Dr. Paul Weisman of Concierge Compassionate Care: Medicinal Marijuana Has Successfully Treated Ailments for Centuries Worldwide

Concierge Compassionate Care created to provide innovative approach to medical marijuana

Medicinal marijuana has been used to successfully treat ailments and relieve pain for many, many centuries worldwide, in both Eastern and Western medicines.

It was included in the Pharmacopeia. It was often combined with other medicines in elixirs to treat patient diseases and pain. Physicians could write a prescription that included cannabis in the United States before 1937.

Unfortunately, in 1937, Congress passed The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 whether this was from large, influential businesses successfully lobbying Congress to classify all derivatives of cannabis for their financial gain, such as stopping the use of Hemp plants, that can be cultivated four times per year instead of every thirty years for trees or to “protect” U.S. citizens from illicit recreational drugs has been debated.

This Act made Marijuana and hemp effectively illegal in the United States in 1937. Parts of the Act were found to be unconstitutional since it violated a citizen’s 5th Amendment rights of self-incrimination when they tried to pay the tax. Subsequently, the Act was overturned in 1969 and repealed in 1973.

Moreover, The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 established a federal policy to regulate the manufacturing, distribution, import, export, and use of regulated substances:

■ Schedule I: Marijuana, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, and peyote.

■ Schedule II: Methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, Vicodin, oxycodone, and
Adderall.

■ Schedule III: Anabolic steroids, testosterone, and ketamine.

■ Schedule IV: Xanax, Ambien, Ativan, and Valium.

■ Schedule V: Cough suppressants.

This stopped research here in the United States on cannabis except in a limited number of places.

In 1972, the Shafer Commission, appointed by then-President Nixon, found that there was no increase in violence or danger from marijuana users and recommended that criminal prosecution for personal possession be suspended. This was not done.

Worldwide, research has been done to investigate the therapeutic uses of this naturally occurring substance, especially in Israel under the guidance of Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Godfather of cannabis research.

In 1996, California legalized medical cannabis, starting a new interest in the beneficial medical effects of cannabis in the United States. As of 2024, many states have created Medical Marijuana and/or Adult-use Recreational Marijuana programs. Currently about two-thirds of the States have some sort of program.

Federally, Marijuana is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug. The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 and allowed States to determine if they would allow recreational CBD from Hemp. Currently, it is still illegal in three states.

There is great debate over the production and use of synthetic Delta-8 and Delta-9 produced from hemp and many states have made these products illegal.

What will happen in 2024 in Florida? We will have to wait and see if Adult-Use makes passes on the ballot.

It will take 60% yes votes. Concierge Compassionate Care was created as an innovative approach to medical marijuana This all-inclusive medical cannabis program allows each patient to obtain the maximum benefit from their medical cannabis therapy with an emphasis on patient education and increasing the patient’s quality of life, not just getting “a card.”

The State of Florida’s “Qualifying Conditions” are:

■  Cancer, Epilepsy

■ Glaucoma

■ HIV/AIDS

■ PTSD

■ ALS

■ Crohn’s Disease

■ Parkinson’s

■ Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Non-Malignant Pain, A terminal condition, and illness in the same kind of class

Some other conditions that may qualify are:

■ ADD/ADHD

■ Anorexia

■ Anxiety

■ Arthritis

■ Autism

■ Neuropathy

■ Auto-immune disease

■ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

■ Depression

■ Dyskinesia

■ Dystonia

■ Fibromyalgia

■ Insomnia and sleep issues

■ Migraines and Headaches

■ Muscle Spasms, Musculoskeletal pain, neuropathy

■ Psoriasis, restless leg syndrome,Tourette’s, ulcerative colitis and IBS

For information regarding a medical marijuana card certification with qualifying conditions in the state of Florida, call 321-288-3873 or visit zcmmj.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Back by popular demand, Dr. Paul Weisman is excited to return to the Space Coast to provide adult and pediatric medical marijuana certifications and education after establishing practices in Southeast Florida and Southwest Florida. After retiring from emergency medicine, Weisman created Concierge Compassionate Care, an innovative approach to medical marijuana. CCC is a comprehensive, all- inclusive medical cannabis program, that allows each patient to obtain the maximum benefit from their medical cannabis therapy. For information regarding a medical marijuana card certification with qualifying conditions in the state of Florida, call 321-288-3873 or visit zcmmj.com.

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