Cannabis Heals Me
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWelcome to Cannabis Heals Me. We tell the real stories of real people who have experienced the healing power of cannabis. By doing so we hope to change the perception a lot of people still have about this plant and the people who use it.
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Ep. 128 - Glenn Holland - Growing off The Grid
February 07, 2021 00:39 - 39 minutes - 55 MBWhen Glenn Holland grew his medical cannabis he did so with his invention - Ganjagrid. The Ganjagrid is a plant vibrator that can be programmed with sound files from the grower. In Glenn's case he recorded his heartbeat, and had some interesting results when he used it to grow his own medical cannabis. This invention promises to have several interesting applications for growing both cannabis and other plants. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/128
Ep. 127 - Glenn Holland - Cannabis for Lung Cancer
February 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBA couple years ago seemingly healthy Glenn Holland coughed up some blood tinged sputum that concerned him. After trips to a couple of doctors his diagnosis came back with that dreaded word - cancer. His doctor told him he had non-small cell adenocarcinoma that had spread to his lymph nodes and was at the fairly critical stage three A, so he didn't have much time to research or pursue nontraditional methods. Fortunately he was able to get in to a clinical trial for a new immunotherapy drug. G...
Ep. 126 - Steve Ellmore - Unprescribed Medical Cannabis Documentary
November 05, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBWe've already mentioned the documentary Unprescribed on a couple of podcasts, so I was ecstatic when writer/producer Steve Ellmore accepted my invite to the show. In today's episode we discuss the documentary and the great need for legal access to cannabis for our veterans. Steve also shares some exciting upcoming news related to the film & his medical cannabis advocacy work. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/126
Ep. 125 - Christian Ryan - Cannabis for PTSD
November 02, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 57 MBLike so many other veterans Christian Ryan really struggled with PTSD & physical ailments after coming back from tours overseas. After moving to the boondocks to try to get his life together a friend suggested he try cannabis medicinally. His first foray into plant medicine wasn't a good one, but he continued to try to find relief through the plant. He finally found his correct dosage, and began to make strides back to normalcy. He vowed he would find a way to get involved in the cannabis ...
Ep. 124 - Sue Taylor - Cannabis for Seniors
October 26, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBSue Taylor started out as an unlikely advocate for cannabis. The former Catholic school principal left her home in Georgia to have an emergency intervention with her son who wanted to sell medical cannabis. When she arrived instead of finding a desperate drug addict, she found a plant that possessed many healing capabilities. A plant that she had been lied to about her whole life. She began her advocacy career working for Harborside & doing outreach with seniors. She has been an eye witness...
Ep 123 - Deirdra Martinez - Cannabis for Anxiety
October 19, 2020 12:39 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBDeirdra Martinez suffered with anxiety and chronic back pain for years. She had no idea the two could be connected until she was referred to a psychiatrist. After the mental health professional prescribed her Prozac her back pain disappeared, and life was good for a year or two. When the prescription meds started making her feel numb she succumbed to old habits and began overeating again. She confided in a co-worker about her struggles, and her co-worker recommended she try cannabis medicin...
Ep 122 - Fabian Henry - Cannabis for Trauma
October 12, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MB*ADULT LANGUAGE WARNING* After leaving the military Fabian Henry struggled to re-adapt to life at home & reconnect with his family. He was constantly on high alert & found his thoughts drawn back to the battlefield - reliving mistakes & past regrets. Despite choking down a handful of prescription meds daily he still could not sleep or relax. He turned to alcohol in large quantities, but he just spiraled further downward. When a kid at work offered to give him some cannabis to help him he r...
Ep 121 - Sharon Letts - Cannabis for Breast Cancer
October 05, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MBAfter Sharon Letts was diagnosed with breast cancer Pearl Moon showed up on her doorstep with a jar of cannabis oil. Sharon was a documentarian and research writer by trade, so she was incredulous that cannabis could help her. If cannabis had healing properties she would know. Right? Wrong! Cannabis not only helped her sleep & eased her pain; it obliterated her tumor. But it also helped her plainly see all the government propaganda about the plant for what it was - outright lies. Now a wr...
