017 in press)
CBD A Patients Guide to Medical Cannabis: Healing without the High
Leinow, L. & Birnbaum, J. (2017). Pg. 154-157
The Cannabis Health Index. Pgs. 337-342
Blesching, U. (2015)
Medical Marijuana and Peripheral Neuropathy
Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy; May 2019; by Jessica Robinson-Papp MD, MS, FAAN Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Sara Dehbashi, MD, Neuromuscular Fellow, Mount Sinai Medical Center;
Medical Cannabis and Mental Health: A Guided Systematic Review
Zach Walsh, et al., Clinical Psychology Review 51(2017): 15-29