{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Healthcare Redefined: Advocating for Aging Adults and Their Families","title":"Cannabis & Care: The Truth About CBD, THC & Aging Well with Susan Marks, N.P. “The Cannabis Nurse”.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f0aa0cbd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2256,"description":"In this episode of Healthcare Redefined, hosts Pam Dunwald and Linda Kritikos welcome Susan Marks, the Cannabis Nurse, to the show to unpack the myths, misinformation, and mystery surrounding medical cannabis use. Susan is a board-certified family medical practitioner with clinical experience in adult surgical practice, pediatric oncology, hematology, home care, case management, disease management, and risk management. She also uses cannabis medically to manage the symptoms of her progressive neurological movement disorder, Essential Tremor. Susan explains cannabinoids, how they interact with the body and brain, the differences between THC and CBD, and the pain and symptom relief she’s seen patients achieve through medical cannabis use.Susan first debunks the idea that cannabis is a scary thing, a gateway drug to heroin use, something to steer clear of. She says that couldn’t be farther from the truth and, in fact, cannabis is now being used to help get people off opioids and reduce their risk of fatal overdose as well as manage their pain. Cannabinoids, the compounds in the cannabis plant, operate by interacting with the endocannabinoid system, the body’s largest neurotransmitter system. Only one compound in the cannabis plant, THC, creates psychoactivity, the stoned feeling, whereas CBD acts largely as a muscle relaxant and anxiety reducer. Pam and Linda learn all about how THC and CBD work in different combinations to relieve a host of pain and disease issues, finding out from Susan how effective proper medical cannabis use can be in reducing the number of pharmaceutical medications aging clients need to take. This episode will help open minds to the enormous medical and life-improving care that cannabis can provide if we step back from fear and learn how it can benefit us.__   About Susan Marks, N.P. “The Cannabis Nurse”:Susan Marks, MSN, FNP-C, PHN, specializes in cannabis medicine. She got into medical cannabis almost 8 years ago when she went searching for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/x2SdStrZc-Lc8b5VHryIyVuuOtQk_lihBYBBgketnRs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YmY0/ODI1MDhmYjE0NDQ3/MDgxMjhiZmJhNzll/ZTcxNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}