Ep. 120 - Osiris Stephen & Nina Simmons - Cannabis for Epilepsy
September 28, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBNina Simmons & Osiris Stephen's son was diagnosed with epilepsy at the tender age of 2. Sadly traditional medications seemed to exacerbate his seizures, so in desperation they tried plant medicine. At the time CBD oil was still illegal in their home state of New York, so they had to break the law to buy it for their son. After months of trial and error they found a formula that helped them with wean Aiden off of some of his prescriptions. In 2019 they started a podcast to share their story...
Ep. 119 - Jessie Gill - Cannabis for Pain Relief
September 07, 2020 16:54 - 40 minutes - 56.3 MBJessie Gill didn’t believe in plant medicine. Like most of us she had bought into the lies about cannabis peddled by the American education system & her nursing school. While searching for pain relief for an on the job injury as a hospice nurse she tried every pharmaceutical under the sun. After spinal surgery exacerbated her pain Jessie reluctantly tried cannabis & experienced tremendous relief. Immediately she began weaning herself off her prescription pain killers. She now runs ...
Ep. 118 - BONUS - The Gentlemen Review w/Actual Anarchy
August 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBA few weeks ago I joined Robert & Daniel over at ActualAnarchy.com for a review of the Guy Ritchie cannabis themed action flick The Gentlemen. As penance for my many absences of late, I'm posting our discussion as a bonus episode for this week. Enjoy! Be sure to check out the ActualAnarchy podcast & YouTube channel! PS I do have an episode planned for Monday, but my neck of the woods is in the projected flight path of hurricane Laura, so...
Ep 117 - Robert Cartee - Cannabis for Inflammation & Refusing to Deal
August 24, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 99.1 MBWhile living in California Robert Cartee & his wife discovered different varieties of cannabis worked better to treat their ailments than any prescription drugs they'd tried. Tired of living on top of other people in Cali Robert & Tracey moved to rural Georgia and built their dream home. Cannabis was & is still illegal in Georgia so Robert had a room built in their new home where their medicine could be grown inconspicuously. About 2 years ago a deputy arrived at their home wanting to sea...
Ep 116 - Julie Mejia - Cannabis for Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
July 27, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBJulie Mejia was only in her 20's when she was attacked by a cognitively impaired client at her place of employment. She was injured on her right side from her neck to her ankle. Days, weeks, and months went by and her body did not heal as it should. Even worse the pain began to spread along the entirety of the right side of her body. She was finally diagnosed by a worker's comp physician with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and was later told she would likely never walk or work again. Af...
Ep 115 - Mark Thornton - Cannabis & The Iron Law of Prohibition
July 09, 2020 18:30 - 1 hour - 91 MBEconomist & author Dr. Mark Thornton joins me to discuss his PhD dissertation on the economics of prohibition. This dissertation would lead to the coining of the phrase of The Iron Law of Prohibition. He joins us for a fascinating discussion on the failed policy of drug prohibition and maybe a couple other topics related to the State's & its ever increasing intrusions into our lives.
Ep 114 - Katie King - Cannabis for CPTSD, Anxiety & Fibromyalgia
July 06, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBKatie King had a difficult childhood, and she struggles with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) & anxiety. She was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few years ago. She has been using cannabis to treat these conditions for some time now, but recently when she was able to find a reliable source of quality cannabis she's experienced tremendous healing in her mind and body. She joins me today to discuss these incredible changes.
Ep 113 - Rodney Bowers - Cannabis for Liver Cancer
June 22, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBThree years ago Rodney Bowers was given 6 months to live after being diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. Fortunately a friend in Michigan reached out to him after learning of his diagnosis. He invited him up & cooked him up a batch of Rick Simpson oil. Six months came and went, and Rodney was still alive and kicking. His pain had eased. His abdomen was no longer hard. He could get up and and get around. Cannabis gave him something no doctors could - it gave him hope, and, eventual...
Ep. 112 - Scott Horton - The Drug War, SWAT Raids & Police Accountability
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBScott Horton returns for a discussion on SWAT raids which have become a staple of the local law enforcement in the United States' War on Drugs. It's estimated that 50,000 SWAT raids take place each year across America - a stat that is unrealized by and unfathomable to most Americans. We also discuss the overall militarization of police, qualified immunity and possible solutions to get all Americans on the same page when it comes to the use of excessive force by LEO's and holding bad actors...
