Cannabis Voices
80 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -In Cannabis Voices, Mary Biles - medical cannabis writer and author of ‘The CBD Book – The Essential Guide to CBD oil’ - speaks to patients, carers, cannabinoid scientists, doctors and activists about the healing power of the cannabis plant.
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Lucy Stafford - from wheelchair to walking thanks to cannabis
October 02, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBLucy Stafford is no ordinary 20 year old. She's dynamic, intelligent and passionate science student, but growing up, numbed by the increasingly heavy doses of opiates she had received since the age of 12, Lucy believed otherwise. Lucy has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a debilitating and extreme painful condition caused by a lack of collagen in connective tissues. Before cannabis, Lucy had resigned herself to a future defined by her disease and the inability of her doctors to manage its symptoms....
Tony Bevington - Why growing cannabis for my kidney disease is not a crime
September 10, 2020 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB80-year-old Tony Bevington is no ordinary retiree. A paramedic in his youth, Tony spent his 50s and 60s volunteering with the VSO teaching agriculture to communities in Papua New Guinea and Botswana. Unfortunately in his 70s, ill health caught up with Tony and he developed kidney disease, glaucoma and arthritis. With his experience in self sufficiency and knowledge of agriculture and medicine, Tony decided to explore growing cannabis to manage his health conditions. Thankfully, since using...
Dr Max Alzamora - Medical Cannabis in Peru
September 02, 2020 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBDr Max Alzamora, a physician of over ten years with a background in functional medicine and occupational health, has been prescribing medical cannabis since 2017. Dr Alzamora now runs CannaHope, a busy private practice specialising in treating patients with cannabinoid, is Medical Director at Cann Farm, Advisory Doctor at the NGO Gotas de Esperanza, and Board Member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians Colombian chapter. I came across Dr Alzamora in a presentation he gave at a Society of...
Mike Barnes and Hannah Deacon - changing the face of medical cannabis in the UK
August 12, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBProfessor Mike Barnes and Hannah Deacon are two names that are synonymous with the road to medical cannabis legalisation in the UK. Their paths crossed when Hannah was campaigning for her son Alfie to get legal access to medical cannabis at a time when cannabis remained a schedule 1 drug and its prescription illegal. Thanks to Hannah's tireless campaigning (and Mike's support), Alfie became the first patient in the UK to get a license for medical cannabis, and since then Mike and Hannah ...
Dr Callie Seaman - cannabis, epilepsy and me
August 06, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBDr Callie Seaman has a unique voice in the cannabis industry. Diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager, it was Callie's dad who suggested she try cannabis as an alternative to the prescription meds that were wrecking her academic career. This started a life long relationship with cannabis which included Callie working in the local grow shop as a Saturday girl while finishing her degree. And yet, Callie never considered herself a medical cannabis patient and spent most of her life in denial sh...
Dr Wai Liu - the cutting edge of cannabis cancer research
July 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIn Episode 14 of Cannabis Voices I speak to Dr Wai Liu, Senior Research Fellow at St George's, University of London who after a chance conversation with an oncologist, came to specialise in studying the anticancer effects of the cannabis plant. Not only has Dr Liu's work, which is so far preclinical, highlighted the exciting antitumoral effects of CBD and THC in particular, but is has shown how having an on/off sequence of cannabinoid treatment can increase the compounds' cancer cell killi...
Michelle Kendall - why I'm using cannabis to treat my cancer
July 07, 2020 14:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBMichelle Kendall is a woman on a mission and with a fire in her belly. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Michelle has been successfully using cannabis alongside chemotherapy and surgery to manage her cancer. As a lover of data, Michelle has been meticulously recording the results from her blood tests. Turns out, taking cannabis oil high in THC reduced the cancer markers in her blood and shrunk her tumour, far more than the conventional treatment she was taking. So she began to dig deep int...
Dr Alan Shackelford - the doctor who changed the course of medical cannabis history
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBImagine being the doctor responsible for prescribing high CBD/ low THC cannabis to Charlotte Figi at a time when very little was still known about CBD's anti-seizure effects in children. That was Dr Shackelford back in 2012, when he was approached by Charlotte's mother Paige. Rather fortuitously, as Dr Shackelford puts it, he had just read Professor Raphael Mechoulam's 1980 ground breaking paper about the anti-epileptic effects of CBD, and despite serious reservations about prescribing cann...
Richard Lanigan - cannabis, cancer and me
June 16, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBIn today's episode of Cannabis Voices, Richard Lanigan shares how despite being given a prognosis of 22 months when his rectal cancer had returned, six years later he's still very much with us, much in part to the cannabis oil he was taking. A chiropractor by profession with a masters in health promotion, Richard talks with great passion and humour about his journey from terminal cancer patient to ebullient good health today. Expect some forthright opinions, occasional strong language, an...
