Explore every episode of the podcast Let's Talk Cannabis with Doctors

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Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville as we meet with Dr. Jennifer Anderson, a Family physician based in Winnipeg, Manitoba who specializes in cannabinoids, and discuss how she saved her son from seizing 3-4x/hr and near death to living a manageable home and school life by implementing CBD as a last resort. 

Since then her son has been thriving, going from being in the hospital 90% of the time  to celebrating 3 yrs with no hospital visits for seizures. Since 2017 Dr, Jen has been working with patients of all ages who have failed all options and giving them the chance to explore cannabinoids as a form of treatment with favourable results.  She now works to advocate, educate and advise on cannabinoids to patients, colleagues and the industry. 

For more information on Dr. Jennifer Anderson and the important work she is doing, please visit her on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville as we discuss potential harms, possible stigma around medical cannabis and it's effects on psychosis and schizophrenia, and a range of important topics:

• Defining the primary differences between the two main cannabinoids - THC and CBD and highlighting the 150 other cannabinoids, 200 terpenes and 25 flavonoids that all contribute to the plant.
• The differences between medical cannabis and plants with >0.3% of THC which is considered hemp
• THC has a dissociative effect and why it's so widely used recreationally, but is also better prescribed for sleep disorders
• CBD helps to moderate the effects of THC, and is also known to demonstrate anti-inflammatory effects in several inflammatory conditions
• CBD and the derived oil is shown to help control children's seizures
• CBD offers protection against psychosis, stabilizes mood.  Evidence indicates that it protects against schizophrenia and bipolar disorders
• The Sativa products are energizing and motivating which should be considered with people that have schizophrenia and bipolar disorders
• A correlation between trauma and autoimmune disorders; both of which are modulated by the endocannabinoid system

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Nikki Lawley, a cannabis patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Nikki and the Plant who discovered medical cannabis after experiencing a life-changing brain injury while working as a pediatric nurse.  Together they cover a range of important topics:

• Living with the symptoms of a concussion is like living with an invisible illness which can be very difficult to treat, even with years of credibility as a practising nurse
• Struggling to find a cure for her condition since the drugs that were being prescribed by medical doctors were causing her serious side effects and anaphylactic symptoms.
• Overcoming the misconceptions of cannabis and the ridicule she faced for wanting to try medical cannabis to help with the symptoms since the other drugs weren't working
• The relationship of a brain concussions and women in domestic violence, brain fog associated with menopause, women suffering from anxiety and depression and how medical cannabis can help control and heal these chronic ailments and trauma.
• CBD helps to people with seizures, neuropathic pain, stabilizing nerve tissue that regulates heart rhythms.
• CBD helps the body recruit neuro stem cells to promote neurogenesis and the healing of nerve tissue and the creation of new synapses 
• and more...

Information about Nikki Lawley

• A cannabis patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Nikki and the Plant. Nikki discovered medical cannabis after experiencing a life-changing brain injury while working as a pediatric nurse in October 2016.
• Nikki is a leading voice in the community, chronicling her journey from a healthcare provider to a patient to an advocate. She hopes to bring worldwide awareness to invisible illness, disability, and how cannabis can help improve quality of life. She has been a guest on multiple podcasts and shows, including “Let’s Be Blunt with Montel Williams.” 
• Nikki is creating a line of evidence-based, symptom-specific cannabis products made from proprietary blends of terpenes and other cannabinoids. Each blend is formulated from data for patients who use cannabis to treat pain, cognitive function, anxiety, and depression. 
• Connecting with Nikki Lawley:
  On her website NIKKIANDTHEPLANT.ORG
  Via email through NIKKILAWLEY1@GMAIL.COM
  Via social media via LINKTR.EE/NIKKILAWLEY

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Lucie Pagé, Canadian Journalist for national Newspapers, Magazines and Radio stations cover a range of important topics:

• Discovering that she had a very rare condition of female menopause that caused her years of pain and suffering and her journey to medical cannabis to help her manage her symptoms and eventually overcome her condition.
• 100% of ADHD cases could be treated with medical cannabis rather than Ritalin, and Ritalin reacts the same place in the brain where the addictions start.
• Teenagers turning to other drugs to cope with addiction could all be treated with medical cannabis.
• and more...

About Lucie Pagé
Lucie Pagé, born in Nova Scotia, is a French Canadian journalist, writer and lecturer sharing her life between Canada and South Africa since 1990. She has done numerous television and radio documentaries as a journalist, producer and director and was often rewarded for her work. She has written for many newspapers and magazines and has been Radio-Canada’s radio correspondent in South Africa since 1990. She has written eight books - four novels and four non-fiction. Her book on cannabis - Sex, Pot and Politics - is actually a political satire where she incorporated her two-year research on cannabis, a plant that literally saved her life. Lucie has a very rare form of menopause that could have killed her had she not found how to treat herself with cannabis. She has been married to Jay Naidoo a political activist (still today) and minister in Nelson Mandela’s cabinet. They have been together for 32 years and have three children and three grandchildren.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Fabian Henry, an award winning Executive and Veteran advocate at the Veterans House Charity, helping the Veteran community translate their complex trauma needs into unique treatment plans , and cover a range of important topics:

• Various approaches for treating symptoms of complex trauma and war related injuries with medical cannabis
• The importance of terpene profile in medical cannabis for specific illness/injury
• Most dominate terpene particular to the calming terpenes: myrcene, terpinolene, and linalool.
• Fabian's personal victory on being awarded first critical injury benefit solely for PTSD
• Discussions around the endocannabinoid system and Trauma including the right protocols to process cannabis in order to pass the blood brain barrier
• and more...

