5. Clinical Effects of Medical Marijuana Cards

Addiction Medicine Journal Club

Episode 5 discusses the clinical effects of getting a medical marijuana card.

Gilman JM, Schuster RM, Potter KW, et al. Effect of Medical Marijuana Card Ownership on Pain, Insomnia, and Affective Disorder Symptoms in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(3):e222106.

If you want an introduction on how to manage medical marijuana in primary care, listen to this awesome episode from The Curbsiders.

We also discuss ASAM Connect, and how to get more PCPs into addiction medicine.

If you’re thinking of prescribing buprenorphine in your office, start with the SAMHSA quick-start guide. For a deeper dive, you can read the textbook “Treating Opioid Use Disorder in General Medical Settings.”

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Episode 5 Credits:

• Original theme music composed and performed by Benjamin Kennedy
• Audio production by Angela Ohlfest

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