Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain: A Natural Path to Lasting Relief

September is Chronic Pain Month, and Leafwell is doing its part to help raise awareness. This pervasive health issue impacts the lives of tens of millions of U.S. adults every single day, and treating chronic pain may be a daunting and frustrating experience for many.

Luckily, medical cannabis offers a safer and less hazardous way to help people find relief.

Join Leafwell’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. June Chin, as she shares her personal experiences with chronic pain and her journey to find the right treatment. She covers how cannabis became the life-changing alternative for her after conventional treatment options failed.

Dr. Chin discusses the dangers of more conventional chronic pain treatments, as well as the origins and devastating consequences of the opioid epidemic.

Most importantly, she discusses how and why millions of people in the U.S. are using medical cannabis to help treat chronic pain and combat the U.S.’s dependence on pharmaceutical pain relievers.

In this video, you will learn about:

• How Dr. June Chin discovered cannabis, and why she is now an advocate for integrating cannabis with traditional treatments
• The opioid crisis in the US, and its link to chronic pain
• The history of cannabis as medicine
• The science of cannabis and the human body
• The science of cannabis for managing chronic pain
• The effects and side effects of THC and CBD
• The five most common terpenes
• Common ingestion methods
• How Leafwell may be able to help you take control of your chronic pain today