Cannabis 101 for the Healthcare Professional: What you need to know to answer your patients' questions and feel good about it!

Healthcare providers are increasingly being asked from their patients for advice and recommendations for the use of cannabis in all types of conditions and disease states. One of the most challenging problems for the healthcare industry is getting evidenced-based guidance and education that will offer the practitioner comfort in knowing that they are providing proper and safe guidance to their patients. This program is designed to touch on the topics necessary for healthcare providers to consider and to be familiar with so that they a starting point to add to their educational base for an area of medicine that will only continue to grow exponentially.

Learning Objectives:

1. Overview of cannabis and its constituents

2. Review the most clinically important families of the CYP450 system that are impacted by phytocannabinoids

3. Review the different delivery methods for cannabis and their impact on onset and duration of affects

4. Review common side-effects of cannabis and how they relate to the route of administration.