Article excerpt: Dasheeda Dawson, the new head of Portland, Ore.’s Cannabis Program, believes it’s essential to disseminate accurate information about the plant, and the costs of prohibition. She joined the regulatory side in May, after stints in cannabis advocacy and […]
Article excerpt: Brooklyn native Dasheeda Dawson was recently put in charge the Cannabis Program of Portland, Oregon’s Office of Community and Civic Life. “I am working within the government to activate things that are long overdue,” Dawson told Benzinga. The […]
Article excerpt: Systemic racism isn’t just intertwined with the criminalization of cannabis, but in the legal industry, too. Breaking into this business as an entrepreneur is an uphill battle unless you’re privileged with financial security and connections. If you have […]
Article excerpt: In 2016, Portland voters approved a 3 percent local tax on cannabis sales—money that was promised to fund drug treatment, small businesses, and public safety. Instead, almost all of it is going to the Portland Police Department, a […]
The City of Portland has released a statement welcoming Dasheeda Dawson, a board member of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, as Cannabis Program Supervisor. City of Portland Announcement: Please join us in welcoming Dasheeda Dawson in her new role as Cannabis […]
“It’s mostly talking and at the end patients get an electronic copy of everything. They don’t even have to take notes,” said Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD, director of NorthShore Medical Group’s Integrative Medicine program in Chicago. Fewer of Mendoza Temple’s […]
While they may feel scary, bad highs typically aren’t life-threatening, says Peter Grinspoon, MD, primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor at Harvard Medical School, and board member of the advocacy group Doctors For Cannabis Regulation. Full article at […]
In a recent conversation published in NJ Cannabis Insider, David Nathan, a Princeton-based psychiatrist and the founder of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, spoke about the challenges and opportunities physicians serving medical marijuana patients are currently navigating amid the COVID-19 crisis.
WSHU Public Radio, which broadcasts in New York and Connecticut, invited Dr. David Nathan to its program to discuss cannabis legalization alongside several other guests. Topics discussed include the various new challenges for human resource professionals, emergency care, and the […]
Mississippians for Compassionate Care invited Dr. Rachel Knox to discuss their “Medical Marijuana 2020” campaign, which seeks to legalize medical cannabis at the ballot box this November. Knox, representing Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, spoke at length regarding the history, science, […]
“The enthusiasm for CBD has clearly outpaced the hard-core scientific evidence for what it actually does,” says Peter Grinspoon, instructor at Harvard Medical School and a board member for Doctors for Cannabis Regulation. “A lot of the studies we have […]
Al Harrington, the former NBA forward and founder of cannabis company Viola, is championing medical cannabis in basketball. “The day-to-day pain management issues that players deal with can be dealt with through cannabis,” Harrington said of athletes who are often […]
New Jersey Assembly and Senate committees held hearings on Thursday to discuss a resolution that would put the question of marijuana legalization before voters on the 2020 ballot. The Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee debated the legislation at a […]
The dispensing of medical marijuana varies significantly by state, with some states allowing risker environments than others, said Monica Bopha Taing, a clinical cannabis consultant, a board director of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation and a registered pharmacist who worked in […]
Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter and the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Madness, Marijuana and Violence, a controversial tome that has been widely dismissed by many scientists as a cherry-picking, fearmongering book that […]
The most extreme pro-cannabis narratives claim that cannabis is harmless, even a cure-all for diseases that has been suppressed by greedy pharmaceuticals. The anti-cannabis narrative, meanwhile, has used alarmist reporting to imply that smoking weed will turn you into a […]
“We must stop using a sledgehammer to kill a weed.” – David L. Nathan MD, DFPA Analytical Cannabis covers Dr. Nathan’s testimony to members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. Full article at Analytical Cannabis
Doctors Group Pushes For Legalizing Marijuana, from NY State of Politics, Spectrum News, 6/12/2019. As medical professionals and healthcare providers, our first and foremost obligation is to protect the health of our patients. Our lifelong commitment to improving public health and patients’ quality […]
Spectrum News New York coverage of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation backing the legalization of marijuana in New York.
“Psychosis is a known risk for violence and cannabis use is a known risk for psychosis,” @AlexBerenson, former NYT reporter and author of new book on marijuana, tells @smerconish. @DavidNathanMD says his claims are “simply not supported by science” https://t.co/Zaf5RUP71h […]