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Episode 481: Cannabis and Kids with Dr. Bonni Goldstein

Dr. Bonni Goldstein of California is a board-certified pediatric physician specializing in the use of medical cannabis for children with serious and chronic conditions. She left conventional medicine after seeing that many of her young patients were not receiving the care they urgently needed. Dr. Goldstein has extensive experience treating children with intractable epilepsy, autism, cancer, and other complex conditions. She is the author of Cannabis Is Medicine, serves as Medical Director of Canna-Centers Wellness & Education, and is also the Chief Medical Advisor for Neurotech International, where she helps develop cannabinoid-based formulations for autism and other pediatric neurological conditions. This is a must-listen episode for parents of an ailing child.

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Episode 468: How Cannabis Ended Her Son’s Seizures and Inspired Shawna Dunbar

Her son suffered his first seizure when he was only 3 years old. When pharmaceuticals failed her son’s life-threatening seizures, Shawna Dunbar of Quebec, Canada made a bold choice that would change both their lives forever. Turning to medical cannabis, she not only helped her son become seizure-free but also discovered a new purpose. Shawna is the co-founder of EduCanNation Cannabis Education Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to building a responsible and sustainable medical cannabis system through education. 

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Episode 385: Suffering A Host Of Ailments, Cannabis Has Greatly Improved His Quality Of Life

When he was in his 20s, Garrett Vogel from Virginia started suffering from serious spinal fractures: 15 in total over the years. He also suffers from spondylitis, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, sciatica, osteoporosis, along with numerous other health issues including seizures. He was taking fentanyl but his quality of life was deteriorating until he started taking cannabis. Since then his health has improved and he has not had a seizure in a year.

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Episode 374: She Says She Wouldn’t Be Alive Today Without Cannabis

Over the course of the last decade, Jessamyn Way from Oregon has undergone 5 brain operations, one of which she was given only a 5 to 10% chance of survival and told that if she did survive it was unlikely she would be able to walk or talk normally. The multiple pharmaceuticals she was taking resulted in two miscarriages and it was only when she started using cannabis she was able to have two beautiful daughters. Last summer, she spent 28 days in hospital after doctors operated on her to deal with her severe epilepsy. Jessamyn is joined by her husband Todd to tell her inspiring story.

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Episode 373: From 500 Seizures A Month To Seizure Free Thanks To Cannabis Oil

Her son Alfie was born with a rare form of genetic epilepsy. He suffered his first seizure at 8 months old and his condition progressively worsened. In 2016, at the age of 5, he was admitted to hospital 48 times as a result of being unresponsive to anti-epilepsy drugs and was receiving up to 25 doses of steroids a month. But Hannah Deacon of the UK was desperate to save her son and went to the Netherlands to try cannabis oil—and it worked. Alfie has been seizure free for almost 3 years.

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Episode 316: Cannabis Helps His 15 Vertebrae Fractures and Other Spinal Issues

All of 35 year old Garrett Vogel’s vertebrae fractures are the result of non traumatic events, including simply rolling over in bed. He also suffers from spondylitis, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, sciatica, and osteoporosis, along with numerous other health issues including seizures. He tried the fentanyl patch but never experienced relief until he began using cannabis and got off fentanyl.

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Episode 280: This Boy Is One Year Seizure Free With Cannabis

Young Murray from Scotland has what’s known as Doose Syndrome, which causes frequent seizures in children and loss of muscle control. He spent 242 days in hospital but treating the condition is difficult because it originates in all parts of the brain. His mother Karen was desperate so she went to the Netherlands and brought back cannabis for her son. You won’t believe the difference it made!

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