Alissa Marrapodi

Articles

As a veteran, RN, and PTSD survivor, Cherissa Jackson has made it her mission to educate veterans about PTSD and cannabis as a treatment option and to create inclusivity for women veterans.

Cannabis, Women Veterans,  and VSOs: An Advocate’s Journey

C.J. Carter, Kentucky State Director of Minorities for Medical Marijuana, shares the details about his lifelong relationship with cannabis, how it helps his epilepsy, being a cannabis advocate in the Bluegrass state, and his work around cannabis education and legalization.

The State of Cannabis  in Kentucky: A Story of Cannabis, Epilepsy, and Advocacy

Kevin Boehnke, PhD, a research investigator at the Chronic Pain Institute Research Center in the anesthesiology department at the University of Michigan, discusses his research efforts to address questions such as what health conditions are patients using cannabis for, which dosage formats are they using, and does it help chronic pain.


The Pain Dilemma:  Cannabis Versus Medicine? 

CBD is a growing industry. In this article, topicals and their growing popularity are discussed.

A Market Overview: CBD Topicals

Ann M. Brum and Wayne Smith discuss their roles as cannabis advocates fighting for reform and veteran access to medical cannabis.

Cannabis Activism: The Fight for Veteran Access

Dr. Linda Klumpers discusses her interest in neuroscience, her most significant work, success stories from Cannify—an online science-matching tool—and more.

Cannabinoids + Clinical Pharmacology: A Q&A with Dr. Linda Klumpers

Wes Burk, cofounder and vice president of Emerald Scientific, discusses this year's Emerald Conference, some of Emerald’s other initiatives in cannabis science, and their plans going into 2020

The Emerald Conference and More with Emerald Scientific

John S. Abrams, PhD, discusses some of the cutting-edge work he’s involved in and what he’s looking forward to at this year's Emerald Conference.

The Science Behind the Emerald Conference

NMU and SSI collaborated to establish the Shimadzu Analytical Core Laboratory for Medicinal Plant Sciences for NMU’s undergraduate degree program in medicinal plant chemistry.