Show 1027: How One Doctor Changed His Mind about Medical Marijuana (Archive)

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the recent election, voters in several more states approved the use of medical marijuana. Now more than half the states in the US accept the medicinal use of cannabis, but the federal government does not. As a recent New York Times article about a cannabis company in California illustrates, that creates a certain amount […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:31.0	Medical marijuana is now legal in 23 states and the district of Columbia.
0:36.7	What's the evidence that cannabis has therapeutic benefits?
0:40.7	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:50.6	Marijuana has been used to treat pain, nausea, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
0:56.1	Cannabidiol oil is being tested for its ability to stop hard to treat seizures.
1:01.7	Dr. David Casaret is a palliative care physician and professor of medicine
1:06.7	at the University of Pennsylvania Perlman's School of Medicine.
1:10.3	He started as a skeptic on medical marijuana.
1:13.9	His book is Stoned,
1:16.0	a doctor's case for medical marijuana.
1:18.9	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy,
1:21.1	find out how one doctor changed his mind
1:23.2	on medical marijuana.
1:25.2	First, the news.
1:29.9	In the People's pharmacy health headlines,
1:33.5	drugs for heartburn may increase the risk for kidney stones.
1:37.2	Millions of people take proton pump inhibitors like nexium,
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