What Is Medical Marijuana and How Does It Work? with Dr. Jeff Chen

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jeff Chen is the head of UCLA’s new Cannabis Research Initiative. He joins Jonathan to break down the numerous medicinal properties of THC, how it works, its effect on the mind and body, new cannabis research breakthroughs, marijuana laws, and more! Dr. Chen is on Instagram @drjeffchen. You can learn more about his work at www.uclahealth.org/cannabis/jeff-chen and www.uclahealth.org/cannabis. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious.
0:02.6	I'm Jonathan Vaness and every week I sit down for a glorious little baby 30 minute conversation
0:07.5	with a very brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:11.6	This week I'm curious about medical marijuana, so I'm joined by Jeff Chen, head of UCLA's
0:16.4	New Cannabis Research Initiative.
0:20.2	Welcome to Getting Curious, this is Jonathan Vaness.
0:22.5	This week, very gorgeous episode, I'm very excited.
0:26.2	Welcome Dr. Jeff Chen.
0:28.1	Who I was going to say his title, but I'm too disarmed by his stunning smile on your
0:33.6	own Instagram, do you post lots of pictures?
0:36.1	Because you are about to blow up if you don't, if you already.
0:38.8	What is your Instagram?
0:39.8	Where is it?
0:40.8	It is at J-E-F-E-C-H-E.
0:45.1	Do you post lots of pacts?
0:47.1	Sometimes, yeah.
0:48.1	Oh my God.
0:49.1	So, but you're the director of the cannabis initiative at UCLA.
0:55.0	That is correct.
0:56.2	I guess your smile wasn't that disarming.
0:58.6	I'm nailing it.
1:00.3	Okay, so, but you're a doctor.
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