Cannabis Voices
In Cannabis Voices, Mary Biles - medical cannabis writer and author of ‘The CBD Book – The Essential Guide to CBD oil’ - speaks to patients, carers, cannabinoid scientists, doctors and activists about the healing power of the cannabis plant.
Episodes
57 episodes
Michelle Kendall's Legacy - Bruce Kendall & Professor Hinanit Koltai
This episode is to honour and celebrate the legacy of previous guest Michelle Kendall who died last year from ovarian cancer. In her words:"I think the universe gave me lemons. And I didn't just make lemonade. I feel like I've m...
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Episode 56
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49:54
Treating cancer with cannabis and psilocybin - Nicole DiMonda & Jaime Brambila
Many of us have heard about how the anti-tumoral effects of cannabis and anecdotal accounts abound of patients who've successfully treated their cancer with cannabis oil.But combining cannabis and psilocybin is a potentially exciting co...
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Episode 55
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1:07:04
Rebekah Shaman - Cacao - A Plant Medicine for Mind, Body and Spirit
Today sees the return of Rebekah Shaman and in what might feel like a rather off topic episode for a Cannabis podcast, we will be talking about the benefits of cacao to our mind, body and spirit. I've been enjoying ceremonial grade caca...
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Episode 54
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1:12:34
Jane Hinchliffe - How cannabis saved my life
Jane Hinchliffe has a complex collection of illnesses which include complex regional pain syndrome, anxiety, ASD and functional neurological disorder which has meant since being a teen she has been prescribed a host of prescribed medications in...
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Episode 53
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48:35
Becca Allen-Tapp - Cannabis, cancer and embracing the suck
In 2018 Rebecca was diagnosed with a rare neuroendocrine cancer which resulted in a sudden removal of her left lung. At that time, she was Director of Business Development with a prominent laboratory equipment supplier serving the cannabis indu...
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Episode 52
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44:43
Alvaro Torres - Khiron Life Sciences & the Colombian Experience
There's no romantic origin story of how Alvaro Torres, CEO and Co-founder of Khiron Life Sciences, a Colombian medical cannabis company, got into the sector.And for this reason, it would be tempting to assume the company was...
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Episode 51
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1:00:19
Nikki Lawley - Cannabis & Traumatic Brain Injury
Nikki Lawley is a patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Nikki and the Plant. She personally discovered cannabis as medicine after suffering a life-changing injury while working as a pediatric nurse. In October of 2016, Nikki wa...
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Episode 50
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46:33
Bonni Goldstein MD - a pioneer in pediatric cannabis medicine
Dr. Bonni Goldstein is one of the most well-respected and long-established cannabis doctors in the United States. Prior to cannabis, she worked for fourteen years in pediatric emergency medicine, developed a passion for cannabis when sh...
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Episode 49
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1:11:03
Eloise Theisen - cannabis nurse and educator
Eloise Theisen is a board certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and nurse for over twenty years, who since 2014 has been specialising in treating patients with medical cannabis. Eloise is current President of the
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Episode 48
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35:44
Dr. Dani Gordon - cannabis and integrative medicine
Dr. Gordon is double board certified in family medicine and integrative medicine and author of 'The CBD Bible'. Having started her medical career practi...
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Episode 47
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28:19
Steve Barron - from Michael Jackson to growing a house from hemp
Filmmaker Steve Barron has directed some of the most iconic music videos of the 1980s including Michael Jackson's Billie Jean (which we discuss in the podcast), Aha's Take on Me, Human League Don't You Want Me Baby, and The Jam's Going Undergro...
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Episode 46
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1:01:16
Alicia Maher - my life as a medical cannabis refugee
In November 2019, months before the pandemic struck, Irish chronic pain patient Alicia Maher decided she'd had enough of getting cannabis off the street in order to treat the chronic pain she'd endured for many years. She decided t...
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Episode 45
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52:15
Alisia Ratliff - why more diversity is needed in the cannabis industry
In one of the most inspiring interviews of the series so far, I speak to Alisia Ratliff, CEO of Victus Capital Ventures and until very recently Chief Scientific Officer at Jersey Hemp in the UK.
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Episode 44
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1:12:14
Sam Cannon - Beyond The Green at Cop26
Today we speak to Sam Cannon, who didn't take no for an answer when his hemp-focussed applications to the upcoming Cop26 UN Climate Summit were turned down.Instead he de...
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Episode 43
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1:05:26
Phil Monk - a sovereign human right to cannabis
Today's episode features Phil Monk, founder of We The Undersigned, a community group a "united in the shared belief in the most ancient, traditional and fundamental human right to be free to sow the seeds of the highly nutritious herb of ...
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Episode 42
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55:16
Melissa Sturgess - from mining to medical cannabis
After more than 20 years as a director of UK and Australian Stock Exchange quoted companies, mainly focused on the acquisition, structuring and financing of natural resources deals across Africa, in 2018 Melissa Sturgess turned her ...
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Episode 41
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1:04:29
Dr Vincent Maida - cannabis for the treatment of wounds and ulcers
Healing leg ulcers and wounds is one of those unsexy areas that rarely get spoken about possibly because most people that have them are elderly and immobile.But as Dr Vincent Maida, a Canadian palliative care physician explains, right n...
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Episode 40
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39:58
Project Twenty 21 - medical cannabis real world evidence
This week's episode is dedicated to Project Twenty21, the UK medical cannabis registry collecting data on safety and efficacy, while offering the participants subsidised medical cannabis prescriptions.I speak to Anne Katrin Schlag, Head...
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Episode 39
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1:08:21
Kyle Esplin - the trials and tribulations of the UK CBD industry
Kyle Esplin, a professional musician by trade, discovered CBD and hemp after becoming severely debilitated by post viral fatigue.Where conventional medicine failed, CBD and hemp extracts gradually brought Kyle back to health, so he deci...
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Episode 38
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1:04:38
Professor Javier Fernández Ruiz - cannabis research in neurodegenerative diseases
Professor Javier Fernández-Ruiz is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the “Cannabinoids and Neurological ...
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Episode 37
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1:10:06
Sarah Russo - cannabis and other herbs for the apocalypse
Some of us come to the power of plant medicine relatively late in life (me for example), while others are practically born into an appreciation of their medicinal benefits. Sarah Russo falls into the latter category. As the daughter of ...
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Episode 36
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50:09
Dr Evan Lewis - cannabis, the endocannabinoid system and epilepsy
Dr Evan Lewis is a Pediatric Neurologist and Clinical Neurophysiologist with expertise in epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, and medical cannabis for the treatment of neurologic disorders. He is the director of the Neurology Centre of Toront...
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Episode 35
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1:06:57
Justin Kander - educating the world about cannabis & cancer
Justin Kander is the founder of the Cannabis for Cancer Declaration, an initiative that lists medical professionals who support the use of cannabis to treat cancer. He is also the author of
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Episode 34
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52:00
Dr Sandra Carrillo - bringing cannabis education to Latin America
Dr Sandra Carrillo, a Colombian born physician living in Panama, is a driving force in cannabis education, not only in Latin America, but across the globe. Before cannabis, Sandra had been an ER doctor as well as specialising in aesthet...
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Episode 33
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57:38
Rebekah Shaman - why hemp must be part of the UK's green plan
Recorded on Earth Day, this podcast is dedicated to the tremendous potential hemp holds for a more sustainable future for our planet. With all the hype around CBD oil, the fact that hemp holds so many potential solutions to ...
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Episode 32
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1:09:31