If you are wondering why you should get a recommendation from a legitimate medical doctor and clinic read the following article. A Los Alamitos doctor, who was punished last year after a plastic surgery patient died, is facing more California Medical Board discipline stemming from his work at a beach-front medical marijuana clinic in Venice. [...]

Over the past week I have taken care of 5 patients who are at the end of their life and wanted to use medical marijuana to relieve their suffering.   All of them are in home hospice and expect to die within the next 6 months.    All of them are suffering from pain, nausea, [...]

Many patients often ask me legal questions about getting involved in the medical marijuana industry.  Although I am obviously not an attorney I have become fairly well versed in cannabis law in the State of California.   The person who I respect the most in this area of law is attorney Anthony Curiale located in [...]

Yesterday in Irvine I took care of a 41 year old women who suffered from severe pain as a result of cervical dystonia.   Her pain was compounded by the fact that she developed botulism after a botox injection 4 months ago.  Her pain was consistent an 8+/10 on a daily basis.   She had [...]

Today in Long Beach I took care of a 77 year old women with metastatic breast cancer.   She has been on chemotherapy for the last 4 months and is experiencing excruciating pain, nausea, insomnia and lack of appetite.   Her pain medications (narcotics) are no longer effective and are only making her nauseous.   [...]

Choosing the right doctor for your medical marijuana recommendation is important.   If you are in the Southern California, specifically Orange County and Long Beach area, there is only one choice.   Dr. Sean Breen, medical director of Medical Cannabis of Southern California, has been the only consistent physician offering recommendations for the past 4 [...]

How many more celebrities, friends and family do we have to read about before we (as physicians) realize that prescription xanax, lorazepam and sleeping pills are not a great choice for MOST patients.   Xanax (alprazolam), diazapam (valium) and lorazepam (ativan) all fall under the same drug category called benzodiazepines.   They work by stimulating [...]

A lot has changed in the past 3 months for the medical marijuana industry in California.   Local municipalities have asked federal law enforcement to help shut down dispensaries by the dozen. It has worked.   Over the past 14 days Costa Mesa went from having 37 medical marijuana dispensaries to 0.0  Letters to landlords [...]

Quite often I get patient in my office who have used medical marijuana to sleep for years with excellent results.    Across the board, they all tell me that they sleep soundly and do not wake up feeling groggy.   Most doctors are prescribing sleeping pills like Ambien, Lunesta or even Trazodone.   Most of [...]

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 [...]