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Episode 498: The Man Who Replaced 1100mg of Oxycontin with Cannabis

A devastating workplace injury in 1992 led to multiple spinal surgeries, hardware implantation, and ongoing degenerative disc issues for John Prinz of California. At one point, he was prescribed over 1100 milligrams of Oxycontin daily, along with a range of other medications, and faced further invasive interventions including a spinal cord stimulator trial and a possible morphine pump. Instead, he made a different choice. Over a two-year transition, he gradually moved off opioids and into a cannabis-based regimen that he has maintained ever since.

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Episode 486: When Doctors Had No Answers, Cannabis Helped Her Reclaim Her Life

Kat Bago of Tennessee was just 30 years old, working in hospitals, raising a young family—when chronic pain began to dismantle her life piece by piece. After years of searching, she was diagnosed with congenital spinal stenosis. She underwent major spinal surgeries, and put on opioids which she said made her feel like a zombie. When she began taking cannabis it was a life-changing decision. This is a story about pain, courage, motherhood, and choosing a different path to healing.

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Episode 471: Breaking Free: How Cannabis Helped Him Escape Opioid Addiction

Years of hospital stays and constant pain left Rod Sorrell of Indiana dependent on opioids prescribed every few hours. What began as treatment became a cycle of addiction that robbed him of his health, his relationships, and his will to live. When all else failed and despair set in, a friend suggested he try cannabis — and that single act changed the course of his life.

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Episode 470: From Oxycodone to CBD: Deborah Hall’s Remarkable Story of Recovery

Deborah Hall of Virginia was diagnosed with a rare condition called a spinal AVM, an abnormal tangle of blood vessels in or near the spinal cord that can cause severe pain, weakness, and even paralysis. After two major surgeries, years of pain, and dependency on prescription medications, Deborah turned to CBD — thanks in part to encouragement from her daughter and from Al Morentin of My Fit Life. Her story is one of courage, persistence, and finding hope when it seemed out of reach.

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Episode 448: From Death’s Door to New Life — Russell Langhammer’s Incredible Recovery with Cannabis and Psilocybin

After being declared dead in 2019 and given last rites, Russell Langhammer stunned doctors and defied the odds. Following a devastating accident, opioid addiction, heart failure, and cancer, Russell turned to cannabis and psilocybin—and got his life back. In this remarkable conversation, he shares how plant and fungal medicine helped him heal, reclaim joy, and return to the bodybuilding world. His story is one of pain, resilience, humour, and hope.

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Episode 431: Cannabis Freed Him From A Dependence On Opioids After A Car Accident

After a life-altering car accident, Greg Waszak from Buffalo, New York found himself trapped in a cycle of opioid dependence, prescribed to manage his debilitating pain. But Greg’s journey didn’t end there. In a powerful twist, it was cannabis—not conventional medicine—that helped him break free from opioids and reclaim his life. Join us as Greg shares the highs, the lows, and the pivotal role cannabis played in his remarkable path to healing and recovery. 

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Episode 344: Relief From Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction

Over the course of his life, Sam Smith from Illinois has had 14 back surgeries—the first occurring when he was in high school. Subsequent work-related back issues resulted in a series of surgeries between 2012 and 2016 and got him hooked on excessive quantities of opioids for pain. However, with the use of cannabis oil, he kicked his opioid addiction in several months and lost more than 100 pounds.

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Episode 314: Former Dance Instructor Battles Degenerative Disc Disease With Cannabis

When she was teaching a dance class 8 years ago, Gabrielle Dion Visca of Cincinnati, Ohio suddenly lost feeling in her right foot. Over the ensuing weeks, she couldn’t feel any sensation in either foot. After being diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, she underwent 3 surgeries in a little over two years and was fighting to control her growing addiction to opiates. With the introduction of cannabis, her life turned around dramatically.

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Episode 313: Cannabis Helped Her Recover From a Collapsed Spine & Opioid Addiction

Jolanda Petzer of South Africa was only 19 years old when her back pain began. Over the years it became worse and she lived in constant pain. She had her first operation in 2007 and was told she had spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis and extensive nerve damage. She became addicted to opioids to manage the pain and attempted suicide by swallowing a handful of pills. After that, she started on cannabis and has been off pharmaceuticals for two years.

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Episode 307: Weediatrics: A Powerful Documentary on Cannabis and Kids

What would you do if your child had extreme behavioural issues and conventional medicine only prescribed opiates? Would you try cannabis? This excellent documentary, “Weediatrics – A Covert Medical Mission”, takes us behind the scenes to show the daily hardship that parents, living in illegal states, go through to secure medical cannabis to help their ailing child. The threat of being arrested, prison or having their child taken from them by Child Protection Services is not enough to stop these parents from doing anything and everything to help their child. It’s powerful, emotional and a must see.

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