4th National Clinical Conference on Cannabis

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Subject: MedBoardWatch: 4th National Clinical Conference on Cannabis
Therapeutics, April 6-8, Santa Barbara, California


Patients Out of Time
The Fourth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
The Mind-Body Connection
April 6-8, 2006
Santa Barbara, California

Complete schedule posted at bottom of this email
and at:
http://www.medicalcannabis.com/conference.htm

Register for conference at:
http://www.medicalcannabis.com/registration/


Don't miss it!

This is a great conference, and has much of core knowledge that medical
cannabis-recommending physicians and other health care professionals should
know, and also should be of interest to patients and patient advocates.
(I attended the past two, and will be on a physicians' panel with Dr. David
Bearman and Dr. Arnold Leff this time.)
(Agenda and Faculty list below.)


peace and health,
Frank Lucido M.D.
www.DrLucido.com
www.MedicalBoardWatch.com
www.AIMLegal.org




UCSF designates this activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA category 1
credits.
The approved credits include 6.5 credits toward meeting Pain Management and
End-of-Life Care.

The Fourth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
Santa Barbara, CA
April 6-8, 2006
Agenda
Thursday, April 6

7:00pm Registered Attendees and Faculty Reception at Val Verde, Santa
Barbara, Exhibits, Music.

Friday, April 7

7:30 Registration – Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks; Donald Abrams MD, David Bearman MD, Harriet Miller
8:30 Staying Safe: The Challenge (What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You); Mark
Miller
9:00 Cannabinoids and the Physics of Life; Robert Melamede, PhD
9:40 Cannabis: Synthetic vs. Natural; Daniele Piomelli, PhD, PharmD
10:00 Efficacy of Smoked Cannabis on Human Experimental Pain; Mark Wallace,
MD
10:20 Break
10:40 Patients Experience Treating MS with Cannabis; Barbara Douglass and
Montel Williams
11:00 UK Experience With New Cannabis Medicines; Stuart Ratcliffe, MD
11:30 The Current Status of Cannabinoid Research in Israel; Natalya Kogan,
PhD
12:00 Lunch Buffet: DEA/NIDA and the Obstruction of Privately Funded
Research; Rick Doblin, PhD
1:30 The Therapeutic Use of a Cannabis Project in Catalonia Spain:
Information, Prescription and Research; Marta Duran Delmas, MD
2:00 Canadian Pain and Cannabis; Mark Ware, MD, MRCP, MSc
2:30 Pharmacy Grade Cannabis in The Netherlands; Marco van de Velde, PharmD
2:50 Break
3:10 Federal Patients, Are They Healthy?; Barbara Douglass, Irvin Rosenfeld,
George McMahon, Elvy Musikka, Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN

3:50 Cannabis Spouses Speak; Deborah Rosenfeld, Nancy Cavanaugh, RN, Alice O’Leary,
LPN, Joan Dangerfield
4:30 Adjourn

6:30 Patients Out of Time Benefit Dinner – Robert Randall Tribute -Auction-
Live Band- Comedy.


Saturday, April 8

7:30 Registration - Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks: Marty Blum, JD, Allan Byrne, CA Nurses Association RN
8:30 Cannabis in Pain and Palliative Care; Donald Abrams, MD
9:00 Cannabis Use and Pregnancy; Melanie Dreher, RN, PhD, FAAN
9:20 Therapeutic Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and It’s Efficacy Treating
“Morning Sickness”; Philippe Lucas
9:40 AIDS and Cannabis; Steven Hosea, MD
10:00 Break
10:20 Cannabis and Mental Health; Mitch Earleywine, PhD
10:40 Clinical Implications of the Endocannabinoid System: PTSD, ADD and
Beyond; David Bearman, MD
11:00 PTSD Panel; Erin Hildebrandt, Allan Byrne, Christopher Largen
11:40 Oregon Survey of Cannabis Applications; Edward Glick, RN
12:00 Lunch Buffet: Patient Empowerment; William Britt, Russell Peterson,
Rita Solinas PhD
1:30 California Doctors, Medical Cannabis and the Medical Board: Safe and
Appropriate Recommendations for a Safe and Effective Medicine; Frank Lucido,
MD; Arnold Leff, MD; David Bearman, MD
2:15 Break
2:30 Medical Cannabis and the Public Policy Process; Jon Gettman, PhD
3:00 Q&A Session, All Presenters; Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN
4:30 Adjourn


UCSF designates this activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA category 1
credits.
The approved credits include 6.5 credits toward meeting Pain Management and
End-of-Life Care.




The Fourth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
City College Santa Barbara, CA
April 6-8, 2006

Faculty

Donald Abrams, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine and Head
Hematology-Oncology Section, University of California, San Francisco, San
Francisco General Hospital. *

Michelle Aldrich Cannabis Historian, San Francisco, CA. *

David Bearman, MD Practicing Physician, Santa Barbara, CA. *

Marty Blum, JD Mayor, Santa Barbara, CA.

