Top Names in Medicinal Cannabis
In every specialized field, there is an organization that brings together experts in the area to sell their experiences to each other. In the field of medical cannabis, such an organization is, for example, CannX Tel Aviv. Every year, it hosts a meeting of many doctors, scientists, and entrepreneurs interested in medical cannabis. We have selected 5 inspiring people from this year's event, whom we would like to introduce to you.
Caroline Maccallum
The first significant person we will tell you about is Dr. Caroline Maccallum. She works in the field of internal medicine and also teaches at the medical department. She entered the professional practice with cannabis in 2015 at Health Canada, working with patients who used it. She has written many professional articles on dosage.
Work Results:
- Wrote many professional publications about cannabis treatment
- Organized the Ask The Expert event, which included long-time cannabis grower Fond Betts
- Participates in research in medical chambers
- Fights for the integration of medical cannabis education
Adi Aran
Dr. Adi Aran comes from Israel and is currently the director of pediatric neurology in Jerusalem. Aran is also a researcher who studies autism spectrum disorders and related genetic disorders. He specifically specializes in the human endocannabinoid system, which most strongly reacts to the effects of medical cannabis. Therefore, he was the first to start working on medical cannabis research and the aforementioned autism.
Work Results:
- His research confirmed that children diagnosed with epilepsy who used pure CBD form experienced a highly positive response
- In children with ASD who used cannabinoids, motor seizures were suppressed
- In his research, he found that most parents preferred treatment with cannabis strains high in CBD over psychotics
Staci Gruber
Staci Gruber is another doctor, but with a different specialization than the experts mentioned above. Dr. Gruber works in psychiatry and examines the impact of cannabis on the human brain from multiple perspectives.
Work Results:
- Wrote several professional articles, made a film to improve cannabis information accessibility
- In 2014, her first project called Marihuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery was created, focused on explaining medical cannabis effects
- Participated in clinical studies that helped create CBD products for anxiety
- In a study on patients with Molluscum contagiosum, she found that CBD usage led to improved clinical condition and overall performance
Stefan Meyer
Stefan Meyer is the co-founder of Phytoplant Research SL. It is a significant company that has also obtained a research license for medical cannabis. Stefan has also published his research results in various journals. Stefan is passionately interested in cannabis cultivation itself – this led him to found another company that provides expert advice and assistance with medical cannabis cultivation.
Work Results:
- In professional research on cannabinoids, he found results confirming that phytocannabinoid metabolism in mammals involves allyl oxidation before nuclear oxidation to other metabolites
- Research conclusions further include a statement that ó-methylation was found in cannabis samples from the east, where this structure is not common
- Currently, Stefan Meyer is working on further research into the biological profile of cannabinoids and their overall biomedical potential
Erica Peters
The last personality we will introduce is Erica Peters. She was interested in the structure of cannabinoids, their safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. In the past, she studied addiction to cannabis, tobacco, alcohol, and opioids. Peters has over 20 years of experience in medical cannabis research.
Work Results:
- Her latest personalized study focuses on examining cannabinoids CBD, THC, and CBC. These were studied in a cannabis product – oil consumed by 43 study participants twice daily for 7 days. Based on this, she found that:
- After the first and last dose, CBC content increased at least 1.3 times with each double dose increase
- In the ratio of CBD, CBC, and THC, CBC was concentrated in plasma 18 times more than CBD
- THC had a lower representation compared to CBC
In conclusion, when these three cannabinoids are combined, their concentration is not constant but distributed according to the dose, with CBC potentially having preferential absorption over CBD and THC.
This summarizes the latest findings and new information in the field of medical cannabis. As you can see, the study focuses are diverse – phytocannabinoid structure, cannabis's impact on the brain, and cannabis use in children with epilepsy. Scientific areas continue to expand and add new people, so next time we'll select a few top names worth knowing. Meanwhile, you can discover the power and potential of CBD oils by purchasing from us.
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