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Backgrounds and Trainings in Cannabis Therapeutics of Dispensary Personnel.
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2022 Sep 19, 6:11am 310 views 10 comments
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WookieMan
2022 Sep 19, 6:24am
WookieMan
2022 Sep 19, 6:24am
It helps with pain I know that. My dad had cancer. Was MEGA anti weed prior. It helped him big time once he got over his perceived stigma of it (he was a lawyer). Now my mom and sister take it. I got shit on in my 20's by them for smoking it, so I have some resentment towards them.
I was never going to do coke, crack, meth, heroin, etc. It's not a gateway drug. I'm convinced heavy drugs are influenced by your peers and nothing else. We all just smoked Saturday night until 4am. No one was like, where's the heroin. We're all 40ish.
This said, weed isn't going to cure cancer or anything. It's a therapeutic that makes living with it easier. Basically a less harmful Tylenol.
I was never going to do coke, crack, meth, heroin, etc. It's not a gateway drug. I'm convinced heavy drugs are influenced by your peers and nothing else. We all just smoked Saturday night until 4am. No one was like, where's the heroin. We're all 40ish.
This said, weed isn't going to cure cancer or anything. It's a therapeutic that makes living with it easier. Basically a less harmful Tylenol.
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joshuatrio
2022 Sep 19, 7:37am
joshuatrio
2022 Sep 19, 7:37am
I don't smoke weed, tried it once in college (didn't enjoy), and I don't see an issue with it if people want to smoke/ingest it.
However, I compare oncologists with the sales clerks for medical dispensaries. Oncologists just sell treatment - and one doc may have a wildly different approach or treatment compared with another doc. No treatments are the same and you never know what you're gonna get. I don't trusts oncologists at all. The last one killed my mother in law. She was literally dying, and he pushed another chemo treatment on her for the $$, she died that week. In fact, her chemo was going great, and she was doing well - then he switched her treatment and she went downhill quick. Instead of switching back, he basically killed her.
No thank you to big pharma. If I were a cancer patient, I would def. try cannabis as it does have anti cancer properties. It also helps lower insulin levels and normalize blood pressure for most people if taken therapeutically. I read a few book on it (kindle unlimited) and was surprised at the potential benefits of it. You can abuse anything. ANYTHING. Hell, even people get high on essential oils - look it up on Youtube. But cannabis has a lot of great benefits.
However, I compare oncologists with the sales clerks for medical dispensaries. Oncologists just sell treatment - and one doc may have a wildly different approach or treatment compared with another doc. No treatments are the same and you never know what you're gonna get. I don't trusts oncologists at all. The last one killed my mother in law. She was literally dying, and he pushed another chemo treatment on her for the $$, she died that week. In fact, her chemo was going great, and she was doing well - then he switched her treatment and she went downhill quick. Instead of switching back, he basically killed her.
No thank you to big pharma. If I were a cancer patient, I would def. try cannabis as it does have anti cancer properties. It also helps lower insulin levels and normalize blood pressure for most people if taken therapeutically. I read a few book on it (kindle unlimited) and was surprised at the potential benefits of it. You can abuse anything. ANYTHING. Hell, even people get high on essential oils - look it up on Youtube. But cannabis has a lot of great benefits.
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NuttBoxer
2022 Sep 19, 9:41am
NuttBoxer
2022 Sep 19, 9:41am
UCSD actually has a pretty advanced cannabis treatment section of their oncology department. This is from our massage therapist who's husband recently died of cancer, and who's daughter is a doctor.
I stopped going to dispensary's when even one of the best ones, the guy I dealt with was unable to give me any good info on tea's for my mother-in-law. Also, from selling I can tell you they don't give a shit about organic, only about how it looks. I make my own medicine. My brother-in-law, who is a major pot head doesn't use them either. He buy's from a wholesaler he knows directly.
I stopped going to dispensary's when even one of the best ones, the guy I dealt with was unable to give me any good info on tea's for my mother-in-law. Also, from selling I can tell you they don't give a shit about organic, only about how it looks. I make my own medicine. My brother-in-law, who is a major pot head doesn't use them either. He buy's from a wholesaler he knows directly.
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AmericanKulak
2022 Sep 19, 10:14am
AmericanKulak
2022 Sep 19, 10:14am
You mean the grifting hippies/thots in weed shops - excuse me, "Medical Dispensiaries" have no medical training to speak of?
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WookieMan
2022 Sep 19, 11:14am
WookieMan
2022 Sep 19, 11:14am
NuttBoxer says
Knowing the source is big. I've got two "illegal" sources (because you know the state cartel gets control) I get it from. They're allowed to grow it, just not sell it to me directly. I have to keep it in two sealed containers outside otherwise the kids ask why the house smells like a skunk. Talking inside a thermos type container inside of another sealed pantry type container. I'm a random with a carport in IL. I put it out there and it still reeks.
It's not a heavy user either. Curbs drinking and lowers my anxiety and I can still function. Helps with sleep. I don't know, those all seem like good things. I don't use at/during work. No harm no foul is my take. Only mix with booze when hanging with neighbors and could walk home. Fact is everyone in legal states is smoking and drinking. They're lying to you if they're depending on how recent it became legal.
Never saw my mom or sister as pot heads in this lifetime. Hell, or my dad before he passed.
He buy's from a wholesaler he knows directly.
