Migraines & cannabis: A neurologist weighs in

“I deal with very sick patients that have been to multiple doctors and have tried everything that’s been approved or everything that’s been tried — and I have to offer them hope,” says Dr. Roni Sharon. “Very often I’ll offer them medical marijuana.”In this episode of The Cannabis Enigma, we speak with Dr. Roni Sharon, a neurologist specializing in migraines and other head and face pain, about his experience treating patients with medical cannabis. At times, cannabis can be used to stop a migraine once it’s started, he says, but it can also work in more holistic ways to prevent them or make them less frequent by treating triggers like anxiety, stress, and insomnia.Dr. Sharon discusses how he doses cannabis with his patients (“start low and go slow”), what strains he recommends, why cannabis may not be right for everyone, and how it can help patients avoid opioids.“The train has left the station. Medical marijuana is here to stay,” Dr. Sharon says. “More and more governments are adapting it. Now it’s a matter of regulation and how to institute it into our medical practice.”This episode was produced and edited by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, and Yoav Morder was the sound engineer. Music by Desca.