#64 Medical Cannabis and Integrated Health Care, Confidence is a Skill, Entering into the Edibles Market and What To Do When The Circumstances Change In The Care Of Your Loved One

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on January 26 and 27 2019 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in Tonic Magazine. This week we discuss medical cannabis and integrated health care with Shekhar Parmar, confidence is a skill with Carlyle Jansen, entering into the edibles market with Peter Neal and what to do when the circumstances change in the care of your loved one with David Bernstein. We specifically discuss: Medical Cannabis and Integrated Health Care Medical Cannabis in the context of Western medicine Quality of life What does integrated health care mean? Why is medical cannabis conducive to integrated health care? What symptoms does medical cannabis treat? Access to medical cannabis in context of integrated health care minimum viable dosage genetic markers and the metabolizing of medical cannabis difficulties in dispensing information opportunities for medical cannabis because it is different Confidence is a Skill Accepting your own body What can we do to love ourselves? Focus on the positive How do we address what we’d like to improve? Breaking down the concerns Lifestyle for confidence – exercise, health, sleep Get your partner involved There’s more than one kind of sexy The process takes time Entering Into The Edibles Market Why enter the edibles market? Advocating for cannabis through good food Edibles legalization in October/November 2019 Product lines – confectionery, snacks Micro-dosing to 100milligrams Packaging concerns Best practices in food production Healthy ingredients in edibles How do the other ingredients impact the cannabis? What To Do When The Circumstances Change In The Care of Your Loved One Health cares situations are dynamic Event driven necessity Private caregivers need more help Small incremental changes Differing Opinions as between family members Which incremental changes are more serious? Safety, Independence, Quality of Life Risk of Falling The cost of private care Being a caregiver changes personal relationships between family members Quality of Time as a Family