William Britt Patient and Founder, Association of Patient Advocates, Long
Beach, CA.

California Nurses Association Representative.

Nancy Cavanaugh, RN Widow of Cannabis Patient, West Hills, CA.

Allan Byrne Co-founder, Patients Out of Time, Howardsville, VA. *

Joan Dangerfield Widow of Cannabis Patient, Beverly Hills, CA.

Marta Duran Delmas, MD Researcher, Fundacio Institut Catala de Farmocoligia,
Barcelona, Spain.

Rick Doblin, PhD Founder, Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic
Studies, Sarasota, FL.

Barbara Douglass IND Patient, MS, Lakeside, IA.

Melanie Dreher, RN, PhD Dean College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA.

Mitch Earleywine, PhD Associate Professor, University of Albany, NY. *

Jon Gettman, PhD Senior Fellow, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Ed Glick, RN Practicing Nurse, Monmouth, OR.

Erin Hildebrandt Patient and Executive Director, Parents Ending Prohibition,
Lafayette, OR.

Steve Hosea, MD Infectious Disease Specialist, Hospitalist, Cottage
Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA.

Natalya Kogan, PhD Cannabinoid Researcher, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem,
Israel.

Christopher Largen Patient, Co-author of “Prescription Pot” and Author of
“Junk”, Denton, TX.

Arnold Leff, MD Clinical Faculty Stanford University, HIV Specialist PACE
Clinic, San Jose, CA.

Philippe Lucas Founder and Director Vancouver Island Compassion Society and
Legal Canadian Cannabis Patient.

Frank Lucido, MD Family Practice Physician, Berkeley, CA. Founder of
MediclBoardWatch.com and AIMLegal.org.

M.L.Mathre, RN,MSN,CARN Executive Director, Pantops Clinic, Co-founder,
Patients Out of Time, Howardsville, VA.*

George McMahon IND Patient, Nail Patella Syndrome; Co-author of
“Prescription Pot”, Livermore, IA.

B.J. Miller, MD Patient.

Harriet Miller Former Mayor Santa Barbara, Former Executive director of
AARP, Santa Barbara, CA.

Mark A. Miller Drug Information Consultant, Comprehensive Drug Education
Consultants, Oregon City, OR.

Robert Melamede, PhD Associate Professor and Biology Chairman (ret.),
Biology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO. Americans
for Safe Access, Medical Advisory Board.

Elvy Musikka IND Patient, Glaucoma, Eugene, OR.

Alice O’Leary, LPN Co-founder of Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics,
Sarasota, FL.

Russell Peterson Patient, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Daniele Piomelli, PhD Louise Turner Arnold Chair in the Neurosciences;
Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry; Director,
Center for Drug Discovery, University of California, Irvine, CA.

Stuart Ratcliffe, MD Director, Barts Pain Research Group, Barts and the
London NHS Trust, Barts, UK.

Irvin Rosenfeld IND Patient, Multiple Congenital Cartilaginous Exostoses,
Lauderhill, FL.

Deborah Rosenfeld IND Patient’s Wife, Lauderhill, FL.


Rita Solinas, PhD Patient, Santa Barbara, CA.

M.J. van de Velde, PhD, MBA Head, Office of Medical Cannabis, Ministry of
Health Welfare and Sports, The Netherlands.

Mark S. Wallace, MD Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Director, Center
for Pain and Palliative Care, University of California, San Diego.

Mark Ware, MD, MRCP, MSc Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and
Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Montel Williams Patient, New York, NY.


* Planning Committee





Below are two hotels that have provided a reduced rate for the conference.
These hotels are very close to the Santa Barbara City College campus.
Reservations expire 60 days before April 6. Pets are allowed at the Best
Western at a fee.

ALL ROOMS IN SANTA BARBARA ARE NON-SMOKING.
The hotels usually charge a $100 a day in addition to basic charges if there
was smoking in the room.

Make reservations asap to get special rates.


Best Western
Beachside Inn
336 W Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, California,
United States, 93101-3855
Phone: (805)965-6556 Fax: 805-966-6626
Website: www.beachsideinn.com
$155 a night ....mention "medical cannabis"


Mason Beach Inn
324 W. Mason St. Santa Barbara, California 93101
Reservations: (805) 962-3203
Toll-free: (800) 446-0444
Fax: (805) 962-1056
Website: www.masonbeachinn.com
Thursday $98, Friday $129, Saturday $149
mention "medical cannabis"




Press and journalist contact: Al Byrne
ph (434) 263-4484 fax (434) 263-6753
Al@medicalcannabis.com
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