It’s pretty amazing the lengths that certain clinics are going to scare patients in their advertising. I recently came across a clinic online that advertises that “WE ARE THE ONLY CLINIC THAT OFFER NON-INCRIMINATING PATIENT FORMS”

They state on their website that by filling out a medical history form truthfully (DISCUSSING PRIOR CANNABIS USE) that you can incriminate your self and go to jail. That somehow this information will be held against you in a court of law.

THAT IS COMPLETE NONSENSE!

Over the past month I have had more than a few patients tell me that in addition to helping them with their symptoms, that their sex life has improved dramatically as a result of their cannabis use. Many couples get into a “rut” when it comes to sex. It becomes less and less frequent and even with couples that have sex regularly it can become “not as exciting”. What they described is that while they are medicated the sex becomes more intense, they tend to be less inhibited and frequency has gone up.

For the past month I have been treating a 62 y/o women for chronic pain that had been taking 18 pain killers every day. (12 oxycontin!) Not only did they stop working but they made her nauseated, constipated and feeling “loopy” all day. She told me that her life felt like she was out of control. Her pain management doctor spends 6 minutes with her and hands her a re-fill prescription for oxycontin. I am happy to report that after one month of using cannabis to treat her pain she is completely off opiate narcotics! Congratulations. I am glad you have control of your life again. There is hope!

My name is Dr Sean Breen and for the past 2 years in Irvine I have dedicated my practice to seeing patients for medical marijuana recommendations. Our clinic, Medical Cannabis of Southern California, is located next to John Wayne Airport in the Sky Park Circle business park. I want to take a second to thank my entire staff for working so hard to reach out to our community here in Orange County. We have seen almost 5000 patients and have done good work.

As medical director of Medical Cannabis of Southern California I often evaluate patients who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and SLE (lupus). Both are characterized by extreme chronic joint pain. Today I evaluated a 54 year female who had been taking plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) to limit the joint inflammation. Unfortunately she is experiencing some unwanted side effects and has been using cannabis to help relieve them.

Many patients often ask me how cannabis will affect their blood pressure. Hypertension is one of the indications to recommend cannabis and I have many patients that use it for that purpose.