When Glenn Holland grew his medical cannabis he did so with his invention - Ganjagrid. The Ganjagrid is a plant vibrator that can be programmed with sound files from the grower. In Glenn's case he recorded his heartbeat, and had some interesting results when he used it to grow his own medical cannabis. This invention promises to have several interesting applications for growing both cannabis and other plants. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/128...
Feb 07, 2021•40 min•Ep. 128
A couple years ago seemingly healthy Glenn Holland coughed up some blood tinged sputum that concerned him. After trips to a couple of doctors his diagnosis came back with that dreaded word - cancer. His doctor told him he had non-small cell adenocarcinoma that had spread to his lymph nodes and was at the fairly critical stage three A, so he didn't have much time to research or pursue nontraditional methods. Fortunately he was able to get in to a clinical trial for a new immunotherapy drug. Glenn...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 127
We've already mentioned the documentary Unprescribed on a couple of podcasts, so I was ecstatic when writer/producer Steve Ellmore accepted my invite to the show. In today's episode we discuss the documentary and the great need for legal access to cannabis for our veterans. Steve also shares some exciting upcoming news related to the film & his medical cannabis advocacy work. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/126
Nov 05, 2020•46 min•Ep. 126
Like so many other veterans Christian Ryan really struggled with PTSD & physical ailments after coming back from tours overseas. After moving to the boondocks to try to get his life together a friend suggested he try cannabis medicinally. His first foray into plant medicine wasn't a good one, but he continued to try to find relief through the plant. He finally found his correct dosage, and began to make strides back to normalcy. He vowed he would find a way to get involved in the cannabis sp...
Nov 02, 2020•41 min•Ep. 125
Sue Taylor started out as an unlikely advocate for cannabis. The former Catholic school principal left her home in Georgia to have an emergency intervention with her son who wanted to sell medical cannabis. When she arrived instead of finding a desperate drug addict, she found a plant that possessed many healing capabilities. A plant that she had been lied to about her whole life. She began her advocacy career working for Harborside & doing outreach with seniors. She has been an eye witness ...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 124
Deirdra Martinez suffered with anxiety and chronic back pain for years. She had no idea the two could be connected until she was referred to a psychiatrist. After the mental health professional prescribed her Prozac her back pain disappeared, and life was good for a year or two. When the prescription meds started making her feel numb she succumbed to old habits and began overeating again. She confided in a co-worker about her struggles, and her co-worker recommended she try cannabis medicinally....
Oct 19, 2020•33 min•Ep. 123
*ADULT LANGUAGE WARNING* After leaving the military Fabian Henry struggled to re-adapt to life at home & reconnect with his family. He was constantly on high alert & found his thoughts drawn back to the battlefield - reliving mistakes & past regrets. Despite choking down a handful of prescription meds daily he still could not sleep or relax. He turned to alcohol in large quantities, but he just spiraled further downward. When a kid at work offered to give him some cannabis to help hi...
Oct 12, 2020•37 min•Ep. 122
After Sharon Letts was diagnosed with breast cancer Pearl Moon showed up on her doorstep with a jar of cannabis oil. Sharon was a documentarian and research writer by trade, so she was incredulous that cannabis could help her. If cannabis had healing properties she would know. Right? Wrong! Cannabis not only helped her sleep & eased her pain; it obliterated her tumor. But it also helped her plainly see all the government propaganda about the plant for what it was - outright lies. Now a write...
Oct 05, 2020•49 min•Ep. 121
Nina Simmons & Osiris Stephen's son was diagnosed with epilepsy at the tender age of 2. Sadly traditional medications seemed to exacerbate his seizures, so in desperation they tried plant medicine. At the time CBD oil was still illegal in their home state of New York, so they had to break the law to buy it for their son. After months of trial and error they found a formula that helped them with wean Aiden off of some of his prescriptions. In 2019 they started a podcast to share their story a...
Sep 28, 2020•44 min•Ep. 120
Jessie Gill didn’t believe in plant medicine. Like most of us she had bought into the lies about cannabis peddled by the American education system & her nursing school. While searching for pain relief for an on the job injury as a hospice nurse she tried every pharmaceutical under the sun. After spinal surgery exacerbated her pain Jessie reluctantly tried cannabis & experienced tremendous relief. Immediately she began weaning herself off her prescription pain killers. She now runs a succ...
