State of Medical Cannabis Education

MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION CONTINUES WASHINGTON MAINE MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA ALASKA OREGON WISCONSIN SOUTH DAKOTA NEW YORK IDAHO WYOMING RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT MICHIGAN PENNSYLVANIA IOWA NEW JERSEY NEBRASKA NEVADA INDIANA OHIO DELAWARE MARYLAND HAWAII ILLINOIS UTAH COLORADO WEST VIRGINIA VIRGINIA WASHINGTON, Dc CALIFORNIA KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO ARIZONA SOUTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI GEORGIA ALABAMA States where medical cannabis is legal in all forms. TEXAS States where only CBD oil is legal. LOUISIANA FLORIDA Source: National Geographic Magazine, Weed, The New Science of Marijuana, June 2015 States where medical cannabis is illegal. The Medical Cannabis INSTITU TE WHY DOCTORS SHOULD LEARN THE SCIENCE BEHIND MEDICAL CANNABIS The endogenous cannabinoid system, named after the plant that led to its discovery, is perhaps the most important physiologic system involved in establishing and maintaining human health. Endocannabinoids and their receptors are found throughout the body: in the brain, organs, There are two identified cannabinoid receptors in The newly discovered molecular signaling system called the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is still the body: CB1, predominantly present in the nervous system, connective tissues, gonads, glands, and organs; and CB2, predominantly found in the immune system and its associated structures. Researchers believe there are likely many other cannabinoid receptors and not in medical school curricula and remains unknown to most practicing physicians. Without knowledge of the ECS, physicians cannot understand why and how cannabis works for connective tissues, glands, and immune cells. patients seeking this legalized treatment for a wide array of conditions or diseases. endocannabinoids as well. Dr. Dustin Sulak, DO, Healer.com, Member Society of Cannabis Clinicians Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, President, Patients Out of Time Dr. Laura Borgelt, Professor in the Departments of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus wwW.THEMEDICALCANNABISINSTITUTE.ORG