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Medical Marijuana Syllabus

OMMP 1 hour Introduction to the Course

This course is about the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program: what conditions the law covers, and how patients are currently using Cannabis in both smoked and non-smoked methods of ingestion. This course gives a basic foundation into the appropriate application of Cannabis as medicine. This introduction gives a patient’s perspective of the program.

OMMP 1 hour Basic Law & Rules

OMMA – Go over the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act ORS 475.300 - 475.346 (pdf) and Oregon Administrative Rules http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARs_300/OAR_333/333_008.html and what they specifically cover.

OMMP 1 hour Legal Background

Case law from Conant http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/Conant_Ruling.pdf , http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/conantvwalters.pdf , Raich, http://www.angeljustice.org/downloads/Gonzales%20v%20Raich%20Supreme%20Court%20Decision.pdf and San Diego v California http://www.chrisconrad.com/expert.witness/SDvNORML08-050333.pdfhttp://www.chrisconrad.com/expert.witness/SDvNORML08-050333.pdf , as well as current and past policy from the White House to the AMA http://americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/AMA_Report_Executive_Summary.pdf .

OMMP 1 hour Current Applications, Dosage and Administration

A review of the current non-smoked modes of application in use by patients in the OMMP today from topical lotions and massage oils to candies and tinctures and capsules http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Dosage-and-Administration/dosage-a-administration

http://medicalcannabis.com/images/pdf09/risk_benefit/russo2002_chronic_use.pdf

OMMP 1 hour Access, Support Systems and Resources

How patients access medical marijuana and the support organizations that are available to the patient. Discussion of what happens when a patient gets their card, socialization, training and other resources available to patients and caregivers http://www.pdxu.gro4me.com/resources.htm

OMMP 1 hour Cancer

The Science of Medical Marijuana – What the current studies say about marijuana and cancer, a patient’s perspective. Nausea studies http://www.medmjscience.org/Pages/science/zeesestates.html as well as other cancer studies http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/ww_en_db_study_search.php http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16078104?dopt=Citation http://americanmarijuana.org/Guzman-Cancer.pdf http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/aacr-press-releases/press-releases-2007.aspx?d=744 .

OMMP 1 hour Pain

Provide a basic pain education starting with the Oregon Pain Management Commission’s Pain Module http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/pain/training.shtml as well as the American Pain Foundation’s Pain Care Bill of Rights http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/pain/bill.shtml With further curriculum to be developed by the Oregon Pain Management Commission’s sub-committee http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/pain/docs/pain_curriculum.pdf

OMMP 1 hour Depression, PTSD

Patients discuss experiences with using medical marijuana to treat Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Indications-for-Use/mental-health http://college.usc.edu/news/stories/130/marijuana-and-depression/

OMMP 1 hour Opportunities for Study

Open discussion of the opportunities for study of medical marijuana, from botanical mapping of cannabinoid profiles and their applications to disease and symptom specific application and data collection of patient outcomes.

End of Course

The above course is designed to give medical students a basic background on into medical Cannabis and its applications before entering a clinical situation. In my view it would be perfect training before beginning a 2-week clinical rotation on medical marijuana patients, to include taking medical history and doing surveys of patients.

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