Reefer MEDness
As a nurse and pharmacist we focus our stories on people’s use and perception of cannabis as Reefer Madness, Reefer Medicine, Reefer Mellow. We are exploring how society is changing its understanding of cannabis.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 209
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
E85 - Cannabis for Headbangers with Dr. Patrick Neary
You've said the word concussion. You might even have had one. But do you really understand them? Did you know a concussion is a minor traumatic brain injury? Dr. Patrick Neary and his team got a gran…
E84 - Assuage Suppository Trepidation with Sarah Roberts
Our co-host, Trevor has an unhealthy obsession with suppositories. You know that guy you never ask, "Hey, what is an NFT?" lest he talk your ear off? Well never ask Trevor, "Hey, what is a Rectal Roc…
E83 - Are the Cardiovascular Effects Worth the High - with Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Most certainly, we have learned Cannabis has benefits but it is not benign. With all medications it is important to understand the risk and benefits. In this episode Trevor and Kirk discuss the cardi…
E82 - Manitoba’s Loud Advocate - Steven Stairs
In this episode, Kirk and Trevor bring forward the importance of Cannabis advocacy. With the legalization of recreational cannabis, some may see the need for Cannabis Advocacy as being dispensable. S…
E81 - Greencraft Cannabis Update with Eric Greening - Part 1
At the beginning of the Pandemic, we met Eric Greening. He wanted to start a craft cannabis operation just outside our hometown of Dauphin. We check in with Eric and see how pandemic construction ha…
E80 - Cannabis Drug Interactions with Dr. Lyndsey Anderson
When you take a prescription medication, it goes into your body, does what it is supposed to and then leaves. Part of leaving the body often involves the medication getting broken down or metabolized…
E79 - More Road Stories
Traveling the Yellowhead Highway eastward, Kirk leaves Alberta behind. Visiting local Cannabis Stores, he collects and shares more Road Stories from the Bud Tenders he meets along his way back home t…
E78 - Buyer Beware; Buyer Bewildered
Do you have a favourite craft cannabis flower? Are you getting what you think you ordered? Think again. While attending the Calgary Hempfest, Kirk and Trevor gathered five Micro Cultivation License h…
E77 - Happy Healthy Hemp Homes by Goodvin Designs
Imagine an affordable home that will not burn or grow mould, while it also cleans the air within. Christiana Goodvin, a self-described “Envelop and Building Science Engineer”, gathers locally sourced…
E76 - Mark Ware and Elite Athletes
Ross Rebagliati, Michael Phelps, and Sha'Carri Richardson. Different athletes, different sports, and different eras. Tremendous athletic ability and years of arduous training aren't all they have in …
E75 - Road Stories
Sharing stories is how we learn and connect. Kirk travels westward from Dauphin along North American’s most northern provincially connected highway system. Listen to the quirky, cool Bud Tenders st…
E74 - Can Cannabis Help COVID Long Haulers with Peg City Hippie
Has Covid-19 affected your day-to-day? “Ah, yes!” We have all been touched; this virus has influenced behaviours within all of our communities and our condolences are extended to those who have lost …
E73 - Opioid Taper with Cannabis Guidelines
We are in an opioid crisis. Wouldn't it be great if we had another tool to taper people to a lower opioid dose or off their opioids altogether? A group of almost 20 experts got together and drew up…
E72 - Dr. Suzy Pinnick Explores Pediatric Palliative Pot
Dr. Suzy Pinnick, a family physician specializing in palliative medicine and remote northern medicine, shares her cannabis story with Kirk. In this episode, the two health professionals sit in a cas…
E71 - Why Has Cancer Gone to Pot? - With Dr. Paul Daeninck
Therapeutic cannabis use is to cancer, as salt and pepper is to the dinner table; ubiquitous yet individualized. In the past 20 years, oncologist Paul Daeninck, MD, MSc, MSc., FRCPC has not only see…
E70 - Can a Junkie Drop Heroin Making Cannabis his NEW Heroine?
One of a series of episodes focusing on cannabis use in opioid harm reduction, Kirk brings a story of one man’s experience. The episode follows a discussion Kirk has with Mr. Mark Heinrich who is “a…
E69 - Can Cannabis Reduce Pharmaceutical Costs?
Philippe Lucas from Tilray comes on the discuss the TOPS study. It looked at around 2000 medical cannabis patients across Canada prospectively and gather tons of data. Some of the most interesting …
E68 - What’s in your weed?
Every home grower is proud of their harvest, yet many can only guess at the THC strength and Terpene profiles of their crop. In this episode, Trevor and Kirk explore how to unlock the mysteries of h…
E67 - TobaGrown with Jesse Lavoie
By legalizing recreational use of cannabis in 2018, Canada became the world’s largest cannabis friendly country. The Cannabis Act allows provinces to individualized their approach to legalizing the v…