Yesterday in Irvine I took care of a 48 year old man who was diagnosed with Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy.   He has been using medical marijuana for the past 2 months and wanted to come in for an evaluation and recommendation.    In this post I pasted an extensive review for patients on the signs [...]

Actor Seth Rogan, known for his hilarious role in the movie Superbad, admitting to “medicating” with marijuana while being interviewed by Howard Stern on Sirius Satellite Radio yesterday.   He freely admits to smoking 2 joints a day on average and how it helps him with his creativity at work.     In a nutshell, [...]

Today in Irvine I followed up with a 31 year old women who has been using medical marijuana to treat severe pelvic pain secondary to endometriosis for the past year.   She told me she has had her “period” for the past 179 days, has become anemic and the lupron that she is taking makes [...]

I have been seeing patients in the medical marijuana industry for the past 4 years full time.   During that time I have visited and spoken to a LOT of dispensary owners and general managers about the “aches and pains” of running a medical marijuana dispensary.   Recently I sat with someone who has been [...]

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 [...]

I recently sat in my office with a California medical doctor who had questions about my medical marijuana practice.   She had previously worked for a Long Beach medical marijuana clinic but was “fired” because she refused to practice in the unethical manner which they required of their doctors.  This clinic she said was being [...]

Long Beach, California is one of the few cities that is trying to implement a sensible ordinance to regulate the medical marijuana dispensary industry.  You can read the full ordinance here: http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=30310 The ordinance is very clear and insures that persons with prior criminal backgrounds can not participate in this industry.     (Already, according [...]

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to over a 100 seniors at Leisure World in Laguna Woods.     Retirees are my favorite patients to work with because they get the most benefit from using medical marijuana and are extremely grateful. Laguna Woods is one of the few communities that allows for patients [...]

In that state of California, patients can receive a recommendation by a doctor to try medical marijuana for many different conditions.   Everything from chronic insomnia to chronic pain will legally qualify a patient.     The one formality that the state medical board requires doctors to do PRIOR to recommending marijuana is verify the [...]

My name is Marie and I am a medical marijuana patient.  I am 63 years old and have suffer from severe arthritis in both my hips.  I am mother of 4, grandmother of 10 and live in a small retirement community in southern California. I use medical marijuana twice per day.  Once when I wake [...]