Ep. 111 - Marlies Fitch-Ledbetter - Cannabis for Scoliosis & Neuropathy
June 15, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBAfter a couple of suicide attempts in college because of mismanaged pharmaceuticals, a friend suggested Marlies Fitch-Ledbetter try cannabis edibles to help with her scoliosis & peripheral neuropathy. When she and her husband moved back to Texas Marlies had to revert back to prescription meds. After a drug induced seizure put her in the hospital, Marlies went back to her plant based medicine. Upon re-learning to walk and talk Marlies decided to dedicate her life to getting the word out ab...
Ep. 110 - Tonya Sanders - Cannabis for Lupus
June 01, 2020 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBWhen Tonya Sanders was 35 years old her pain management team referred her to hospice and sent her home to wean off her pain meds. After 8 years of searching for a cure for her lupus in pharmaceutical drugs the former registered nurse angrily tore up the remaining prescriptions the doctors had written for her. Just hours after her fentanyl patch wore off she was in excruciating pain & experiencing intense withdrawals, so in desperation she called a friend. The friend brought over some cann...
Ep. 109 - Melanie Julion - The Cannabis Doula
April 24, 2020 18:41 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBMelanie Julion aka The Cannabis Doula joins me today to follow up on my discussion with Delene Gilbert on the use of cannabis during pregnancy. As a doula Melanie works with women during and after pregnancy and many of her clients choose to use cannabis. We discuss the health benefits of cannabis for both baby and mother and some of the potential risks. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/109 Help us get these stories out to more people! Become a Patron http://www....
Ep. 108 - Delene Gilbert - Cannabis during Pregnancy
April 20, 2020 20:11 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBDelene Gilbert joins me once again for today's episode. After her first child was born Delene suffered from severe postpartum depression before she discovered cannabis as medicine. Today we're going to discuss her use of cannabis during her second pregnancy. Cannabis helped ease her nausea and helped control her pain from a separated pubis. She was also able to use cannabis instead of pharmaceutical drugs after her second caesarean section. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishe...
Ep. 107 - Suzanne Sherman - Cannabis & The Right to Bear Arms
April 09, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBSuzanne Sherman aka The Red Hot Chilly Prepper and host of The Wasatch Report joins me today for a discussion about medical cannabis laws & how it can affect patients' rights to bear arms. Most state cannabis laws don't provide protections from the federal government for patients who choose to exercise their rights to bear arms. So a medical cannabis license holder or an adult use partaker cannot purchase a firearm from a local gun shop that is a Federal Firearms Licensee without lying on ...
Ep. 106 - Bridget Dandaraw-Serrit - Cannabis for Autoimmune Disorders
April 06, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBMy jaw nearly hit the floor when Bridget Dandaraw-Serritt listed off her autoimmune disorders with - lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, & Sjögren syndrome. And per Bridget this is just the tip of the iceberg. Each of these ailments is debilitating in and of itself, but the combination of the above . Using cannabis allowed her to get off of 9 prescription medications. Which is great because she was taking over 6,000 pills each year! Cannabis has yielded her a plethora of ...
Ep. 105 - Bretigne Shaffer - Medical Freedom, Cannabis & Vaccine Mandates
March 26, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBJoin Bretigne Shaffer and I as we take a trip down the rabbit hole of medical freedom. Bretigne is a longtime libertarian journalist, and she's a resident of California. There has been a push in recent years in CA (and several states) to mandate vaccines for children. And in some of those states there are no medical exemptions - even for kids who have had past reactions to vaccines (like our guest from Monday's show, Sarah). This overstep by government is quite alarming to liberty lovers...
Ep. 104 - Sarah Morris - Cannabis for Dysautonomia
March 23, 2020 15:35 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBSarah Morris first remembers blacking out when she was 5 years old, but she wasn't diagnosed with dysautonomia until almost 25 years later. Dysautonomia is a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. You know that system of the body that handles trivial things like circulation, temperature regulation, digestion, etc. And Sarah has had difficulty in all these areas. She can get hypothermia in the middle of the summer in Georgia. She has a Groshong line inserted into her vein to allow...
