Hosts: Barbara Cochran & Dr. Gene Dorio

Topic: Medical Benefits Of Cannabis

Guests: Dr. Thomas Polucki, Chiropractor

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The Senior Hour – April 20, 2016

Medical Benefits Of Cannabis

Today on the Senior Hour, Dr. Gene Dorio and Barbara invite friend of the show Dr. Thomas Polucki back on the Senior Hour for a special 4/20 show advocating for the medical benefits of the cannabis plant. Dr. Polucki brings in several products including a CBD oil capsule and spray that he sells at his chiropractic office.

“The reality is there a lot more things toxic than THC.” – Dr. Polucki

There are over fifty chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant.

Two most prominent chemical compounds in marijuana:

1. THC –Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, dronabinol by INN), or more precisely its main isomer (−)-trans-Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol, is the principal psychoactive constituent (or cannabinoid) of cannabis. It can be an amber or gold colored glassy solid when cold, which becomes viscous and sticky if warmed.Like most pharmacologically-active secondary metabolites of plants, THC in Cannabis is assumed to be involved in self-defense, perhaps against herbivores. THC also possesses high UV-B (280–315 nm) absorption properties, which, it has been speculated, could protect the plant from harmful UV radiation exposure”The amount of THC in marijuana is tens if not thousands more strong than when I was a teenager.” – Dr. Polucki
2. CBD – Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of at least 113 active cannabinioids identified in cannabis. It is a major phytocannabinoids, accounting for up to 40% of the plant’s extract. CBD is considered to have a wide scope of potential medical applications despite its reputed lack of psychoactivity.

“Here they are getting research trying to prove how bad this thing is, and they come up with the exact opposite.” – Dr. Polucki on recent studies of THC

“I was in severe pain and the doctor prescribed hydrocodone.” – Barbara Cochran

“I guess we got wise with prohibition and learning how to control it a different way, but we really never got wise with cannabis.” – Dr. Gene Dorio

“Get lots of people involved, find out all the effects, positive and negative, benefits and risk … but we are not doing that.” – Dr. Gene Dorio on what we should be doing in America to study marijuana

“The only problem I have with it is if its smoked … there’s no safe way to inhale anything besides oxygen.” – Dr. Thomas Polucki on the ill-effects of actually smoking the plant