As a longtime listener of the Dangerous History podcast my ears perked up when host CJ Killmer did an episode on Harry Anslinger. Knowing his propensity to take deep dives into subjects & historical figures I was surprised that episode was only an hour long. So I invited him on the show to expound on his episode a bit and talk about the man behind the initial war on cannabis. Full disclosure. We may have gotten side tracked and talked about economic policy, central planning, US foreign adven...
Feb 20, 2020•51 min•Ep. 98
After suffering a traumatic event abroad Marcus Wilson attempted to treat his PTSD with alcohol. After running across the work of Dr. Dustin Sulak, Marcus decided to try microdosing with cannabis as an alternative to alcohol. After a few months of trial and error Marcus found he could control the majority of his symptoms by taking small, scheduled doses of cannabis infused oils. And today he's here to share his story and more information about microdosing as an alternative method of consuming ca...
Feb 17, 2020•35 min•Ep. 97
Moriah Barnhart's daughter Dahlia was just 2 years old when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Surgery, chemo and radiation drained the life out of Dahlia. Moriah was heartbroken as she watched the light dim in her daughter's eyes. Dahlia's condition was so unstable that doctors couldn't give her any pain medications after one of many surgeries for fear it would suppress her respiration and kill her. In an act of desperation Moriah broke the law and gave her daughter cannabis to ease her pain....
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 96
Few things strike terror in the heart of any parent like a knock on the door from Child Protective Services. And for parents who use cannabis to treat medical conditions for themselves or their children, those visits could spell big trouble. It is the mission of Krista Mcintire of Family Rights Advocacy to help families maintain and protect their rights while under scrutiny from CPS. She and her trained advocates inform parents of their legal rights and serve as a witness and an advocate, while ...
Feb 06, 2020•56 min•Ep. 95
John Prinz suffered an on the job injury in the 80's. Back surgery crippled him and left him with a crooked spine. John was on powerful opioids for many years, and like many intractable pain patients suffered from PTSD. When his doctor recommended cannabis to help with his PTSD, he soon found it helped control his pain as well. Soon he was able to wean himself off the powerful opioids and treat himself solely with plant medicine. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/93 Help us...
Feb 03, 2020•41 min•Ep. 94
Registered veterinary technician & certified vet cannabis counselor, Danielle Loughton, joins us again, but she's not talking about our 4 legged friends today. She's sharing her personal testimony on CBD oil & her auto immune disorders. For 22 years she had suffered from autoimmune diseases like ulcerative colitis, joint & muscle pain & skin issues. Out of desperation to find something to help her gut issues she took CBD oil on the recommendation of a friend. To her surprise seve...
Jan 27, 2020•49 min•Ep. 93
Monica Perez joins me to discuss a documentary from 2006 - AKA Tommy Chong. She had watched the movie a few years ago and discussed it on her blog, but I just recently watched it. We talked about the documentary and Operation Pipe Dreams - the sting operation that the federal government used to ensnare Tommy Chong. Monica and I discuss how the Feds targeted Tommy because he came to fame doing the Cheech and Chong stoner movies and "glamorized" cannabis use. The movie is a startling reminder that...
Jan 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 92
Elizabeth Futch is a medical refugee. Like too many ailing Texans she had to leave her family and friends so that she could get legal access to plant medicine in Colorado. Elizabeth was so debilitated by her fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis that she could barely walk. Today she is hiking mountains and helping her husband run his welding business. But her heart yearns for the day she can return home to her loved ones and her farm in rural East Texas. I know you'll agree with us that Texans s...
Jan 20, 2020•46 min•Ep. 91
Tyler Colford joined me to discuss some adult use cannabis legislation that's coming down the pipe in his home state of Vermont. The proposed regulatory environment in VT puts some pretty onerous restrictions on the legal market. Tyler feels these restrictions will help the black market continue to thrive. And as liberty lovers are wont to do we chased a few rabbits - talking about our right not to self incriminate as well as the importance of speaking honestly & frankly with kids about cann...
Jan 16, 2020•42 min•Ep. 90
Lesli Downs started experiencing headaches at the tender age of 8. By the time she was 16 those headaches had progressed to full-fledged migraines, and she was officially diagnosed after she blacked out in the bathroom at school. Her migraines frequently required her to get Demerol shots, which would knock her out for 3 days. Once after a bad flair up the cocktail of drugs her doctors gave her put her in a coma for 8 hours. As she aged her headaches got progressively worse, but after her son was...