Ep. 103 - Dwayne Bottoms - Cannabis for Parkinson's Disease
March 09, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBDwayne Bottoms told me something no one else has ever told me on the podcast - that he bought cannabis for medical use during a missions trip - with his pastor's blessing! If that doesn't show you how times and attitudes are changing around cannabis I don't know what will. Dwayne began using cannabis a few years ago to treat his Parkinson's Disease instead of opioids replacement. After almost losing his marriage, Dwayne decided it was time to kick his opiates for good, and he now uses can...
Ep. 102 - Ted Metz - GA Cannabis Legislation Update
March 05, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBTed Metz joins us again to talk about some legislation introduce in the current Georgia legislative session, cannabis law in his home state, and how he got involved in politics. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/102 Help us get these stories out to more people! Become a Patron http://www.patreon.com/chmpodcast Rate/review us on your podcast app Tell THREE people about the show every week
Ep. 101 - Ted Metz - Cannabis for Squamous Cell Carcinoma
March 01, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBTed Metz went to see a dermatologist for what he thought was a rash. Turns out it was a very aggressive squamous cell carcinoma. Within a couple of months the small place behind his ear grew to the size of a peach. After his diagnosis Ted started a routine of concentrated cannabis oil (Rick Simpson oil) while awaiting surgery. The day before his surgery a large chunk of the tumor fell out. Ted's surgery lasted about half the projected time, and the surgeons were able to easily find the ...
Ep. 100 - Richard J Maybury - Natural Rights & Common Law
February 27, 2020 15:01 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBOur nation has morphed from one founded upon the principles of life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness into a behemoth that routinely locks its citizens in cages over a plant and other victimless crimes. Somewhere this nation clearly went off the rails. For episode 100 I wanted to take a deep dive into the subject of Natural Rights and Common Law. Who better to invite on to discuss those issues than an author who has more than 2,000,000 words published on the very subject? So on a whim ...
Ep. 99 - Karen Gray - Cannabis for Doose Syndrome
February 24, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 45 MBKaren Gray of Scotland had to break the law in the United Kingdom to get cannabis medicine for her 6 year old son. Doctors had tried every prescription medication under the sun to help control Murray’s seizures, and they just seemed to get worse. His seizures ran the gamut – from absconce to myclonic to tonic clonic to drop seizures. At the time of administering cannabis oil to Murray he was lying in a hospital bed unresponsive. Karen had traveled to Holland to get prescription gr...
Ep. 98 - Prof CJ Killmer - Harry Anslinger Godfather of Cannabis Prohibition
February 20, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBAs a longtime listener of the Dangerous History podcast my ears perked up when host CJ Killmer did an episode on Harry Anslinger. Knowing his propensity to take deep dives into subjects & historical figures I was surprised that episode was only an hour long. So I invited him on the show to expound on his episode a bit and talk about the man behind the initial war on cannabis. Full disclosure. We may have gotten side tracked and talked about economic policy, central planning, US foreign a...
Ep. 97 - Marcus Wilson - Cannabis Microdosing for PTSD
February 17, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBAfter suffering a traumatic event abroad Marcus Wilson attempted to treat his PTSD with alcohol. After running across the work of Dr. Dustin Sulak, Marcus decided to try microdosing with cannabis as an alternative to alcohol. After a few months of trial and error Marcus found he could control the majority of his symptoms by taking small, scheduled doses of cannabis infused oils. And today he's here to share his story and more information about microdosing as an alternative method of consu...
Ep 96 - Moriah Barnhart Cannabis for Brain Cancer
February 10, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBMoriah Barnhart's daughter Dahlia was just 2 years old when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Surgery, chemo and radiation drained the life out of Dahlia. Moriah was heartbroken as she watched the light dim in her daughter's eyes. Dahlia's condition was so unstable that doctors couldn't give her any pain medications after one of many surgeries for fear it would suppress her respiration and kill her. In an act of desperation Moriah broke the law and gave her daughter cannabis to ease h...
