Dr. Barry Dworkin

Sunday House Call, #666,  September 9, 2018: Cannabis marketing ads using observational in-house studies to bolster claims for use. Get back to me with real studies then we will talk.

Sunday House Call, #666,  September 9, 2018: Cannabis marketing ads using observational in-house studies to bolster claims for use. Get back to me with real studies then we will talk.

Topics today include:

Some Cannabis companies are sponsoring their own studies to promote Cannabis as an alternative to pain medication. (National Post Saturday Sept 8, 2018, Page A7)  These observational studies are often biased and do not provide conclusive medical facts.

Your calls on Cannabis as a replacement for pain medication and claims of cancer treatment successes, complications from kidney stones, hypertension medication, efficacy of standard hospital masks.

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