For those patient wondering if it still worth it to get a medical marijuana doctors recommendation in light of the recent effort of the Federal government to shut down local dispensaries, the answer is absolutely yes!   The government will not be able to put the genie back in the box and medical marijuana is [...]

“There is no way that this guy is seriously ill and needs medical marijuana.  Just look at him.”  I can not tell you how many times I hear people say that medical marijuana is being handed out to a bunch of pot heads just based on how they look.   My question to you is [...]

In the wake of the recent raids on legitimate medical marijuana dispensaries in Costa Mesa, CA this past week, the Feds have sent letters to all land lords who rent to dispensaries notifying them that unless they evict their property will be seized.   This has pretty much sealed the fate for the majority of [...]

Here is a round up of the news for the medical marijuana industry in LA/Orange County this week. 1)Medical marijuana dispensaries in Long Beach, CA are not going anywhere yet.   At a recent meeting with the city counsel they decided to delay making any decisions until the State Supreme Court decides whether or not [...]

A lot has happened to the medical marijuana industry in 2011.   I expect more of the same for 2012 so hold onto your shorts.   2011 was supposed to be a year of growth for the medical marijuana industry.  More and more patients in California were seeing the benefits of this plant first hand [...]

A recent study conducted by Dr. Abrams, the head of Hematology and Oncology at UC San Francisco, showed that patients who took vaporized medical marijuana in addition to opioids had a 33% greater reduction in pain that patients who only took opioids.   This is a groundbreaking study in the United States which showed that [...]

Since 2008 Doctor Breen has been evaluating patients in Long Beach that qualify to use medical marijuana under California’s proposition 215.    His office is located at the Los Altos Medical Center at 1777 N Bellflower Blvd Suite 212 which is down the street from the VA Hospital and Long Beach State.   His practice [...]

Almost daily do have to educate my patients on the health hazards of the drinks they routinely use throughout the course of the day.   Today I sat down with a 51 year old man who came in with a Rockstar Energy drink.   He was using it “to get a jumpstart in the morning.” [...]

In the past month, Medicann Medical Marijuana Clinics shut down two of their flagship locations: Anaheim and Long Beach, CA.     Medicann has been serving California patients since 2004 and operated over 20 clinics across the state.   However in the past 12 months they have seen profits drop as more and more illegal [...]

Today in Long Beach I took care of a 49 year old white make who suffers chronic insomnia as a result of a Circadian Rhythm Disorder.    Normally our bodies are on a 24 hour sleep/wake cycle.   Normal people have feedback systems that tell the brain it’s time to go to bed.  A simple [...]