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Kamloops physician Ian Mitchell explains how cannabis relieves pain and reduces anxiety

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 03/18/2015 - 21:33
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Dr. Ian Mitchell says that in an ideal world, physicians would learn about the medicinal properties of cannabis in medical school. Doctors would be trained about different extracts from marijuana plants, including cannabidiol, aka CBD, and tetrahydrocannabinol, aka THC.

But the Kamloops emergency-room physician tells the Georgia Straight by phone that the vast majority of doctors haven’t been educated in this area.

As a result, some are not aware that the CBD extract has proven useful in sharply reducing seizures in children with a rare condition called Dravet syndrome, as well as in other situations.

“It’s been tested in studies to be an effective antipsychotic,” Mitchell says. “It can be used as an anti-anxiety medication and it’s also anti-inflammatory. So it has great potential for inflammatory diseases like...

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