“Last weekend, Denver hosted the first Plant Medicine Expo & Healthcare Provider Conference, an upscale (for a change) educational event. I moderated a panel discussion with local and state politicians, including Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown and Colorado Springs Councilman Tom Gallagher. In the audience were people with chronic diseases, people undergoing cancer treatment, people in pain, with MS, anxiety and depression, with migraines or spinal cord injuries, and people who just wanted to learn more. It was not a stoner-fest. There were thoughtful questions, and responsible answers.
Medical marijuana is here to stay. People want its benefits, and politicians and business people want its revenue...
...I am a cancer survivor, and used medical marijuana when I was in treatment. I applaud the efforts to make it acceptable to everyone. It will happen; humanity will find a way.”
-Richard Belzer, star of Law & Order SVU, comedian and cancer survivor in the Denver Post on October 8th, 2010.
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“We’re not putting a festival together. Clearly, we’ve brought the adults to the table here ... That’s what it’s going to take to get the woman with stage II breast cancer to walk through the doors of a dispensary and say, ‘Will this help me?’”
The [current] system alienates potential customers, such as senior citizens or baby boomers who won’t ask their doctors about medical marijuana because of the drug’s reputation, and it scares away good doctors who won’t prescribe it for the same reason, Ginsberg said. “…events such as this conference can help cannabis find mainstream acceptance...”
-Seth Ginsberg, President TGI Healthworks, the organizing company for Plant Medicine Expo in the Denver Business Journal, September 10, 2010. Click here for complete article.
"It was really exciting to see people come together to talk about this medicine -- and the more we get together to talk about it, the more we realize how much there is to learn, and how many benefits the plant has. I'd never seen anything like it in Colorado before.
"It was really exciting to see people come together to talk about this medicine -- and the more we get together to talk about it, the more we realize how much there is to learn, and how many benefits the plant has. I'd never seen anything like it in Colorado before.
-Laura Kriho, Cannabis Therapy Institute
in the Denver Westword Blog. Click here for complete article.
Held in Denver this past September, Plant Medicine Expo & Healthcare Provider Conference (PMEHPC) was the first substantive and professional conference and expo that spoke to the legitimate uses of medical marijuana (MMJ). Unlike its predecessors, PMEHPC opened the door to a meaningful and insightful conversation regarding the medical uses MMJ, the industry that has emerged since its legalization in multiple states, and the legal and emotional issues that still spark debate over this natural substance.
PMEHPC Denver featured two days of consumer conferences, a business expo, as well as a conference geared towards the healthcare provider community. These events brought together the best minds in the MMJ community—from scientists and lawyers to doctors and business owners—all focused on collaborating together and sharing information with the patient/caregiver and healthcare provider communities. To learn more about the conference seminars, click here. To learn more about featured expo exhibitors, click here.
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