Promo Intro: The doorbell’s gonna be ringin for Halloween with lots of little monsters to scare your furry kids… and if your critters get nervous with all that commotion, I sure hope you’ll stay to hear some very helpful calming ideas on the subject… right after the intro.
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Welcome to season three of the Cannaba Verum podcast, the cannabis truth podcast. I speak the language of cannabis freely and uncensored while educating my audience on safe use of this live plant therapy. You should know what’s in your cannabis. What’s good and what’s not. It does not come with an FDA stamp of approval yet.
Using cannabis mindfully as medication is a different concept in Western healthcare philosophy, specifically the past 100 years. There’s a lot to learn and reconsider. The information you’ll find here comes straight from the scientists and clinicians doing the work and reporting their findings in real time through various live online outlets. The scientific truth of cannabis is finally getting out and is wide open for all to see at respected medical sites like www.pubmed.gov and JAMA, the Journal of American Medical Association (jamanetwork.com).
I’m right there in the thick of it with all those titans of medicine as a fly on the wall. Because I’m not a doctor. I didn’t go to med school. I did take dozens of private cannabis courses offered by cannabis expert scientists online over the past few years and slowly began to see and understand the bigger picture.
Well, I can talk to people all day long about cannabis… and hopefully inspire them to research the facts as we know them today.
Cannabis is an amazing alternative in health remedies that can reportedly alleviate typical disease problems and troubling side effects caused by synthetic prescriptions. This is Honey Smith Walls, a 21st century cannabis shaman… not a doctor… not a scientist. Raised by nuns and wolves in the verdant cattle pastures of the Oklahoma oil fields. I’m here to amplify the truth of this great big story and language of cannabis in historical, political and scientific terms… so you can make educated decisions about the medicine you choose to ingest.
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You know… I need cannabis to help relieve a multitude of conditions my 68 year old body has grown. And now that I understand what the plant can do for me, and how we got to this particular political mess over schedule 1 ranking, along with the newly discovered scientific facts about it, the road to recovery looks shorter now, than ever.
I’m a hippie. Straight outta the 60’s. I smoked pot as a kid and loved it. I put it away as an adult because I used it as my toy and I thought I had to act like a responsible grown-up. Besides, it was illegal and often frightening to get. Always looking over my shoulder in dark seedy places where pot sellers lurked. Never mind that I didn’t know the first thing about the plant except that it made me feel better.
Sometimes I’d be able to lose every bit of anxiety or tortured thoughts, forget about abuses and just simply relax. The restorative sleep it offered replaced fitful tossing and allowed a fresh morning to blossom with hope of less pain.
That was then… always fearful of just smokin a joint… out of sight of police and my husband, the tea-totaler… to find a little relief… the fear of jail if I got caught. It still seemed worth it. Doubt if that’s what all the pot prisoners would say, though. Boy was I naive.
Let me tell you how I use cannabis now.
I am a registered Florida Medical Marijuana Patient. I have the RIGHT to use cannabis as my medicine, guaranteed by the state of Florida. It gave me an “attitude” of superiority over the illegal activity that still consumes our country. Why the attitude?
Well because for me, cannabis is a medicine that manages many of my personal medical conditions… arthritis, severe nausea, horrific hand pain, headaches, high blood pressure, anxiety, and marital intolerance.
No…these are not life-threatening issues. But they are a true concern for my quality of life. Debilitating nausea, crippling hand pain, and all the rest is exhausting. Easing that daily stuff makes a huge difference in my happiness and attitude to everyone else. Living with pain sucks and makes you angry and depressed. Cannabis can alleviate all that and give you back your real self. The one everybody loves you for.
So what’s the bother about Adult-Use? If cannabis won’t hurt us and I like getting high, what’s your problem with that? Well I’ll tell you…
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By Honey Smith Walls
Hey, my friends, I want to give you a tip about a neurologist I know and trust.
Dr. Anthony Mazo is a highly rated specialist here in Melbourne, Florida.
