In this episode, we're connecting with cannabis educator, activist and entrepreneur, Jude Thilman
We first learned of Jude at a conference on cannabis medicine. She wrote a great article about her mother who had lived with Alzheimer's Dementia.
In the article she referenced several studies including the 2016 Salk Institute study that showed micro-doses of THC reduces beta amyloid proteins in human neurons and a University of Bonn study of dementia in mice successfully treated with THC!
Jude is a long-time medical cannabis educator, policy leader, and entrepreneur in Mendocino, CA. In 2011 she founded Dragonfly Wellness, dispensary and holistic healing center, in Fort Bragg and has been at the forefront of the modern medical cannabis movement.
Jude is dedicated to changing the outdated narrative and resultant policy on medical cannabis and is heavily involved in California’s efforts to create a viable regulatory scheme for cannabis that includes medicinal cannabis - so far neglected by regulations.
Jude is a producer of the video series, “Cannabis is Medicine: Changing the Narrative,” host of “Cannabis News & Views,” a biweekly program on Mendocino TV, and a patient counselor who promotes cannabis as a viable, effective treatment option.
Jude comes from a lifelong commitment to social change and has been an activist on behalf of many causes. She strongly believes that healthcare is a human right and sees a return to traditional, herbal medicine as one means of achieving that right for all. Jude is also a cannabis patient herself.
Despite cannabis medicine being legal in more than 2/3rds of U.S. States, in order for people living with dementia to get some relief today, we need to get cannabis de-scheduled, and open up the Schedule I of Drugs for research.
Contact your Senators, Representatives and the President to let them know that you want to de-schedule cannabis and open up the Schedule I for research at the very least.
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THANK YOU!
Jude Thilman! DragonFly Wellness
Original Music by Doug Goodwin (1929-2023) “Try Something That’s New”
...and thank you Mom , my greatest teacher.
In Solidarity,
Chela & Dave
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