Medical Practice Changes amid the Pandemic?
Dr. Jordan Tishler joins us to talk about the field of medicine and how it has changed with in the COVID era. Live audio/video communication on computers facilitates interpersonal communication with a media rich boom that transverses distances great and small amid the sequestering of the the pandemic. Telemedicine has participated in the boom and doctors meet with patients home Zoom in from their homes. From this, doctors can see patients and how they live in their homes. This can often give vital clues to aide in diagnostics and advice. It also enables greater doctor/patient interaction for the aged and the non-ambulatory who do not travel well. Doctors believe that many of these new found tools will remain after that restriction of the coronavirus have passed. Dr. Tishler watched the practice of medicine change with cannabis, and now he is watching adapt with technology.
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W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Bayride Extracts
Cody Walker, former military Vet turned Extracts Operations expert, brands: DOSHA, BayRide Extracts
Cody Walker connects with us from inside his bay area cultivation facility to tell us about Bayride and Dosha, a DCC licensed cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility out of Oakland, Ca. Where cultivation starts, their master growers scrutinize every detail of small-batch grows – from the ideal light levels to the perfectly timed harvests and post production methods, as they take great care in the use natural resources to produce for the brand Dosha. Their concentrate brand, Bayride specializes in high-quality extracts, made with Dosha’s premium, indoor-grown flower. Never using remediation techniques that most other concentrate brands use, they stay true to the plant and the process. Mr. Walker gives us an inside look of this innovative company, as he tells his company story, as well as his miraculous survival of a life-threatening injuries he suffered as a soldier at war. From tragedy to ingenuity comes the Bayride story from Cody Walker.
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Cannabis Helping Seniors
Dr. Beverly A. Potter is a psychologist specializing in career and workplace issues. ‘Doc Potter’ blends humanistic psychology and Eastern philosophies with principles of behavior psychology. This to create a strategy for handling many challenges encountered in today’s workplace. Her book: Cannabis for Seniors is for seniors curious about cannabis and how they might use it to better their lives. Medical science how cannabis treatments offer a world of beneficial choices to treat to many ills. The cannabis alternative is often a more natural aid than prescription drugs like opioids. Yet many seniors have concerns about, not only what cannabis will do for them, but what it will do to them. Are they going to get high? – they wonder. But green marijuana, unheated, has CBD-A and THC-A in it with all the medical qualities of anti-inflammatory and other remedial compounds. It is only after the marijuana is heated that it changes from THC-A to a psycho-active material. The fact is, one could take the cannabis flower and put it in their salad or soup like any other herb. Dr. Potter is instrumental to bringing these things an more to light, and she focuses one those who may need this the most, our senior citizens. Her work adds credence to the notion that the medical benefits of cannabis hold something for everyone, ranging from young to old.
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Recreational vs Medical
Ben Thomas is Director of the Department of Agriculture for the state of Montana. Not long ago, Montana voters chose to legalize recreational marijuana. Across the country, we often have two different perspectives of marijuana, one for recreational, and one for hemp. Some recreational user believe that with legal recreational use, there is no need for medical marijuana. Developers of medical marijuana point out that specialized strains for medial use may not appeal to recreational users. On a parallel note, the question arises, will we need to different sections in the agricultural department, one for marijuana and one for hemp? Legalization raises many questions. Hear a point of view from ta governmental and agricultural perspective in this interview.
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S3.E19. Federal Cannabis Bill? Gerry Robertson. Save the Brave Organization. Easing Pot Convictions.