One of the first physicians to research and study cannabis since 2016 when it was legalized in Florida, Dr. Mazo is not quick to prescribe traditional synthetic chemicals when he knows that this gentle live plant therapy will likely give the needed relief.
I know this to be true because I had to see him for my own old lady neuropathy issues. He did not prescribe the usual synthetic stuff. He told me to go get a particular kind of cannabis instead… and use it in a specific way to find relief.
And that is what every doctor in America should have in their little black bag.
His clinic details will be in my show notes for you. Why? Because he’s a trusted cannabis expert in the field of neurology. Dr.Anthony Mazo, a great friend to all of us. In Melbourne, FL at the Brevard Neuro Center.
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Cannabis is used as a toy but it is a medicine. When you begin treating it as such, you stop chasing the high and start searching for answers.
The hippies began growing weed for the highest high…. So they cultivated certain chemical varieties they thought were good and allowed others to wane. Problem? They weren’t scientists and didn’t know which of the thousands of compounds (or importance of…) they were cultivating OUT OF THE PLANT! So now the cannabis grown in the U.S. is suspect for all the natural chemicals that originally grew in the plants before the hippies got to it.
They still want the highest high. That translates into extremely high percentages of THC in concentrated products available through dispensaries. And they’ll proudly tell you which of their products are concentrated the highest. So what’s wrong with that?
They’re selling the “high”… not the medicine. Oh sure, they’ll tell you to “start low and go slow”. But they’re still selling the high. Yes they can help you determine which varieties will be effective for your conditions… so it’s important to pay attention to your body’s response to individual types of cannabis, whether it’s an over-the-counter CBD or one of a jillion choices in a medical marijuana product from a licensed dispensary.
Now don’t get me wrong… I love the high. It makes me happy. And there is definitely a reason behind wanting to be high… For the depressed, it feels like your mood lifted to a cloud and suddenly has all the patience of a grandparent. As well, if you’re a creative type like me, you may need the cerebral elevation to create articles, music, crafts, and sometimes, dinner.
Humans need the freedom to create. That comes from inspiration. Which is fired from your neurons when excited through connectivity. Cannabis fires your neurons realllllly well. Especially if you’re using the right kind.
In my humble opinion, EVERYBODY is a patient and should be allowed to consume when needed or desired. Those young kids lookin for a high? How many of them have stressful homes or school lives they can’t deal with? How many of them have homes at all? How many of them eat and sleep well? How many of them have ADD? How many of them have a perfect life with two loving parents? See my point? Even kids need cannabis. And don’t forget the ones with approved illnesses like cancers and seizures and other horrible-yet-approved reasons a child MIGHT receive cannabis as a last resort, after suffering all the available synthetic prescriptions that didn’t work.
‘Adult-Use’ is really someone using cannabis for a medical reason undisclosed. They just haven’t been able to articulate it.
“Ohhhh I just smoke it to relax.” Yep, your body is telling you it needs to calm down.
“Ohhhh I just smoke it before bed.” Yep, your body is telling you to sleep better and cannabis helps that.
“Ohhhh I just smoke it to forget about the stresses of the day.” Yep, your body wants its peace back.
“Ohhhh I just smoke it because I like to be high.” Yep, you’re an inarticulate hippie.
There are so many reasons to use cannabis that HAVE been well illuminated over the millennium. We’ve collectively forgotten about those reasons because of the political propaganda machine. That ‘machine’ tried to eliminate this completely viable solution for human conditions. And now that a light has been shown on the modern science of the plant, that corrupt machine can no longer work.
Here’s the other really important factoid of medical marijuana… Florida state mandates that all dispensary cannabis be third-party lab-tested for microbial bacteria, molds, mildews, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and heavy metals.
But you can bet your bottom dollar that
All street weed is contaminated.
