Welcome to the Cannabis cultivation and science podcast. I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.

This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge

of growing from a science-based perspective and drawn top experts from around the industry to share

their wisdom and knowledge. My guest this week is Dr. Ad. Ray. Dr. Ray is an NIH-funded

neuroscientist who has been studying cannabis, opioids, and their interaction for her entire career.

She has a strong publication record in chronic pain, addiction, and harm reduction.

Dr. Ray is currently an assistant scientist at Legacy Research Institute in Portland, Oregon,

and holds a joint faculty appointment at Washington State University.

Her multifaceted work ranges from synaptic physiology to clinical pain management.

Dr. Ray's long-term academic research goal is to define the harm reduction potential of cannabis

in the opioid overdose epidemic. As a co-founder of Smart Cannabis, ADE leverages her knowledge of

pharmacology to enhance consumer well-being and support craft cannabis producers.

Smart cannabis is a Portland-based consulting and research firm that empirically identifies the

world's most enjoyable cannabis. Now, on to the show. Hi, 80. Thanks for coming on the show today.

You bet. Thank you so much for having me, Todd. Yeah, well well i had such a great time meeting step finally in

person down at photo x and she said you'd be the best one to talk to on the show so let's just dive

right in can you give me a brief background on your research and how you got to well the place that

you are today you bet so you know i've been studying cannabis and cannabinoids my entire adult life.

I wrote my first grant to study cannabinoids in the laboratory in 2004.

And my hypothesis in my academic work is that we can use cannabis and cannabinoids to reduce

our reliance upon prescription opioid drugs

for pain relief. So I've studied this problem from a number of different angles, you know,

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