Knowing the source is big. I've got two "illegal" sources (because you know the state cartel gets control) I get it from. They're allowed to grow it, just not sell it to me directly. I have to keep it in two sealed containers outside otherwise the kids ask why the house smells like a skunk. Talking inside a thermos type container inside of another sealed pantry type container. I'm a random with a carport in IL. I put it out there and it still reeks.
It's not a heavy user either. Curbs drinking and lowers my anxiety and I can still function. Helps with sleep. I don't know, those all seem like good things. I don't use at/during work. No harm no foul is my take. Only mix with booze when hanging with neighbors and could walk home. Fact is everyone in legal states is smoking and drinking. They're lying to you if they're depending on how recent it became legal.
Never saw my mom or sister as pot heads in this lifetime. Hell, or my dad before he passed.
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Patrick
2022 Sep 19, 12:10pm
Patrick
2022 Sep 19, 12:10pm
joshuatrio says
They killed my mother as well, by doing a pointless surgery which left her partly paralyzed and shortened her life considerably, but made them $50K.
I'm close to outright hate for all doctors, especially after essentially all of them pushed the completely ineffective and very dangerous toxxine on government orders. No integrity.
I don't trusts oncologists at all. The last one killed my mother in law.
They killed my mother as well, by doing a pointless surgery which left her partly paralyzed and shortened her life considerably, but made them $50K.
I'm close to outright hate for all doctors, especially after essentially all of them pushed the completely ineffective and very dangerous toxxine on government orders. No integrity.
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NuttBoxer
2022 Sep 19, 1:40pm
NuttBoxer
2022 Sep 19, 1:40pm
WookieMan says
My wife got me these great mason jars from Crate and Barrel. They have the flip top, and a replaceable rubber seal that goes in between. I've never had issues with smell, always keep it in my closet to protect from sunlight.
I have to keep it in two sealed containers outside otherwise the kids ask why the house smells like a skunk.
My wife got me these great mason jars from Crate and Barrel. They have the flip top, and a replaceable rubber seal that goes in between. I've never had issues with smell, always keep it in my closet to protect from sunlight.
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NuttBoxer
2022 Sep 19, 1:43pm
NuttBoxer
2022 Sep 19, 1:43pm
I smoke occasionally for recreation, most often to prevent headaches I recently started getting overnight, from what I'm guessing is neck tension. About once a month for the overnight issue, although I also go to massage and chiro regularly. It's a lot of fun, I just generally don't get that kind of time to relax with a toddler running around.
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socal2
2022 Sep 19, 2:43pm
I'm a near daily toker. Have been for 25+ years and usually vape now.
Never had a problem with it. I rarely drink other than a glass of wine at dinner or some beers on the weekends.
I limit my consumption to a couple hits after work during the week and a single vape cartridge can last me weeks/months. My habit probably costs me fifty cents a day. I vape Sativa on the weekends if I am doing art or working in the yard and Indica after dinner if I am just chilling on the couch looking to unwind.
Anything in excess is bad and I do worry about how easy it is to get in California with my H.S. age kids. But I have never had anything but a positive experience with my "California Sober" lifestyle. I am in tip-top shape and have a great family and work life.
I have too many friends and family who are alcoholics watching booze totally ruin them.
Never had a problem with it. I rarely drink other than a glass of wine at dinner or some beers on the weekends.
I limit my consumption to a couple hits after work during the week and a single vape cartridge can last me weeks/months. My habit probably costs me fifty cents a day. I vape Sativa on the weekends if I am doing art or working in the yard and Indica after dinner if I am just chilling on the couch looking to unwind.
Anything in excess is bad and I do worry about how easy it is to get in California with my H.S. age kids. But I have never had anything but a positive experience with my "California Sober" lifestyle. I am in tip-top shape and have a great family and work life.
I have too many friends and family who are alcoholics watching booze totally ruin them.
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Shaman
2022 Sep 19, 3:00pm
Shaman
2022 Sep 19, 3:00pm
I mostly gave up booze after twenty years of being a drinker. It wasn’t good for me. Tried some pot when it became legal and figured out a system that works for me. Vape a hit of indica shortly before bed. Relaxes me and I sleep well until morning, without getting up too early or unexpectedly. This works much better than booze ever did for that, with none of the hangover.
METHODS:
The study design was semistructured interviews across 13 states with cannabis dispensary personnel in managerial or client-facing positions. Of 38 recruited, 26 (68%) completed interview. The primary outcome was training in MC advising. Researchers targeted thematic saturation and adhered to Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research.
RESULTS:
Of 26 participants, 54% were female, with an average age of 40 (range: 22-64) years. Half worked in client-facing roles; half worked in managerial ones. Study participants endorsed passionate commitment to their profession, often motivated by personal experience with MC therapeutics. Cannabis dispensaries often privileged sales skills over cannabis therapeutics knowledge when hiring, resulting in uneven baseline levels of cannabis therapeutics expertise among staff. Most participants reported workplace cannabis therapeutics training to be unstandardized and weak. They described dispensary personnel as resourceful in pursuing cannabis knowledge, self-financing learning in off-hours, sampling dispensary products, and exchanging knowledge. Nearly half the participants called for quality, standardized cannabis therapeutics training for dispensary personnel.
CONCLUSION:
The many oncology teams who defer to dispensary personnel regarding MC advising rely on a workforce who views themselves as unevenly trained. Further research should include a national survey of cannabis dispensary personnel to learn whether these findings hold true in a larger sample. If so, the oncology community must determine the best approach to clinically advising individuals with cancer about MC.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35969815/