If you’re a cancer patient on traditional therapies that cause a weakened immune system, contamination can kill you. It’s already happened all over the US. And they only found out through autopsies. It was NOT the cannabis. It was contamination of mold in the cannabis… aspergillos.
In the history of the world, there has never been a death recorded by cannabis.
But do let me tell you what it looks like from my concerns, when you have Adult-Use in play…
Michigan Mishaps
About 5 years ago I visited my kids for Christmas in Detroit where Adult-Use or Recreational Cannabis is legal in MI. At that time, placement of their dispensaries were in the worst sections of dilapidated business neighborhoods (8 Mile!!!) and it made my son fearful of taking me to them. He wouldn’t let me go alone.
All of the stores looked like big warehouses with a small office in the front. Before you ever walk in the building, there were huge warning signs of cameras and guards and guns and promises of prosecution if you step out of line. You’re greeted by big burly guys with guns in winter coats because it’s cold in those warehouses. Not much heating. Pat-down for weapons and THEN you go through the metal detector. Sign in through a hole in a window to a youngster who looks all of thirteen and then you’re given a special document to read and sign that says you acknowledge that the cannabis you’re about to purchase has NOT BEEN THIRD-PARTY LAB-TESTED FOR CONTAMINATION!
Soon you’re welcomed to the back room where all the real confusion begins.
Wall-to-wall shelving crammed with gallon glass jars filled to the brim with colorful candy-like packages of edibles, tinctures, pills, and of course, loose leaf pot. The kids behind the counter ask, “What can I get for ya?” But its your first visit and you’re completely overwhelmed. What does the budtender think? Welllll…. says budtender,
“I like Ganja Grape Daddy for the super high it gives and it smells so dank! Here! Take a whiff!”
What the hell does THAT mean? I’m here for meds and this kid is talkin about high and smell and wants me to back-flush my personal nasal bacteria into a jar of exposed product he intends to sell to others? How many people “smelled” it before ME?! And what do I buy for nausea? Or IBS? Or Stuttering! I’m in the cannabis industry and know soooo much more than they do and I was STILL overwhelmed. I walked out without a purchase. From 5 different stores!
There is so much we still don’t know about cannabis in modern science that must be illuminated as soon as possible. But in this current wild wild world of misregulation, we have to consider WHY we need it, want it, use it, and abuse it.
Shame on those companies who don’t third-party lab-test their product for purchase from the public. Shame on them who breach the trust of their clients. Shame on them for putting a contaminated product on the market like street weed for their unknowledgeable consumers to buy. Shame on them for making patients sign that document which states you have not tested your own products, most of your clients won’t understand the meaning of that gross lack of concern and poison-pushing. And all of those concentrates you’re selling to unsuspecting patients? The contamination is ALSO concentrated! Shame on you! It’s immoral and unethical business practices to sell cannabis without contamination-testing and verifiable results. Did you know we can stamp a molecule now? So tracking cannabis ain’t that hard. Maybe more expensive, but obviously necessary.
I couldn’t wait to come home to sensible regulation in Florida that protects its residents from shameful business practices. Yes, Florida is a tough and unfairly regulated cannabis state that even capped our thc recently. But after seeing what Michigan did, I’m still grateful to have 5 different dispensaries near my house.
This industry is growing faster than you can imagine and that’s a good thing for society at large. Cannabis was one of the first planetary grasses that was cultivated and has been used for all time throughout all societies and major religions. It was only in the 20th century that cannabis was rebuked by legislators trying to stall its replacement of other major markets like big Pharma, alcohol, plastics, cotton and so much more.
So for those who still believe they just like getting high… your body knows the real reason you want it, even if you can’t articulate it.
Cannabinoid receptors in our body are part of a major regulatory system all humans and animals are born with. Cannabis binds to those receptors and make us feel better. That simple… and yet sooo complex because of so many compounds and how actively promiscuous they are.
In fact, all animals except insects have cannabinoid receptor systems too. And while thinking of our little gremlins…
Get your pen and paper ready-most people ask me about this next information on a very regular basis so I did the work for you…
Have that pen and paper? Here we go.
