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The Third National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
May 20-22, 2004 in Charlottesville, VA. USA
Announcing
The Third National Clinical Conference on
Cannabis Therapeutics
This is the third national conference in a
bi-annual series of programs designed to resurrect the knowledge base of
therapeutic cannabis in public, accredited venues that are directed to health
care clinicians. No academic medical education concerning therapeutic cannabis
has been provided to physicians or other health care professionals in the United
States since 1938 "until this series began in the spring of 2000".
The
program faculty includes experts from the U.S., Canada, Israel, The Netherlands
and the United Kingdom. Research on cannabis and cannabis-based products has
exploded in the last decade following the discoveries of endogenous cannabinoids
and cannabinoid receptors. This conference brings replicated, science
based research to clinicians, patients, legislators, the press and the
public upon which individuals can make informed decisions about
therapeutic cannabis use. Among health care professionals, the targeted audience
includes primary care providers, pain specialists, neurologists, oncologists,
HIV/AIDS specialists, addictionologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and
hospice clinicians.
Legal professionals interested in medical ethics and
medical defense situations concerning state law or state law in conflict with
federal cannabis statues and those interested in legal proceedings underway to
force a revision of cannabis as a prohibited medical substance will find this
forum essential to their practice.
Jointly sponsored by
Patients Out of Time and
University of Virginia School of Medicine
The Third National
Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
May 20-22, 2004 in
Charlottesville, VA. USA
Presented by
Patients Out of
Time, the University of Virginia School of Nursing, the Pain
Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia School
of Medicine, the University of Virginia School of Law, and the
Virginia Nurses Association.
The conference theme,
“Cannabis Use Throughout the Life Span”
Topics that will be examined
and discussed by researchers and clinicians from the United States, Canada, The
Netherlands, Israel and the United Kingdom
include:
• childhood
use for behavioral problems
•
general pediatric applications
•
use during pregnancy
•
dependence and addiction risk
•
traumatic brain injury treatment
•
pain, movement disorder and other
symptomatic treatments
•
delivery modalities
•
clinical trial reports
•
hospice use and other medical and legal
issues will all be addressed
The conference will be held at
the Omni Hotel in the downtown area of Charlottesville, VA.
For reservations please specify the University of Virginia Cannabis
Conference. Accreditation for health care professionals provided by The
Office of Continuing Medical Education of the University of Virginia. Legal
professionals receive accreditation from University of Virginia Law School.
Press and journalist contact: Al Byrne Al@medicalcannabis.com (434)
263-4484 fax (434) 263-6753
For
more information go to the Patients Out of Time website www.medicalcannabis.com
Patients Out of Time is a patient advocacy organization. We
support the rights of patients to have legal and safe access to the
therapeutic use of cannabis. The mission of our organization, a 501 (c)
3 non-profit, is the education of health care professionals and the public about
the therapeutic use of cannabis. Our leadership is composed of medical and
nursing professionals with expertise in the clinical applications of cannabis
and five of the seven patients (two wish to remain anonymous) who receive their
medical cannabis from the US government.
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