Sep 07, 2020•41 min•Ep. 119
A few weeks ago I joined Robert & Daniel over at ActualAnarchy.com for a review of the Guy Ritchie cannabis themed action flick The Gentlemen. As penance for my many absences of late, I'm posting our discussion as a bonus episode for this week. Enjoy! Be sure to check out the ActualAnarchy podcast & YouTube channel! PS I do have an episode planned for Monday, but my neck of the woods is in the projected flight path of hurricane Laura, so......
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 118
While living in California Robert Cartee & his wife discovered different varieties of cannabis worked better to treat their ailments than any prescription drugs they'd tried. Tired of living on top of other people in Cali Robert & Tracey moved to rural Georgia and built their dream home. Cannabis was & is still illegal in Georgia so Robert had a room built in their new home where their medicine could be grown inconspicuously. About 2 years ago a deputy arrived at their home wanting t...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 117
Julie Mejia was only in her 20's when she was attacked by a cognitively impaired client at her place of employment. She was injured on her right side from her neck to her ankle. Days, weeks, and months went by and her body did not heal as it should. Even worse the pain began to spread along the entirety of the right side of her body. She was finally diagnosed by a worker's comp physician with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and was later told she would likely never walk or work again. After h...
Jul 27, 2020•37 min•Ep. 116
Economist & author Dr. Mark Thornton joins me to discuss his PhD dissertation on the economics of prohibition. This dissertation would lead to the coining of the phrase of The Iron Law of Prohibition. He joins us for a fascinating discussion on the failed policy of drug prohibition and maybe a couple other topics related to the State's & its ever increasing intrusions into our lives.
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 115
Katie King had a difficult childhood, and she struggles with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) & anxiety. She was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few years ago. She has been using cannabis to treat these conditions for some time now, but recently when she was able to find a reliable source of quality cannabis she's experienced tremendous healing in her mind and body. She joins me today to discuss these incredible changes.
Jul 06, 2020•35 min•Ep. 114
Three years ago Rodney Bowers was given 6 months to live after being diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. Fortunately a friend in Michigan reached out to him after learning of his diagnosis. He invited him up & cooked him up a batch of Rick Simpson oil. Six months came and went, and Rodney was still alive and kicking. His pain had eased. His abdomen was no longer hard. He could get up and and get around. Cannabis gave him something no doctors could - it gave him hope, and, eventually it g...
Jun 22, 2020•30 min•Ep. 113
Scott Horton returns for a discussion on SWAT raids which have become a staple of the local law enforcement in the United States' War on Drugs. It's estimated that 50,000 SWAT raids take place each year across America - a stat that is unrealized by and unfathomable to most Americans. We also discuss the overall militarization of police, qualified immunity and possible solutions to get all Americans on the same page when it comes to the use of excessive force by LEO's and holding bad actors accou...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 112
After a couple of suicide attempts in college because of mismanaged pharmaceuticals, a friend suggested Marlies Fitch-Ledbetter try cannabis edibles to help with her scoliosis & peripheral neuropathy. When she and her husband moved back to Texas Marlies had to revert back to prescription meds. After a drug induced seizure put her in the hospital, Marlies went back to her plant based medicine. Upon re-learning to walk and talk Marlies decided to dedicate her life to getting the word out about...
Jun 15, 2020•38 min•Ep. 111
When Tonya Sanders was 35 years old her pain management team referred her to hospice and sent her home to wean off her pain meds. After 8 years of searching for a cure for her lupus in pharmaceutical drugs the former registered nurse angrily tore up the remaining prescriptions the doctors had written for her. Just hours after her fentanyl patch wore off she was in excruciating pain & experiencing intense withdrawals, so in desperation she called a friend. The friend brought over some cannabi...
Jun 01, 2020•43 min•Ep. 110
Melanie Julion aka The Cannabis Doula joins me today to follow up on my discussion with Delene Gilbert on the use of cannabis during pregnancy. As a doula Melanie works with women during and after pregnancy and many of her clients choose to use cannabis. We discuss the health benefits of cannabis for both baby and mother and some of the potential risks. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/109 Help us get these stories out to more people! Become a Patron http://www.patreon.com...
