Posts tagged with: Cannabis Therapy
A Milestone Year
Almost a year has gone by since CBC published my story and since then the public’s response has been overwhelming. I’ve received hundreds of emails from people all over Canada, many of them detailing their own stories of trauma and...
Confessions of a Cannabis Coach: Tips on Choosing a Licensed Producer
When it comes to medical cannabis, we are living in extraordinary times. Currently, there are over FIFTY licensed producers listed on the Health Canada website that are legally allowed to cultivate in this country. In the next year, that number is...
Exercise and Addiction Recovery
By Andrea Demeter Scratch Consider an addict’s lifestyle; the time and energy it takes to finance, find, ingest and metabolize a fix before repeating the cycle day after day. So what happens when our addiction is no longer the focal...
Cannabis as a Treatment for Addiction
I’m often asked how I can recommend cannabis to treat addiction when cannabis itself is considered a drug. The explanation I provide in return is simple. Cannabis works. Since 2013, medical cannabis has been available to Canadians with a diagnosed...
Inside An Addict’s Brain
If you’ve ever had a friend or loved one spiral into addiction, you can probably relate to the following statement: addicts are insufferable. From vitriolic rants blaming others to eliciting money/sympathy/housing through sentences that begin with “I know you don’t...
The Power of Cannabidiol (CBD) Oil
By Andrea Demeter Scratch I was finally on the right track, having gotten myself into the best shape of my life when everything changed. That morning I was training hard, getting ready to start number 26 out of 30 fitness...