I wanna remind everybody that Halloween is coming. I hope you enjoy it with lots of kids and costumes and treats. But I also wanna remind you that our pets are often freaked out by all those little monsters ringing the doorbell and grabbin candy then running away! Wait!!! Did those monsters just make off with our stuff??? Ohhhh Lordy the barking and shaking and pacing and panting!!
So anxiety that wells up in some of our fur babies for these children’s holidays can be seriously stressful… some dogs circle or tremble and shake trying to dispense their nervous energy. Some dogs get really frantic and can panic themselves into heart stress. Others just try to hide in some dark under-furniture space. And some poor dogs go hoarse from alarming the family of “intruders”.
Well cannabis can really help alleviate all that for your poor creatures. Microdosing whole plant hemp for the anxiolytic power of CBD and all the other compounds in the plant would settle poor critter’s anxiety so it could cope with this strange night of monsters touching their door and demanding food. Can you imagine their overload of smells on that night? For hours?
So get your CBD ready for pets while it’s still light out… and about an hour before ghouls arrive.
You’ll feel better too, cause they’ll feel better… calmer, less anxious.
And by the way… their CBD is the same as yours… with maybe a little bacon flavoring and in the right dose. So use a high quality product with a COA attached to it.
If you don’t know how to dose for animals, consult cannabis expert veterinarian, Dr. Robert Silver’s website at WellPetDispensary.com
He’s my go-to for pet dosing with cannabis and all kinds of animal information and trusted products and advice. The replays are on so you can catch this again. But let me say it one more time because this is a trusted source: WellPetDispensary.com
So if your sweet babies are freaked out by all this fantasy play, prepare them in advance of the commotion by using quality CBD pet products. You may have to finesse the dose so start before the date of concern so you’ll understand how to help your pet through it. After Halloween there will be fireworks on January 1st then the Fourth of July to contend with, and of course, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Get some quality CBD (or it just won’t work) and I trust Well Pet dispensary.com
Remind your friends and family too. Your pets will appreciate your love and concern
I am not affiliated with Dr. Silver but I am with Dr. Dustin Sulak and his Healer CBDa products. Again… Dr. Sulak is a leading cannabis expert and trusted source for whole plant products in the acidic form which is more potent, therefore you use less, saving money in the process. I have an affiliate link on my website if you’re looking for a reliable cannabis product that comes directly to your door.
Key Words: Trusted Source… in this day and age of Cannabis Chaos.
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FINI:
You’ve been listening to another Cannaba Verum podcast with 21st century cannabis shaman Honey Smith Walls about the importance of using verifiably safe products. The process of getting a diagnosis from your family doctor and taking your records to a cannabis specialist can lead you to the correct cannabinoid therapy for those issues. Otherwise, you’re just your own guinea pig looking for answers without any foundational knowledge or ability to determine the best choices or strategies.
To find a qualified cannabis expert in your area… visit www.cannabisclinicians.org.
It is a national society of cannabis experts and you’ll see that link down in my show notes.
Unless otherwise proven by a reputable third party lab test, please be advised that all street weed is contaminated. It may do grave harm to a patient with a delicate immune system who already has inflammatory issues like arthritis, IBS, fibromyalgia or worse.
Subscribe to the Cannaba Verum podcast and become part of a project to understand the effects of cannabis. Your anecdotal testimony is priceless to me. Medical citations are posted on my podcast blog when you visit CannabaVerum.com. That’s CannabaVerum.com. Hey, and one last thing… Would you take an extra second to give my podcast a Like and Review? It’s like Bitcoin crack for the algorithms. Thanks so much. Hey, I hear the cows calling.
