Reefer, Managed: Cannabis as Medicine

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 4, 2019

Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, physician, researcher and professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, talks about what doctors know about medical cannabis and how the industry works to help patients in New York State.

Marijuana is good for Panic Attacks, instant relief
— jahcoin (@jahcoin1) April 4, 2019

More important to help LIVE when dealing with a chronic, flaring condition like #IBD - not so much to heal. Helps to calm the gut and relax the mind in a functional way.
— MerK (@merknyc) April 4, 2019

@BrianLehrer can your guest speak about the costs associated with medical marijuana? Patients must pay to get a prescription (some times yearly) and insurance does not cover the medical marijuana or the doctor's visit/prescription!
— Jes with one S (@librarianjes) April 4, 2019

@BrianLehrer Like so many I began smoking pot in HS. As an adult I suffered through chrnic pain for many years, none the less I am disturbed to see marijuana embraced as slver bullet for chronic pain. Understanding the root of pain is more impnt than covering it #ReeferManaged
— Otto Cosmop (@MichaelBernste4) April 4, 2019

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