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Written by Tristin Coffman
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Thursday, 30 March 2006 |
Santa Barbara college to sponsor a medical marijuana CME symposium
The Fourth National Clinical
Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics will be held April 5-8, hosted by
Santa Barbara City College and accredited by California health
organizations. The theme of the conference is: The Body-Mind
Connection. Presenters include international cannabinoid researchers as
well as patients in the federal medical marijuana program, the IND.
 Irv Rosenfeld, one of seven federal medical marijuana patients, shows a canister of 300 joints. Photo by Mikki Norris
While numerous aspects of scientific research and clinical use will be
covered, the core of the curriculum will involve both physical cannabis
treatment and the use of cannabis for PTSD, ADD, depression and other
emotional or psychological problems. The event is sponsored by Patients
Out of Time, a non-profit charity that specializes in the education of
health care professionals about the efficacy of cannabis.
Patients Out of Time President Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN said,
“The accreditation of our educational work by the University of
California San Francisco’s Office of Continuing Medical Education, the
hosting of the forum by the Santa Barbara City College, coupled with
the co-sponsorship of the California Nurses Association has ensured
that the US federal government’s claim that cannabis has no medicinal
value will be, again, completely rebutted.” UCSF designates AMA PRA
credits and includes CME credits toward Pain Management and End-of-Life
Care.
“The patients’ therapeutic cannabis use have always been
supported by the academic and medical communities which have publicly,
in huge numbers, called for the immediate access to cannabis under
medical supervision,” continued Mathre. Past educational credits
for the work of this national group have been granted by the Colleges
of Nursing and Medicine of the University of Iowa; the Virginia Nurses
Association, the University of Virginia’s Schools of Medicine, Nursing
and Law; the Oregon Department of Human Services, Health Services and
the Oregon Nurses Association among other conservative, professional
health care organizations.
Online registration, a faculty list and full agenda for this internationally recognized conference series is available at www.medicalcannabis.com. For more info, contact Al Byrne, (434) 263-4484 or
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