Physicians aren’t Immune to Pain

Physicians & Cannabis | The Cannabis Care Team of Kansas City, MO

Dr. June Chin finds relief for her own autoimmune condition.

Dr June Chin has the unique distinction of not only being a physician, but also a chronic pain survivor, AND a cannabis advocate. While many people in the cannabis industry have moved into the business as a result of their connections to people who they’ve seen benefit from the use of the plant, June has experienced the healing and relief herself – making her a credible and respected advocate and doctor.

Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) as a teenager, this kind of arthritis causes extreme stiffness and nerve pain, Dr. Chin tried treatment after treatment with little success in alleviating her pain. After her mentor witnessed the constant toll the pain was taking on her, he pulled her aside and gave her a tincture. He told her it was marijuana, but assured her it would not get her high. While she was surprised and somewhat shocked, she was also desperate.

Like many suffering who find relief with cannabis, she continued to use the medicine, but kept it hidden from her peers. Today, after a self-guided exploration of cannabis as a medication, Dr. Chin not only offers cannabis as a recommendation for her own patients, but is a true case study in the power of the plant. Her work today includes serving as an advocate for cannabis as medicine and her company, https://askcmd.com/ is a personalized cannabis service where June treats both children and adults.

For a printable pdf from Project CBD on what cannabis therapy may be best for you, click the button below. 

project cbd brochure

CBD for Arthritis and Joint Pain: Does it Work?

Cannabis & Hope | The Cannabis Care Team of Kansas City, MO

David finds CBD gets him back on his bike.

Children are often the source of many of the most heartbreaking stories we hear about the healing power of cannabis, but patients who can benefit come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. Consider David, a 65 year-old married father of one daughter, who spent his life in blue collar work – welding, manufacturing, and over-the-road truck driving. Thirty years of hard physical work can take a toll on one’s body, and even the healthiest of lifestyles can’t always combat the ravages of arthritis, joint pain, and general deterioration of the body.
David envisioned his retirement as having time to ride his motorcycle, go fishing with old friends, and enjoy all of the things he finally could do at his leisure. Unfortunately, those things were difficult to manage with arthritis and joint pain having taken a front seat and traditional physicians offered very little in the way of a medical solution. Losing weight, getting more exercise, and supplements might prevent the speed of deterioration, but none of them provided him with pain relief.


What DOES provide relief for David? CBD flower. With less than .3% THC and a CBD profile that is made for pain relief – this patient consumes CBD flower each and every day and has reported the ability to sleep well for at least 8 hours a night. His pain isn’t preventing him from hobbies, and he enjoys the calm feeling without being “baked.” Cannabis has so many different benefits for so many people – makes you wonder why we had to fight for decades to be able to use it as medicine, doesn’t it?

Click below to see the results from a study examining CBD’s effectiveness for pain. 


CBD study results

Cannabigerol: The Next CBD

CBG is now available in all 50 states.

Cannabigerol (CBG)- Gaining much popularity because growers have identified how to grow plants high in CBG with very little THC, thus making it available in all 50 states. CBG has been shown to kill epithelioid cancer cells and “is the next most effective phytocannabinoid (a cannabinoid that comes from plants) against breast cancer after CBD” (Russo, E. 2011). Research has shown it may useful for the treatment of psoriasis, MRSA, pain relief, and depression, and potentially a muscle relaxant.

Where can you find it?

Try your local CBD store that carries products that have a Certificate of Analysis (COA) so you can verify it doesn’t contain any contaminants.

Click below for more information on the Certificate of Analysis.

how to read the COA

Why I am so passionate about cannabis.

Four years ago, I picked up my teenage son from a football game he had played in and the first thing he said to me was “My head is killing me.” I had ibuprofen and Tylenol in the car so I had him take two Tylenol and we went home. He showered, ate, and went to sleep for the night.

At 3 am he was in my room crying, and grabbing both sides of his head, saying “it hurts so bad!” Twelve hours later he had been evaluated by a Sports Medicine doctor and was in the ER awaiting a CT. His diagnosis was a concussion and I was just thankful it wasn’t a brain bleed. We were given concussion discharge instructions and told it should resolve within a few days. It didn’t. Four weeks later he was continuing his speech and physical therapy, and under the care of a psychologist and a neurologist, being prescribed migraine and anti-depressant medications.

It was the worst time of my life to see my son suffer so much and honestly to see him change overnight. He became aggressive, suicidal, and there were two occasions I found him in unconscious in unusual places and he had no idea how he got there. He just remembered feeling dizzy.  

I left my full-time job and we battled Post-Concussion Syndrome for over a year. He saw the best specialists in Kansas City and eventually his dizziness, nausea and vomiting became less frequent, but we just couldn’t find anything to help with the migraines and severe depression. That was until he started consuming marijuana on a regular basis. As a parent I had many concerns, but I could see it was working.

I no longer had to get his migraine meds refilled and he wasn’t punching holes in the wall. He showed me studies and we discussed it with his doctors. They told us that if it was helping, then to keep doing it. Four years later, I have my son back. He’s happy and cheerful and I don’t have to worry about the late night calls I would get from him telling me he wanted to die.  

In the last four years I have read anything and everything I can get my hands on regarding the medical use of cannabis. Working as an RN for 15 years now, I cannot believe it’s taken so long for patients to legally consume the only thing that often gives them hope.  

I am scared to think about what would have happened to my son if he didn’t find cannabis. I truly believe it saved his life.