353: Everything you need to know about medical & recreational marijuana | Psychiatrist Rebecca Siegel, M.D.
Rebecca Siegel, M.D., discusses how marijuana actually affects your brain and how to know if medical marijuana will work for you.
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Show Notes
Rebecca Siegel, M.D.: “There needs to be more research [on marijuana] so physicians can either get behind it or not get behind it."
Siegel, a psychiatrist and a licensed prescriber of medical marijuana in New York state, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how marijuana actually affects your brain, plus:
- How to know if medical marijuana will work for you (01:32)
- Is marijuana really a gateway drug? (08:06)
- How men & women's brains react differently to marijuana (14:41)
- Healthier "swaps" for marijuana (24:50)
- How to know if you or someone you love is abusing marijuana (27:02)
Referenced in the episode:
- Find the podcast transcript here.
- Siegel's book, The Brain On Cannabis.
- King's College study on marijuana & psychosis.
- Malcolm Gladwell's op-ed on marijuana.
- Learn more about Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome.
- Alex Berenson's book, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence.
- Amen Clinics.
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