Coming Out the Canna-Closet w/ Dr. Demetria Bates | Episode 191
Girl Stop Playin | #1 Podcast for Black Women
KOEREYELLE, Personal Development Coach
4.8 • 584 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re diving into a conversation that’s gonna get a little *canna-curious*! I’m joined by the incredible Dr. Demetria Bates, a nurse practitioner who’s making waves in the cannabis world.
If you’ve ever been curious about cannabis or felt like you’re stuck in the “canna-closet,” this episode is for you. Dr. Bates shares her journey from traditional medicine to becoming a certified cannabis educator. We’re talking all about how cannabis can be a natural alternative to those prescription meds that come with a laundry list of side effects. We’re also breaking down the myths, the stigma, and the science behind CBD, THC, and everything in between.
Whether you’re looking for ways to manage anxiety, pain, or even just curious about the benefits for kids and pets, we’re covering it all. Dr. Bates also spills the tea on the differences between natural cannabis and those synthetic Delta-8 products you see popping up everywhere.
So grab your notebook, your favorite drink, and get ready to take notes, because this episode is packed with gems that just might change the way you think about cannabis. And who knows? By the time this episode ends, I might just be ready to step out of my own canna-closet too!
Make sure you tune in, share this episode with your girls, and get ready to explore the world of cannabis with an open mind. Let’s get into it!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Girls Stop Playing podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | It's your favorite home girl, Correel, here to encourage you to stop playing with your potential and start working for what you want in life and in love. |
| 0:13.5 | You already know that I'm bringing you the information and the conversations to help you make the money and get the honey. |
| 0:20.8 | You can have it all as long as |
| 0:23.3 | you are willing to work. And today, we have a special working woman in the building. For those of |
| 0:31.3 | you who are like me and you might be in the cana closet or or you might be a little cana curious. |
| 0:39.2 | This is definitely going to be a conversation worth tapping into. |
| 0:43.5 | So go ahead right now, hit the pause button, share this episode with a friend, |
| 0:50.1 | grab your notebook, grab a cocktail or some tea, because we are about to get into this |
| 0:55.6 | cannabis conversation. We have Dr. Dmitria Bates joining us on Girl Stop Playing. We are beyond |
| 1:04.1 | excited to tap into your wealth of wisdom. So thank you for joining us on the show. |
| 1:10.0 | Yes, thanks. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to |
| 1:13.1 | be here and talk about cannabis. That's what I love to do anyway. Yes. So we first met almost a |
| 1:20.2 | year ago now in Denver. We were on a cannabis field trip. Shout out to Q Nicole with W.H. |
| 1:27.3 | Farms. And that was you know, was our, |
| 1:29.0 | was our point of connection. And we've been connected ever since. And I've been able to learn more |
| 1:33.8 | about what you do as a nurse practitioner in this space. And so I wanted to bring you onto |
| 1:40.8 | the show so that we could kind of demystify and destigmatize this conversation around |
| 1:47.2 | cannabis. So I would love for you to start by just talking about what made you want to get into |
| 1:53.5 | the cannabis side of nursing. As like you said, I am a nurse practitioner. And so during COVID, you know, the pandemic, everything just shut down, you know, so a lot of people started having anxiety and didn't know that they were having anxiety. I started noticing, you know, increase in writing a lot of control medications or prescriptions for clients, whether it was for anxiety |
| 2:20.2 | or for sleep or for pain, just, you know, having these issues. |
| 2:24.4 | But then at the same time, they're having side effects from these medications. |
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