Cannabis And Older Adults: Is it Safe?
We are thrilled that an NPR story by Jim Zarroli included clips from his interview with Dr. Lori Zucker of PTCannabisInfo and one of her...
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Ellen Anderson
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Medical Cannabis and Chronic Pain: Two Important Resources for Clinicians and Patients
When people have chronic pain they often experience other problems such as anxiety, avoidance behaviors, depression and difficulty with...
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Lori Zucker
- Apr 2
- 4 min
CBD is Everywhere- Is it Legal?
Ah, you are asking a very good question! And, of course, like many things surrounding cannabis, the answer isn’t a straightforward yes...
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Lori Zucker
- Feb 17
- 7 min
Your patient has chronic low back pain and asks you about CANNABIS: Part 2
For Part 1 go to https://www.ptcannabisinfo.com/post/if-your-patient-with-chronic-low-back-pain-asks-about-cannabis-what-would-you-say...
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Lori Zucker
- Feb 4
- 5 min
If your patient with chronic low back pain asks about CANNABIS, what would you say?
Here’s the case of a real patient (with a made-up name). Joe Smith is a 64-year-old cisgender male with a 10-year history of chronic low...
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Ellen Anderson
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
What is Cannabis Use Disorder?
Adults who have a medical marijuana card and use cannabis to treat symptoms of a medical condition are not the people who typically...
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Ashley Baird
- Sep 3, 2022
- 7 min
Can CBD Help Athletic Performance and Recovery?
What’s all this craze about CBD? What is it? And how might it help with sports pain and performance? Cannabis has recently been getting...
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Ashley Baird
- Feb 21, 2022
- 5 min
Endo-cannabi- what?! An Introduction to the Endocannabinoid System
What is the “endo-cannabinoid system”? It has “cannabinoid” (aka cannabis, aka weed, aka pot, aka… you get the idea) in the name. But...
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Lori Zucker
- Jan 23, 2022
- 6 min
Doing Your Own Cannabis Research?
Imagine this scene…Your phone pings and it’s your older friend who’s a PhD in French literature, is still working, and always amuses you...
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Lori Zucker
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Now There’s Delta-8 THC?! What Happened to Delta-9?!
All of a sudden it seems that delta-8 THC also known as delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol has emerged onto the cannabis scene from nowhere. ...
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Ellen Anderson
- Apr 11, 2021
- 1 min
The 50th Anniversary of "420"
How did 420 get to be slang for cannabis? Well, it started 50 years ago in 1971at San Rafael High School in California's Marin County...
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Ellen Anderson
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
High Times in New Jersey!
On November 3, 2020, New Jersey voters approved a referendum to legalize marijuana. But don’t think New Jerseyans or their neighbors can...
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Lori Zucker
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Marijuana Math
Ha! Who knew that when you walk into a dispensary to buy marijuana/cannabis/weed you’d have to manage metric system conversions,...
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Lori Zucker
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Cannabis Quiz
Test your knowledge of cannabis with this short quiz. CLICK HERE to take the quiz
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Lori Zucker
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
Cannabis Research News
The FDA recently gave the go-ahead to researchers to study the use of cannabis- based tablets in the treatment of chronic pain and stress.
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Lori Zucker
- Mar 28, 2020
- 3 min
What’s Tylenol® Got To Do with Cannabis?
For many people, popping a couple of Tylenol® tablets is a great way to get rid of some aches and pains. But for years we didn’t have a...
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Ellen Anderson
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
What's Legal & What's Not Along the Eastern Seaboard*
Connecticut: Connecticut’s state legislature decriminalized adult use in 2011 and passed medical use a year later. Patients can possess...
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