Ep. 95 - Krista Mcintire - Cannabis & Child Protective Services
February 06, 2020 10:00 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBFew things strike terror in the heart of any parent like a knock on the door from Child Protective Services. And for parents who use cannabis to treat medical conditions for themselves or their children, those visits could spell big trouble. It is the mission of Krista Mcintire of Family Rights Advocacy to help families maintain and protect their rights while under scrutiny from CPS. She and her trained advocates inform parents of their legal rights and serve as a witness and an advocate,...
Ep. 94 - John Prinz - Cannabis for Intractable Pain & Opioid Addiction
February 03, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBJohn Prinz suffered an on the job injury in the 80's. Back surgery crippled him and left him with a crooked spine. John was on powerful opioids for many years, and like many intractable pain patients suffered from PTSD. When his doctor recommended cannabis to help with his PTSD, he soon found it helped control his pain as well. Soon he was able to wean himself off the powerful opioids and treat himself solely with plant medicine. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/93 ...
Ep. 93 - Danielle Loughton - CBD Oil for Autoimmune Diseases
January 27, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 45 MBRegistered veterinary technician & certified vet cannabis counselor, Danielle Loughton, joins us again, but she's not talking about our 4 legged friends today. She's sharing her personal testimony on CBD oil & her auto immune disorders. For 22 years she had suffered from autoimmune diseases like ulcerative colitis, joint & muscle pain & skin issues. Out of desperation to find something to help her gut issues she took CBD oil on the recommendation of a friend. To her surprise several cyst...
Ep. 92 - Monica Perez - Tommy Chong & Political Persecution
January 23, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBMonica Perez joins me to discuss a documentary from 2006 - AKA Tommy Chong. She had watched the movie a few years ago and discussed it on her blog, but I just recently watched it. We talked about the documentary and Operation Pipe Dreams - the sting operation that the federal government used to ensnare Tommy Chong. Monica and I discuss how the Feds targeted Tommy because he came to fame doing the Cheech and Chong stoner movies and "glamorized" cannabis use. The movie is a startling remin...
Ep. 91 - Elizabeth Futch - Cannabis for Fibromyalgia & Rheumatoid Arthritis
January 20, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBElizabeth Futch is a medical refugee. Like too many ailing Texans she had to leave her family and friends so that she could get legal access to plant medicine in Colorado. Elizabeth was so debilitated by her fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis that she could barely walk. Today she is hiking mountains and helping her husband run his welding business. But her heart yearns for the day she can return home to her loved ones and her farm in rural East Texas. I know you'll agree with us that...
Ep. 90 - Tyler Colford - Cannabis in Vermont
January 16, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MBTyler Colford joined me to discuss some adult use cannabis legislation that's coming down the pipe in his home state of Vermont. The proposed regulatory environment in VT puts some pretty onerous restrictions on the legal market. Tyler feels these restrictions will help the black market continue to thrive. And as liberty lovers are wont to do we chased a few rabbits - talking about our right not to self incriminate as well as the importance of speaking honestly & frankly with kids about c...
Ep. 89 - Lesli Downs - Cannabis for Migraines & Opioid Addiction
January 13, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBLesli Downs started experiencing headaches at the tender age of 8. By the time she was 16 those headaches had progressed to full-fledged migraines, and she was officially diagnosed after she blacked out in the bathroom at school. Her migraines frequently required her to get Demerol shots, which would knock her out for 3 days. Once after a bad flair up the cocktail of drugs her doctors gave her put her in a coma for 8 hours. As she aged her headaches got progressively worse, but after her...
Ep. 88 - Kim on Cannabis for PMDD & Depression
December 09, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 46.1 MBIn her earlier life Kim lived a wild and rowdy life as a party girl, and though she had a methamphetamine addiction she never really cared for cannabis. When she gave her life to Christ she turned her life around and became a tee-totaler. But even after making tremendous life changes she still struggled with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and depression. She had thought once she cleaned her life up, everything would get better for her, so she was very discouraged to still be dealing with...
Ep. 87 - Lyn Ulbricht on Ross Ulbricht & a Quest for Justice
December 05, 2019 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBLyn Ulbricht's son, Ross, dreamed of a society where people could participate in a truly free market without the prying eyes of the banking industry or the federal government watching them. So he created a website called Silk Road where people could use digital currency to buy things. Some of those things happened to be of an illegal nature, and when the US government got wind of this medium of exchange they brought the full weight of the federal government to bear on Ross. Ross is a firs...
