by SoCoClinic | Aug 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. McCain participated in the City of Fort Pierce City Commission Medical Marijuana Workshop on August 24, 2017. Dr. McCain successfully made the case in defense of allowing medical marijuana dispensaries and the safe access for patients. View the presentation slides...
by SouthernComfort | Aug 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Talk of banning dispensaries by some commissioners is at odds with reality. We heard a passionate presentation from Jessica McCain, a primary care physician who operates Southern Comfort Marijuana Clinic in St. Lucie West. She is one of about 1,000 doctors statewide...
by SouthernComfort | Aug 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Relief from pain may not be around the corner for those seeking pain relief with marijuana. Never mind that nearly three-fourths of Florida’s voters agreed pot should be legal for medical use. At least six South Florida cities have banned, or plan to ban, the...
by SouthernComfort | Aug 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Florida health officials this week signed off on two more cannabis operations, bringing to 11 the number of businesses licensed to grow, process and distribute medical marijuana to a fast-growing number of patients. The Florida Department of Health gave the...
by SouthernComfort | Jul 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Morgan said, “Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer” attributed to marijuana. The most comprehensive analysis about the health effects related to cannabis comes...
by SouthernComfort | Jun 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a bill that outlines how patients can qualify and receive MMJ under the state’s constitutional amendment. The bill still bans smoking, despite amendment supporters threatening to sue after saying it is written into the...
by SouthernComfort | Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
This section does not limit the ability of an employer to establish, continue, or enforce a drug-free workplace program or policy. This section does not require an employer to accommodate the medical use of pot in any workplace or any employee working while under the...
by SouthernComfort | Jun 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Given that 39.6% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, cancers affects nearly everyone. Chances are, someone close to you has battled cancer. Oncologists, more than doctors in any other discipline within medicine, support the...
by SouthernComfort | Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
THC is psychoactive while CBD is not. While both compounds are cannabinoids, they each interact with the body in different ways. THC directly engages the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1), which is concentrated largely in the central nervous system. CBD, however, doesn’t...
by SouthernComfort | May 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Florida health officials are taking the very earliest steps toward rolling out rules to let patients use MMJ after state lawmakers failed to resolve the issue during the final hours of their session earlier this month. The Department of Health on Thursday...