Information about Fabian Henry

• The Veteran House Charity - https://veteranshouse.ca/ head quartered in Gananoque, Ontario - a Federally Registered Charity supporting halfway or group home type facilities run by participating organization, where Veterans can go to heal from Mental illness and Operational Stress Injuries (OSI), such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other injuries, in Canada. 
• VETERANS FOR HEALING GLOBAL - https://www.vfhg.ca/ located in Sydney, NS
  Veterans For Healing Global (VFHG) is a Canadian company committed to helping support and guide Veterans and their families through their journey in health, healing, and well-being with our comprehensive client-care model.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Michael Mejer, the founder of A Mejer Journey Podcast hosted by Green Lane Communication, and cover a range of important topics:

• medical cannabis to help manage the effects of debilitating physical tremors and Parkinson's disease, most likely due to a different gut biome and how CBD helps to bring balance to the immune system that causes related tremor diseases
• the power of how different cannabinoids can help with falling asleep and staying asleep
• CBD and it's impact on the immune system
• Discussions on brain fog, chemo brain (side effects from chemotherapy), fibromyalgia and post COVID neurological syndrome and if CBD can help play a role
• Early onset Dementia and how medical cannabis can help improve cognitive ability and general brain health
• Discussions on supporting our endocannabinoid system through diet and exercise and really turning to medical cannabis if we encounter an imbalance or suffer sudden deficiencies 
•  High level discuss on medical cannabis to treat various use cases and ailments 
• and more...

For more information about Micheal Mejer, A Mejer Journey Podcast, Green Lane Communications, please visit greenlanecommunication.com, and you can reach Michael via email at Email mike@greenlanecommunication.com or follow him on Twitter, LinkedIN and Instagram.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Matthew Butt, Cannabinoid Educator and the office supervisor with Canada House in Mount Pearl NewFoundland, and cover a range of important topics:

• Coping with panic and anxiety as it increases in the evening
• Talk about Navy Seal (Ryan Larkin) who suffered from Blast disruption and the  imaging that was done  to reveal Astroglial brain scarring which caused ongoing psychological issues which went undetected.
• CBD helps to heal the brain from brain injury and doesn't interfere with the brain healing itself unlike existing pharmaceutical products
• CBN - hard to find but is more available. CBN can be understood as a weaker version of THC and is about 25% as effective as THC, which makes it a mild chemical.
• Promoting the value that Canada House including the research they do to inform and connect veterans to services and completing forms.
• and more...

For more information about Matthew Butt and Canada House, please visit canadahouseclinics.ca, and you can reach Matthew by phone at 709-738-4071 or email him at matthew.butt@canadahouse.ca.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Miguel Torrez, the host and producer of the popular podcast “The Conversation, Cannabis & Christianity”,  a Veteran Owned & Operated podcast based in Largo, Florida, United States to cover a range of important topics including:

• How does/can cannabis be used to treat neuropathy?
• How does cannabis impact the human endocrine system?
• With the concept of food as medicine: how does cannabis impact the gastrointestinal system?
• and more...

To learn more about Miguel Torrez and his Christianity and Cannabis podcast series, visit him at his website ccandcpodcast.com, or email at miguel@ccandcpodcast.com and you can also connect with him on LinkedIN. 

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Kim Saltarski Film Producer and discuss how he treated his case of stage 3B melanoma with medical cannabis and plant-based medicine, and is now cancer free ever since. 

Kim Saltarski has produced over 400 hours of inspired, original animated and live action content, documenting the world of “patients helping patients with medical cannabis”.  A survivor of stage 3B melanoma cancer, Kim treated himself with medical cannabis and plant-based medicine, and is now cancer free ever since. His award winning documentaries listed below are his way of shining light on endocannabinoid medicine and destigmatizing its use.  