Ep. 86 - Melissa Fults Cannabis Replaces Opioids & Arkansas MMJ
December 02, 2019 14:53 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBIn 2011 when doctors told her son that the opioids he was taking were killing him, Melissa started researching alternative pain medications for him. When she discovered cannabis could help reduce his pain and replace his prescription drug, she and her husband got involved with the medical cannabis movement in Arkansas. Unfortunately the bill they were championing got taken off the ballot, and an inferior MMJ bill, Issue 6, passed in 2016 instead. Melissa and other MMJ proponents in AR tri...
Ep. 85 - Scott Horton - US Foreign Policy & The Drug War
November 28, 2019 10:34 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBBack in May I attended Ron Paul's Winning the War on the War on Drugs conference, and one of the speakers mentioned the fact that the US government often uses the war on drugs as an excuse to wage real war against foreign countries. Last week in my opening remarks I mentioned a quote by George W Bush's statement that "If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terrorism.” It's pretty shocking to hear that a US president equate drug users and terrorists. Given that extreme position and...
Ep. 84 - Lauren Houston - Cannabis for Interstitial Cystitis & Gastroparesis
November 25, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBLauren Houston was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis (a painful bladder condition) in 2006. A few years later she began experiencing gastroparesis or stomach paralysis. Lauren feels her gastroparesis was caused in part by the very strong pharmaceutical pain killers prescribed to control the symptoms of her IC. After a new drug Marinol made her feel awful, she researched the drug to discover it was a form of synthetic THC. She knew that THC was found naturally in cannabis, and she decided...
Ep. 83 - David Gornoski - Mimetic Theory & Scapegoating Drug Users
November 21, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBOur guest today is David Gornoski. He’s the host of A Neighbor’s Choice radio & a podcast called Things Hidden. David has written articles for Daily Caller, Townhall, American Conservative & FEE. He’s well versed on a host of topics, but he’s joining us today to talk about Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory and the Scapegoat Mechanism. And I’m sure you’re asking yourself what heck this has to do with cannabis!? I think we all know what a scapegoat is – a person or group of people who bear the ...
Ep. 82 - Robert Head - Cannabis, Alcohol & Operation Trapped
November 18, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBAfter Robert Head returned home from the military he noticed that his drinking was spiraling out of control. Between the booze and prescription drugs, he was becoming a person he didn't recognize, and more significantly, didn't like. After speaking to fellow vets about their experiences with cannabis he decided to try it as medicine. To his surprise and without purposely doing so he started drinking less. And soon he was able to get off the pharmaceuticals. Now he's putting his efforts ...
Ep. 81 - Matt Grimshaw - Vets Grow Cannabis Documentary
November 14, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBMatt Grimshaw is an accidental activist. While studying to become an American citizen he stumbled onto the issue of veteran suicide and PTSD and decided he'd do something to shine a brighter light on the issue. At the same time he ran across an article about a veteran in Colorado who was able to reduce his pill intake from 47 per day to 5 or 6 thanks to cannabis. A documentary addict from childhood and a freelance videographer, Matt talked to his client Monster Gardens about doing a live...
Ep. 80 - April Martinez - Cannabis for Chronic Migraines & PTSD
November 11, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBShortly before returning from her 16 month tour in Afghanistan in 2007 April Martinez started experiencing intermittent dizzy spells and headaches. By the 2008 she had daily headaches and soon those headaches became chronic migraines that never ended. She was medically retired from the military in 2011, and she tried every prescription drug under the sun to get her debilitating headaches under control. In 2015 while they were stationed in Washington state one of her providers recommended ...
Ep. 79 - Tim Morris - Cannabis for Chronic Back Pain
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIn 2016 after back surgery Tim Morris woke up in excruciating pain - far worse than before surgery. The pain persisted for many months until he finally got a second opinion and underwent surgery again. It turns out his first doctor had not completed the first surgery correctly, but despite several follow up surgeries to correct this error Tim's pain persists. It impacts his mobility causing numbness in his legs and feet. Popping Percosets and other prescription painkillers dull the pain,...