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By Berta Kaguako, Mental Health and Substance Misuse Consultant
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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is one of the most challenging addictions to treat, with high relapse rates and treatment options that often come with significant side effects. Traditional detoxification relies on benzodiazepines, such as Librium, which can effectively manage withdrawal symptoms but carry risks like dependence and s...
Welcome to the Effective Cannabis Newsletter, your trusted resource for understanding how Cannabis interacts with the body. Created by experienced Cannabis Health Coaches and Educators, each month’s issue is carefully curated around a specific theme, offering science-backed insights and practical guidance. October 2025 is a break month, but November comes back strong! Our One-Off Issue dives into ...
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By Debi Wimberley, Cannabis Specialist and Founder of the Effective Cannabis Newsletter
A personal story of how Cannabis saved my life when the healthcare system failed me.
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When medical professionals forced me off opioids after 21 years of responsible use, I had to discover on my own what some chronic pain patients were quietly learning: Cannabis isn't just an alternative medicine, it's a ...
Welcome to the Effective Cannabis Newsletter, your trusted resource for understanding how Cannabis interacts with the body. Created by experienced Cannabis Health Coaches and Educators, each month’s issue is carefully curated around a specific theme, offering science-backed insights and practical guidance. For example, next month, in September 2025, Harm Reduction explores cannabinoid therapies an...
Welcome to the Effective Cannabis Newsletter, your trusted resource for understanding how Cannabis interacts with the body. Created by experienced Cannabis Health Coaches and Educators, each month’s issue is carefully curated around a specific theme, offering science-backed insights and practical guidance. For example, next month, August 2025, From the Archives uncovers hidden gems from past issue...
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By Debi Wimberley, Founder of the Effective Cannabis Newsletter and Cannabis Specialist
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The Choice No Family Should Have to Make
Imagine being told your loved one has only weeks to live, and you must choose between pain relief or consciousness. This was the heartbreaking reality that Ryan Bartell and his family faced in March 2018. A compassionate special education teacher working with aut...
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Host Debi Wimberley Founder of the Effective Cannabis Newsletter and Cannabis Specialist
Co-Host Angel Johansen, Cannabis Specialist
Guest Charlotte Caldwell
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In this gripping episode of the Effective Cannabis Conversation, we sat down with an extraordinary mother whose advocacy reshaped an entire country’s Cannabis laws. Her story isn’t just about medicine, it’s about hope, heartbreak, a...
Submitted by Marie-Eve V. from Québec, Canada
I am 46 years old from Québec, Canada, born with Spina Bifida. I've been diagnosed with Hyponatremia, anemia and now my body rejects all nutrients from all sources.
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I couldn't move, I couldn’t sleep, and I was filled with hate and anger
Being hungry all the time intensifies aggressiveness and hate toward myself and others. Since childhood, I have...
Submitted by Ava’s Mom, Vera T. from Cork, Ireland
My daughter was seven when she started medical Cannabis. We are from Cork, Ireland, dealing with Dravet Syndrome (intractable drug-resistant epilepsy).
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The challenge Ava faced
She was enduring hundreds of daily seizures of all types, from absence to full tonic clonic seizures. Ava was suffering terribly and we felt lost and in despair. Until...
Submitted by Billy C's mum, Charlotte from the United Kingdom
I'm Charlotte C. from the United Kingdom; I’m not a doctor. I’m not a politician. I’m just a mum who refuses to give up. When I close my eyes, I can still smell the bleach clinging to the hospital floors, I can hear the shuffle of hurried footsteps, the low hum of machines, the murmur of doctors trying to sound confident. But mostly, I...
Submitted by Scott L. from New Hampshire
I’m 34, live in New Hampshire, and was born in Massachusetts. I’ve lived with anxiety for as long as I can remember, but it intensified as my career took off and the weight of greater responsibility set in. What started as a quiet undercurrent in childhood became harder to ignore as the stakes grew higher.
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I was facing constant anxiety
The challenges ...
Submitted by Alex E. from Pinckney, Michigan
I am 29 years old and I am from Pinckney, Michigan. I have been dealing with chronic pain for 12 years, caused from a lower back injury, along with nausea for 6 years caused by gastroparesis.
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My main challenges come from the bouts of nausea/vomiting caused by gastroparesis
During these flare-ups, it's common for me to lose upwards of 10 lbs and go...
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