Jan 13, 2020•50 min•Ep. 89
In her earlier life Kim lived a wild and rowdy life as a party girl, and though she had a methamphetamine addiction she never really cared for cannabis. When she gave her life to Christ she turned her life around and became a tee-totaler. But even after making tremendous life changes she still struggled with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and depression. She had thought once she cleaned her life up, everything would get better for her, so she was very discouraged to still be dealing with these ...
Dec 09, 2019•50 min•Ep. 88
Lyn Ulbricht's son, Ross, dreamed of a society where people could participate in a truly free market without the prying eyes of the banking industry or the federal government watching them. So he created a website called Silk Road where people could use digital currency to buy things. Some of those things happened to be of an illegal nature, and when the US government got wind of this medium of exchange they brought the full weight of the federal government to bear on Ross. Ross is a first time ...
Dec 05, 2019•43 min•Ep. 87
In 2011 when doctors told her son that the opioids he was taking were killing him, Melissa started researching alternative pain medications for him. When she discovered cannabis could help reduce his pain and replace his prescription drug, she and her husband got involved with the medical cannabis movement in Arkansas. Unfortunately the bill they were championing got taken off the ballot, and an inferior MMJ bill, Issue 6, passed in 2016 instead. Melissa and other MMJ proponents in AR tried to g...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 86
Back in May I attended Ron Paul's Winning the War on the War on Drugs conference, and one of the speakers mentioned the fact that the US government often uses the war on drugs as an excuse to wage real war against foreign countries. Last week in my opening remarks I mentioned a quote by George W Bush's statement that "If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terrorism.” It's pretty shocking to hear that a US president equate drug users and terrorists. Given that extreme position and all the...
Nov 28, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 85
Lauren Houston was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis (a painful bladder condition) in 2006. A few years later she began experiencing gastroparesis or stomach paralysis. Lauren feels her gastroparesis was caused in part by the very strong pharmaceutical pain killers prescribed to control the symptoms of her IC. After a new drug Marinol made her feel awful, she researched the drug to discover it was a form of synthetic THC. She knew that THC was found naturally in cannabis, and she decided to u...
Nov 25, 2019•55 min•Ep. 84
Our guest today is David Gornoski. He’s the host of A Neighbor’s Choice radio & a podcast called Things Hidden. David has written articles for Daily Caller, Townhall, American Conservative & FEE. He’s well versed on a host of topics, but he’s joining us today to talk about Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory and the Scapegoat Mechanism. And I’m sure you’re asking yourself what heck this has to do with cannabis!? I think we all know what a scapegoat is – a person or group of people who bear the ...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 83
After Robert Head returned home from the military he noticed that his drinking was spiraling out of control. Between the booze and prescription drugs, he was becoming a person he didn't recognize, and more significantly, didn't like. After speaking to fellow vets about their experiences with cannabis he decided to try it as medicine. To his surprise and without purposely doing so he started drinking less. And soon he was able to get off the pharmaceuticals. Now he's putting his efforts behind a ...
Nov 18, 2019•50 min•Ep. 82
Matt Grimshaw is an accidental activist. While studying to become an American citizen he stumbled onto the issue of veteran suicide and PTSD and decided he'd do something to shine a brighter light on the issue. At the same time he ran across an article about a veteran in Colorado who was able to reduce his pill intake from 47 per day to 5 or 6 thanks to cannabis. A documentary addict from childhood and a freelance videographer, Matt talked to his client Monster Gardens about doing a live grow sh...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 81
Shortly before returning from her 16 month tour in Afghanistan in 2007 April Martinez started experiencing intermittent dizzy spells and headaches. By the 2008 she had daily headaches and soon those headaches became chronic migraines that never ended. She was medically retired from the military in 2011, and she tried every prescription drug under the sun to get her debilitating headaches under control. In 2015 while they were stationed in Washington state one of her providers recommended she try...
Nov 11, 2019•56 min•Ep. 80
In 2016 after back surgery Tim Morris woke up in excruciating pain - far worse than before surgery. The pain persisted for many months until he finally got a second opinion and underwent surgery again. It turns out his first doctor had not completed the first surgery correctly, but despite several follow up surgeries to correct this error Tim's pain persists. It impacts his mobility causing numbness in his legs and feet. Popping Percosets and other prescription painkillers dull the pain, but the...