Apr 24, 2020•38 min•Ep. 109
Delene Gilbert joins me once again for today's episode. After her first child was born Delene suffered from severe postpartum depression before she discovered cannabis as medicine. Today we're going to discuss her use of cannabis during her second pregnancy. Cannabis helped ease her nausea and helped control her pain from a separated pubis. She was also able to use cannabis instead of pharmaceutical drugs after her second caesarean section. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com...
Apr 20, 2020•49 min•Ep. 108
Suzanne Sherman aka The Red Hot Chilly Prepper and host of The Wasatch Report joins me today for a discussion about medical cannabis laws & how it can affect patients' rights to bear arms. Most state cannabis laws don't provide protections from the federal government for patients who choose to exercise their rights to bear arms. So a medical cannabis license holder or an adult use partaker cannot purchase a firearm from a local gun shop that is a Federal Firearms Licensee without lying on th...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 107
My jaw nearly hit the floor when Bridget Dandaraw-Serritt listed off her autoimmune disorders with - lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, & Sjögren syndrome. And per Bridget this is just the tip of the iceberg. Each of these ailments is debilitating in and of itself, but the combination of the above . Using cannabis allowed her to get off of 9 prescription medications. Which is great because she was taking over 6,000 pills each year! Cannabis has yielded her a plethora of oth...
Apr 06, 2020•41 min•Ep. 106
Join Bretigne Shaffer and I as we take a trip down the rabbit hole of medical freedom. Bretigne is a longtime libertarian journalist, and she's a resident of California. There has been a push in recent years in CA (and several states) to mandate vaccines for children. And in some of those states there are no medical exemptions - even for kids who have had past reactions to vaccines (like our guest from Monday's show, Sarah). This overstep by government is quite alarming to liberty lovers like my...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 105
Sarah Morris first remembers blacking out when she was 5 years old, but she wasn't diagnosed with dysautonomia until almost 25 years later. Dysautonomia is a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. You know that system of the body that handles trivial things like circulation, temperature regulation, digestion, etc. And Sarah has had difficulty in all these areas. She can get hypothermia in the middle of the summer in Georgia. She has a Groshong line inserted into her vein to allow for easie...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 104
Dwayne Bottoms told me something no one else has ever told me on the podcast - that he bought cannabis for medical use during a missions trip - with his pastor's blessing! If that doesn't show you how times and attitudes are changing around cannabis I don't know what will. Dwayne began using cannabis a few years ago to treat his Parkinson's Disease instead of opioids replacement. After almost losing his marriage, Dwayne decided it was time to kick his opiates for good, and he now uses cannabis a...
Mar 09, 2020•50 min•Ep. 103
Ted Metz joins us again to talk about some legislation introduce in the current Georgia legislative session, cannabis law in his home state, and how he got involved in politics. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/102 Help us get these stories out to more people! Become a Patron http://www.patreon.com/chmpodcast Rate/review us on your podcast app Tell THREE people about the show every week...
Mar 05, 2020•26 min•Ep. 102
Ted Metz went to see a dermatologist for what he thought was a rash. Turns out it was a very aggressive squamous cell carcinoma. Within a couple of months the small place behind his ear grew to the size of a peach. After his diagnosis Ted started a routine of concentrated cannabis oil (Rick Simpson oil) while awaiting surgery. The day before his surgery a large chunk of the tumor fell out. Ted's surgery lasted about half the projected time, and the surgeons were able to easily find the edges of ...
Mar 01, 2020•31 min•Ep. 101
Our nation has morphed from one founded upon the principles of life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness into a behemoth that routinely locks its citizens in cages over a plant and other victimless crimes. Somewhere this nation clearly went off the rails. For episode 100 I wanted to take a deep dive into the subject of Natural Rights and Common Law. Who better to invite on to discuss those issues than an author who has more than 2,000,000 words published on the very subject? So on a whim a fe...
Feb 27, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 100
Karen Gray of Scotland had to break the law in the United Kingdom to get cannabis medicine for her 6 year old son. Doctors had tried every prescription medication under the sun to help control Murray’s seizures, and they just seemed to get worse. His seizures ran the gamut – from absconce to myclonic to tonic clonic to drop seizures. At the time of administering cannabis oil to Murray he was lying in a hospital bed unresponsive. Karen had traveled to Holland to get prescription grade very low TH...
Feb 24, 2020•49 min•Ep. 99