For more information about Kim Saltarski and the work he's doing, please visit: 

• thcseries.com
• JacksGarageDoc.com
• MENDdoc.com

Kim’s latest documentary, “THC - The Healing Conversations featuring Corrie Yelland” is now available on Youtube as a Full Episode and Trailer.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Legacy 420's Tim Barnhart, CEO and Owner and Cathy O’Coin, Director Quality, Operations & Human Resources; an Indigenous owned and operated organic medical Cannabis Dispensary, located on Mohawk Territory.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with Dr. Joseph Rosado, one of the most respected medical authorities on cannabis as plant-based medicine based in North East Central Florida, USA  and cover a range of important topics:

• Started studying medicine at the age of 16, began researching the endocannabinoid system and the issue that cannabis does not create a physiological dependency
• Discussing the laws and decriminalization of medical cannabis in Florida
• treating Alzheimer's and dementia with medical cannabis to promote neurogenesis and the rebuilding of stem cells
• Implementing medical cannabis to treat young Pediatric patients (down to 18 months old) - seizures, Autism, Pediatric anxiety; each treatment is highly individualized
• Autism patients tracked through a 20+ year research study that reviewed findings and saw specific regions of the brain had no atrophy or cognition deficiencies when using medical cannabis
• Discussion of harmful side-effects to Pediatric patients of prescribing mainstream drugs, instead prescribing medical cannabis as a front line treatment protocol
• treating with Medical cannabis is not a one-size-fits all which requires patience and careful monitoring to ensure the dosage schedule and THC/CBD combinations
• discussing various synthetic medical cannabis products
• medical cannabis helps people suffering from the side-effects of their pharmaceutical medications and opioid withdrawal
• and more...

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett, Founder and Managing Director of Let’s Talk Cannabis™ (LTC) and Bayview Concierge Inc., who expands on discussions in previous episodes with our chief medical advisor  Dr. Barbara Mainville,  medical cannabis physician with over 30 years experience as coroner and lead emergency physician:

• Using medical cannabis to treat patients with PTSD,  including treating children diagnosed with ADHD and it's close relationship with Autism
• How CBD helps with anxiety, promotes Neurogenesis and helps people manage the withdrawal symptoms associated with other drug treatments
• Preliminary conversation about the molecular structure of medical cannabis and the naturally present terpenes
• Medical cannabis isolates and its use case with those who are allergic to terpenes or require cannabis alternatives due to on-the-job regulations  
• Discussing early eduction in medical schools about medical cannabis and updating the curriculum to include the Endocannabinoid system.

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Barb Mainville who meet with the CEO and co-founder of Aqualitas Myrna Gillis based on Bedford, Nova Scotia,  and cover a range of important topics regarding manufacturing, testing and important medical use cases:

• Overview of Aqualitas and their unique organic growing process using aquaponics (using living Koi fish) to generate macro and micro nutrients for their organic cannabis products
• Discussing clean cannabis dried flower (non-irradiated) vs synthetic and plant based flowers and the benefits associated as it pertains to product research and development
• The benefits of having a pure controlled environment like Aqualitas with validated processes to create the right genetic CBD profiles for accurate evidence based research with more consistent results 
• Treating Trauma and PTSD with medical Cannabis and marginalized communities
• Addressing ADHD with undiagnosed head injuries (neuro trama) and how higher amounts of THC rather than CBD can help treatment and support research
• Common drug treatments for sleep and people with ADHD produce side effects which are not present when using THC as a treatment plan
• CBD in the treatment of early dementia and helping the brains health with more favourable results and less side effects than mainstream drugs
• Discussions around cannabis creating new brain synapsis that promotes neurogenesis
• and more...

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett, Founder and Managing Director of Let’s Talk Cannabis™ (LTC) and Bayview Concierge Inc., who speaks with accomplished lawyer, international consultant, and public speaker Robert W. E. Laurie of the privately held law firm Ad Lucem Law Corporation based on Vancouver, British Columbia:

• advocate and voice for people who need to be heard
• talks about his personal treatment of ADHD with Cannabis and Ritalin 
• covers various legal topics concerning the use of Cannabis
• exposes the government's stance on medical cannabis and other natural plant medicines as a treatment - and our birth right
• mental health, drug addiction and how Cannabis is forgiving when combining it with other medicines
• using medical cannabis at the workplace to reduce anxiety due to work related stress, improve mental health or for medical reasons

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett, Founder and Managing Director of Let’s Talk Cannabis™ (LTC) and Bayview Concierge Inc., who expands on discussions in Episode 1 with our chief medical advisor  Dr. Barbara Mainville,  medical cannabis physician with over 30 years experience as coroner and lead emergency physician:

• The origin of the Endocannabinoid System and how it works
• Benefits of Medical Cannabis (MS) on inflammation
• Treating PTSD and Sleep Disorders with MC
• Initial consultation and ongoing MC treatment plan covered by the provincial government

Jesse Fernandes (Exec. Producer) introduces host Sherry Bennett, Founder and Managing Director of Let’s Talk Cannabis™ (LTC) and Bayview Concierge Inc., and co-host Dr. Barbara Mainville,  medical cannabis physician with over 30 years experience as coroner and lead emergency physician, featuring special guest Dr. Arash Taghvai, Director of Clinical Affairs,  | Medical Science Liaison at Apollo Applied Research, talking and educating medical practitioners about the benefits of medical cannabis as a legitimate medicine to treat those suffering with mental and physical pain