Nov 04, 2019•48 min•Ep. 79
Curt Robbins has been writing about the cannabis plant since the early 2000's - often under the pseudonym Gooey Rabinski. After moving to a legal cannabis state Curt decided to shed his alter ego and come out of the cannabis closet to openly discuss the plant under his given name. He's written over 600 articles on cannabis, and he now serves as a trainer & instructor on the technical science behind the plant. He joined me recently to talk about a variety of topics including terpenes, cannabi...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 78
David Grantham was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (or RSD as it was called) in 2010 after surgery from a work related injury. He woke up from surgery with a burning sensation in his foot, and, unfortunately, the symptoms have spread to other parts of his body. Out of desperation this year he decided to try cannabis. Almost immediately his chronic pain level dropped from off the charts to a manageable level. Tune in today to hear his story! Full show notes can be found at www.canna...
Oct 28, 2019•48 min•Ep. 77
Christopher Crenshaw was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease as a teen. In 2017 he began using cannabis as medicine & has been able to scale back his use of prescription drugs. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/76 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...
Oct 21, 2019•33 min•Ep. 76
Chris Grisolia's son William suffered from epilepsy. Chris spoke to him about trying cannabis, but William did not want to consume because cannabis was still illegal. A few months after their discussion about cannabis Chris lost his son to a grand mal seizure. After his son's death Chris devoted himself to researching the medicinal properties of cannabis, and he read thousands of clinical studies. The claim that there aren't enough studies is complete bs, and Chris is pointing this out to the po...
Oct 17, 2019•57 min•Ep. 75
Brandon Collinsworth was born 3.5 months premature and weighed a miniscule 1 pound 12 oz. His family was told he wouldn't live, but he defied the odds and survived. But Brandon did not escape his difficult birth unscathed. He has a relatively minor case of cerebral palsy. However, even with mild CP he still had to undergo several surgeries to lengthen the muscles in his legs, and cerebral Palsy hinders his mobility to this day. His muscles tighten and cramp and that has a significant impact on h...
Oct 14, 2019•44 min•Ep. 74
Stephen George was the primary caretaker for his grandmother the final years of her life. After a stroke she suffered with age related dementia and Alzheimers. These conditions affected her sleep patterns and greatly affected her personality and mental capacity. She also struggled with loss of appetite. Stephen introduced Granny to cannabis, and almost immediately it stimulated her appetite and helped her get good rest. It also gave Granny more good days when she could think and communicate clea...
Oct 07, 2019•48 min•Ep. 73
Angie Fenn is a single mother of 5 kids, and for nearly 3 decades her life has revolved around the toilet because she has Crohn's disease. Now thanks to cannabis she is prescription free, and she's able to go and do things without having to map out where the closest restroom is. Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/72 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 sh...
Sep 30, 2019•56 min•Ep. 72
Fair warning. This episode has almost nothing to do with cannabis, but hopefully you'll grant me this one deviation. When one of my favorite podcasters, Marc Clair, was looking for places to talk about a mini documentary about his podcast, I was more than happy to welcome him into my tiny corner of the podcasting universe. I hope you guys enjoy today's show and check out their new documentary! Full show notes can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/71 Help us get these stories out to more people...
Sep 28, 2019•24 min•Ep. 71
Sarah Colero's never ceasing migraines debilitated her to the point of having to stay in her room with the curtains taped shut. She was completely dependent upon her parents to care for her. And powerful opioids did not help her. Now thanks to cannabis she lives independently and has weaned herself off of the opioids. Check out the full show notes over at cannabishealsme.com/69 Help us get these stories out to more people! Become a Patron http://www.patreon.com/chmpodcast Rate/review us on your ...
Sep 16, 2019•41 min•Ep. 69
Stacy Fowler's Tourette Syndrome was so severe and her tics so distracting to her peers that she had to attend high school via a webcam. Despite being on 11 very strong pharmaceutical drugs, her tics persisted, and even got worse. Stacy and her dad Greg join us today to discuss her miraculous recovery after she started using cannabis oil for her Tourette Syndrome. Full show notes & links to resources mentioned in the episode can be found at www.cannabishealsme.com/68 Help us get these storie...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 68