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Sources
Cannaba Verum is Latin for Cannabis Truth. Sourcing factual information about cannabis hasn’t always been easy for a variety of reasons. However now because of modern innovations, it is. My sources are from leaders in cannabis science like:
Roger Adams, U.S. Organic Chemist who isolated the structure of CBD,
Raphael Mechoulam, Israeli Organic Chemist who isolated the structure of THC,
Ethan Russo, Dir R&D International Cannabis and Cannabinoids Institute
Dustin Sulak, DO – my favorite doctor at healer.com, teaching the art of Cannabis Healing to the world, and other industry greats like:
Rev. Dr. Kymron DeCesare, Ed Rosenthal, Jack Herer, Michael Backes, and Michael Pollen and so many more… plus I use classical sites like: PubMed.gov, JAMAnetwork.com, ResearchGate.com. I listen to several daily podcasts to keep up with the latest cannabis news across the nation and throughout the world like: Dr. Codi Peterson et al on The Cannigma Podcast, MJTodayDaily.com and MarijuanaMoment.net. I trust the CBDProject.org and CannabisScienceTech.com. I watch the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) at: thecannabisindustry.org and many more like: NCIA’s Cannabis Industry VOICE (CannabisRadio.com)
Over past episodes of Cannaba Verum, we’ve listened to some amazing scientists and medical professionals talk about their discoveries and patient successes as hundreds of questionable compounds rise to the public grasp. I am especially interested in the pharmacists movement becoming an integral part of this new medicinal choice.
Watch this machine roll into action through conversations with pharmacy doctors all over the nation like Dr. Leah Johnson and Dr. Codi Peterson out West and Dr. Alan Ao up North. There are so many more getting involved now… these are just a few who have come on my show to explain the situation and it’s fascinating.
You’ll find Citations available on my podcast blog at cannabaverum.com
PS: Helping society get past the fear of using cannabis will be a lifelong journey for me. This industry is just opening up and most patients and doctors are seriously cannabis naive and need help understanding where to turn for trustworthy information.
If you need help opening that cannabis discussion with your family doctor, please reach out and grab the Dear Doctor Letter I wrote for this exact purpose. It will explain your decision to try cannabis and ask for their help in monitoring your labs and progress. It will also show them where they can find medical research on the subject of your diagnosis and the effects of cannabis.
You’ll find that letter at cannabaverum.com
My specialist in hormonal help: Dr. Genester Wilson-King, M.D. and Founder
Victory Rejuvenation Center – Orlando, Florida
My Neurologist and Cannabis Expert Medical Marijuana Doctor in Melbourne, FL:
Anthony Mazo, M.D.
Brevard Neuro Center
(321) 733-2711
315 E. Nasa Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901.
All opinions are my own and should not be mistaken as medical advice.
(1) Microdosing – https://healer.com/cbd-cannabis-dosage-guide-project-cbd-interview-with-dr-sulak/
(2) Concentrates – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29307505/
(3) Cannabis Helps Dementia Podcast – Anchor.FM/cannabishelpsdementia
(4) Society of Cannabis Clinicians – https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/
(5) Take the Pledge – GreenTakeover.com
(6) Handbook for Clinicians – Principles and Practice – https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393714180
(7) The Cannigma Podcast = https://cannigma.com/podcast/behind-the-scenes-on-cannabis-normalization-with-jm-pedini/
(8) Curious About Cannabis Podcast = https://cacpodcast.com/
Show Notes:
The spooky stuff is comin and I hope you thought to help your pet’s unnerving as the dark creeps closer to your doorbell…. Seriously, if you forgot to grab some trusted CBD designed for your pet, at least order some for the next frightening event (New Year’s, 4th of July, Labor Day… and all fireworks events plus storms and floods and danger in general. Calm their anxiety by dosing CBD for them. Look up all that info on trusted Veterinarian sites like: Dr. Angie Krause, DVM BoulderHolisticVet.com And there’s also Dr. Robert Silver. WellPetDispensary.com
Dr. Robert Silver, DVM: WellPetDispensary.com
Dr. Angie Krause, DVM: BoulderHolisticVet.com
