“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The medical marijuana industry in California has been on a roller coaster ride since 2008 when President Obama took office. We witnessed a small niche community explode into a mainstream industry with doctors offices and dispensaries popping up across the state. The federal government went from a posture of “the big bad wolf” to little [...]

Since 2008 Dr. Sean Breen has been the medical director for Medical Cannabis of Southern California. During that time he has treated several hundred HIV+ patients with medical marijuana. His clinic is located adjacent to the Aids Services Foundation of Orange County in Irvine and it has been a blessing for both Dr. Breen and [...]

Some times you need to hear it directly from the horses mouth.   This week I invited an investigating officer (law enforcement) from the California Medical Board to my office to discuss what is truly the standard of care when recommending marijuana to patients.   There is a lot of misinformation on the internet and [...]

Today in Irvine I took care of a 57 year old women named Pam who had a recurrence of her Breast cancer and is undergoing a second round of chemotherapy and radiation (ends Feb 2012)   She is using medical marijuana because it significantly reduced her nausea, improved her appetite and “took my mind off [...]