260062 American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine and the proper physician's role in the responsibleprescribing and medicinal use of cannabis

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

David Bearman, MD , DNA, Medical office, Goleta, CA
     
Title: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CANANBINOID MEDICINE (AACM) The proper role of physicians in addressing the responsible prescribing and use of medic cannabis.

Abstact: The American Academy of Cananbinoid Medicine (AACM) was founded in 2008 by a group of prominent cannabinoid medicine physicians who wanted to establish high standards for the practice of cannabinoid medicine and to get the media to turn more to scientific experts when interviewing people on this topic. The AACM sets promotes high practice standards and ethics in the field of cannabinoid medicine

We are a medical and scientific organization whose members are clinicians and researchers active in the field of cannabinoid medicine. We are a knowledgeable source for information about medicinal cannabis and the endocannabinoid system. We support the use of plant-derived and synthetic cannabinoids for valid medical reasons.

The AACM board represents a diversity of experience in clinical practice, clinical research, and policy-making positions across a broad range of settings. Specialties represented include Rehabilitative Medicine, Neurology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Pubic Health, Family Practice, OB-GYN, Infectious Disease, and Addiction Treatment.

Our focus is on physiological and pharmacological studies of the endocannabinoid system and the clinical application of cannabis. The AACM is designed to be a forum for the exchange of clinical information and ideas about cannabinoids.

Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify three studies and or facts which demonstrate that cannabiss and cannabinoids are medicine 2.Enumerate at least four things a physician needs to do to meet AACM practice and ethical standards. 3. Describe how marginalizing physicans practicing minimalist medicine when making medical marijuana recommendations undermine the science of 20,000 basic science studies ande over 4,000 years of anecdotal evidence of the medicinal value of cannabis and cannabinoids

Keywords: Marijuana, Health Care Politics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Sativex(tincture of cannabisa) is a cannabinoid medicine. It has been approved in Canada,the UK,Spain,New Zealand,Sweden,Austria ,Germany,Denmark and the Czech Republic for treatment of pain in and muscle spasm in Multiple Sclerosis. It is being tested in

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: former officer USPHS, former county health dept director and county health officer, former medical director oldest Medicaid managed care bprogram in the country, Vice President and co-ffounder American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine,forme director Health Services SDSU,Author "Demons,Discrimination and Dollars:A Brief History of the Origins of American Drug Laws,pain management specialist,former co-director Haight-Ashbury Drug Treatment Program,Board member Americans for Safe Access,Advisory Board member Patients Out of Time,lecturer SDSU & UCSB
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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