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 [...]

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 [...]

We are getting a lot of people asking us “What will the feds crackdown on California’s medical marijuana industry mean for patients?”   The short answer is there will be subtle changes.    However let me elaborate on the subtle changes that I think we will all see and give you my prediction of the future. [...]

Governor Jerry Brown just vetoed SB 847 which if passed would had prohibited medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within 600 feet of ANY residential property.   His reasoning was that he prefers to give local municipalities the authority to create their own ordinances and that this bill would have created more confusion.    I agree [...]

The goal of this post is to explain how medical marijuana can improve the quality of life for both cancer patients and survivors.  Over the past 4 years I have evaluated thousands of patients who want to try medical marijuana to help relieve their symptoms.  30% of my patients are diagnosed with cancer and in [...]

Dr. Sean Breen has been recognized for his outstanding treatment of women going though menopause using medical marijuana.   Since 2008, a growing number of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women have turned to him for advice getting through this difficult time.   Not only does he discuss the benefits of using medical marijuana to combat the [...]

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As reported in today’s Orange County Register.   No wonder the state is doing nothing about the large number of illegally operated medical marijuana clinics.   “Hundreds of California doctors who lost their hospital privileges for malpractice, incompetence, and other serious errors have never been disciplined by state regulators, and the Medical Board of Californiadoesn’t seem [...]

Human Growth Hormone, commonly referred to as HGH, is important in the maintenance and growth of skeletal muscle, bone, cartilage, liver, kidneys, skin, heart and nerves (almost every cell in the body).   It also has many other physiologic effects including regulating blood sugar levels.   It has been commonly used as a performance enhancing [...]