Dr Greg Gerdeman - a deep dive into the endocannabinoid system
May 31, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIf you work in the cannabis business, you've probably heard of the endocannabinoid system, you might even talk about it in your marketing materials to explain why customers should buy your products. The sad truth is though, for the vast majority of the population, doctors included, the endocannabinoid system isn't even on their radar. If you're listening today, you may have a cursory knowledge of how the endocannabinoid system works, but even the scientific researchers we so admire would ...
Dr Julie Moltke - understanding stress and how cannabis and CBD can help
May 21, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBWe are living in unprecedented stressful times with levels of uncertainty never experienced in our life times. It's vital we find ways to manage our stress so that it doesn't turn into its close cousins depression and anxiety. That's why today I've chatted to Dr Julie Moltke, a medical doctor with a special interest in stress management, mental health and cannabis medicine. Dr Julie explains in very clear turns how stress affects our bodies and minds - but also describes how we can consci...
Matt Hughes - why I'm going to court to get medical cannabis for my son Charlie
May 13, 2020 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBBack in November 2018, parents of children with epilepsy in the UK who'd been fighting to get legal access to medical cannabis were celebrating the prospect of finally getting the medicine they needed. Over eighteen months later, thanks to some extremely restrictive guidelines from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), very few children have received a prescription through the NHS. Charlie Hughes, who will be three in July is one of these children. Resistant to all ant...
Matt Hughes - why I'm going to court to get medical cannabis for my son Charlie
May 13, 2020 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBBack in November 2018, parents of children with epilepsy in the UK who'd been fighting to get legal access to medical cannabis were celebrating the prospect of finally getting the medicine they needed. Over eighteen months later, thanks to some extremely restrictive guidelines from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), very few children have received a prescription through the NHS. Charlie Hughes, who will be three in July is one of these children. Resistant to all ant...
Natalie Hobbs - remembering George
May 06, 2020 14:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBEpisode 7 of Cannabis Voices is dedicated to the memory of George Gannon, the 30-year-old British man who sadly lost his battle to cancer in March this year. Told through the words of his partner, Natalie, she bravely shares their journey through cancer, how the medical profession gave up on George, and how if it were not for Natalie's determination to find alternatives (which included cannabis), George would have died 18 months earlier. I won't lie, Natalie's story makes for hard listenin...
Dr Mike Platt - prescribing medical cannabis for chronic pain
April 20, 2020 17:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBDr Mike Platt, honorary senior clinical lecturer and senior consultant in pain medicines and anesthetics at Imperial College Healthcare, NHS Trust has been in the 'business of pain' since 1990. However, his well established career as a pain consultant took an unexpected turn when he became clinical director at the Sapphire Clinics catering to patients wishing to access medical cannabis in the UK privately. With very little training on offer to the medical profession in the UK, Dr Platt's...
Dr Mike Platt - Prescribing medical cannabis for chronic pain
April 20, 2020 17:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBDr Mike Platt, honorary senior clinical lecturer and senior consultant in pain medicines and anesthetics at Imperial College Healthcare, NHS Trust has been in the 'business of pain' since 1990. However, his well established career as a pain consultant took an unexpected turn when he became clinical director at the Sapphire Clinics catering to patients wishing to access medical cannabis in the UK privately. With very little training on offer to the medical profession in the UK, Dr Platt's...
Carola Pérez - fighting to legalise medical cannabis in Spain
April 20, 2020 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBThe life of Carola Pérez changed forever when at the age of 11 she broke her coccyx while skating. Her coccyx was eventually removed and her life since then has been a series of surgeries and procedures, none of which have successfully lessened the intense pain she experiences on a daily basis. Carola struggles to remember a large portion of her life in her twenties, due to the heavy opioids, antidepressants and even lithium she was prescribed and openly describes herself as being an addict...
Carola Pérez - Fighting to legalise medical cannabis in Spain
April 20, 2020 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBThe life of Carola Pérez changed forever when at the age of 11 she broke her coccyx while skating. Her coccyx was eventually removed and her life since then has been a series of surgeries and procedures, none of which have successfully lessened the intense pain she experiences on a daily basis. Carola struggles to remember a large portion of her life in her twenties, due to the heavy opioids, antidepressants and even lithium she was prescribed and openly describes herself as being an addict...
Carola Perez - Fighting to legalise medical cannabis in Spain
April 20, 2020 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBThe life of Carola Perez changed forever when at the age of 11 she broke her coccyx while skating. Her coccyx was eventually removed and her life since then has been a series of surgeries and procedures, none of which have successfully lessened the intense pain she experiences on a daily basis. Carola struggles to remember a large portion of her life in her twenties, due to the heavy opioids, antidepressants and even lithium she was prescribed and openly describes herself as being an addict...
Sharon McEvoy - how CBD oil transformed my autistic son's life
April 15, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBThis interview with Sharon McEvoy for my upcoming book 'The CBD Book: The Essential Guide to CBD Oil' is one of the reasons I started Cannabis Voices. It wasn't until I spoke to Sharon about her son Niall and heard how he went from extreme anxiety and self-injurious behaviour to the healthy, cheeky, chatty little boy he is today after taking CBD oil, that I really felt the book come alive. But merely including Niall's story in the book still didn't seem enough. I felt somehow that Sharon ...
Sharon McEvoy - how CBD oil transformed my autistic son's life
April 15, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBThis interview with Sharon McEvoy for my upcoming book 'The CBD Book: The Essential Guide to CBD Oil' is one of the reasons I started Cannabis Voices. It wasn't until I spoke to Sharon about her son Niall and heard how he went from extreme anxiety and self-injurious behaviour to the healthy, cheeky, chatty little boy he is today after taking CBD oil, that I really felt the book come alive. But merely including Niall's story in the book still didn't seem enough. I felt somehow that Sharon ...
Sharon McEvoy - How CBD oil transformed my autistic son's life
April 15, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBThis interview with Sharon McEvoy for my upcoming book 'The CBD Book: The Essential Guide to CBD Oil' is one of the reasons I started Cannabis Voices. It wasn't until I spoke to Sharon about her son Niall and heard how he went from extreme anxiety and self-injurious behaviour to the healthy, cheeky, chatty little boy he is today after taking CBD oil, that I really felt the book come alive. But merely including Niall's story in the book still didn't seem enough. I felt somehow that Sharon ...
Professor Manuel Guzmán - future directions of cannabis as an anticancer treatment
April 07, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBProfessor Manuel Guzman is Professor of Molecular Biology at the Complutense University in Madrid where he has been a leading light in discovering the anticancer properties of cannabinoids such as THC and CBD. He led the team behind the first ever clinical trial for THC as an antitumoral agent in the rare type of brain cancer, glioblastoma. I recorded this interview for an article for Project CBD examining just how close we are to the approval of a cannabis-based anticancer drug, but manag...
Professor Manuel Guzmán - future directions of cannabis as an anticancer treatment
April 07, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBProfessor Manuel Guzman is Professor of Molecular Biology at the Complutense University in Madrid where he has been a leading light in discovering the anticancer properties of cannabinoids such as THC and CBD. He led the team behind the first ever clinical trial for THC as an antitumoral agent in the rare type of brain cancer, glioblastoma. I recorded this interview for an article for Project CBD examining just how close we are to the approval of a cannabis-based anticancer drug, but manag...
Manuel Guzmán - future directions of cannabis as an anticancer treatment
April 07, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBProfessor Manuel Guzman is Professor of Molecular Biology at the Complutense University in Madrid where he has been a leading light in discovering the anticancer properties of cannabinoids such as THC and CBD. He led the team behind the first ever clinical trial for THC as an antitumoral agent in the rare type of brain cancer, glioblastoma. I recorded this interview for an article for Project CBD examining just how close we are to the approval of a cannabis-based anticancer drug, but manag...
Dr Claude Cyr - cannabis in Palliative Care
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBA few months ago, I interviewed Dr Claude Cyr, a Canadian family doctor and author of a number of peer reviewed papers about the use of cannabis in palliative care for an article I was writing for Project CBD. Dr Cyr describes palliative care as the best 'port of entry' for integrating cannabis into medicine because it is one of the only disciplines where physicians actually have the time needed to spend with patients. He says: "Palliative care is a specific situation where we can actually...
Dr Claude Cyr - cannabis in palliative care
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBA few months ago, I interviewed Dr Claude Cyr, a Canadian family doctor and author of a number of peer reviewed papers about the use of cannabis in palliative care for an article I was writing for Project CBD. Dr Cyr describes palliative care as the best 'port of entry' for integrating cannabis into medicine because it is one of the only disciplines where physicians actually have the time needed to spend with patients. He says: "Palliative care is a specific situation where we can actually...
Dr Claude Cyr - Cannabis in Palliative Care
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBA few months ago, I interviewed Dr Claude Cyr, a Canadian family doctor and author of a number of peer reviewed papers about the use of cannabis in palliative care for an article I was writing for Project CBD. Dr Cyr describes palliative care as the best 'port of entry' for integrating cannabis into medicine because it is one of the only disciplines where physicians actually have the time needed to spend with patients. He says: "Palliative care is a specific situation where we can actually...
Carly Barton - optimist, fighter and chronic pain patient
April 07, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBWho better to be the first guest on Cannabis Voices than Carly Barton, the first adult patient to get a prescription for medical cannabis in the UK since its legalisation in 2018? Carly had a stroke at the age of 24, leaving her with debilitating chronic pain, which even the strongest opiates couldn't manage. After six years of existing with very little quality of life, she tried some homegrown cannabis given to her by a friend. "I felt like something was missing... like I'd lost something...
Introduction to Cannabis Voices
April 06, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 4.96 MBWelcome to the first ever episode of Cannabis Voices - which is a short one as it happens. It's just a chance for me to say hi, explain why the heck I've decided to create this podcast and what you can expect along the way. Cannabis Voices is a chance for patients' to tell their own stories in their words about how cannabis has transformed their lives, plus some illuminating interviews with cannabinoids scientists and doctors. Support the Show.