Medical Cannabis Legalization Is Not Medical Cannabis Competence
The post argues that legalizing medical cannabis is often mistaken for achieving clinical competence. While patients now have legal access and doctors can prescribe, most physicians lack formal training on dosing, formulations, and patient‑specific variables. This gap forces patients to self‑experiment, creating a parallel, experience‑driven system that operates without professional guidance. The author calls for a new, evidence‑based framework to integrate cannabis safely into standard medical practice.
Cannabis Rescheduling Is Not the Story People Think It Is
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed a directive reclassifying state‑licensed medical cannabis as a Schedule III substance, marking the first federal acknowledgment of its medical use since 1970. The move overturns the longstanding classification of cannabis as having no accepted medical...
Part 2: What the Body Does Instead
Dr. Benjamin Caplan explains that aging narrows the body’s physiological margin, so previously reliable habits no longer guarantee consistent outcomes. The body remains functional but becomes selective, allocating limited recovery resources across competing processes. This shift creates perceived instability, prompting...
Part I:When the Body Stops Finishing What It Starts
Dr. Benjamin Caplan explains that many middle‑aged professionals experience lingering fatigue not because they lack discipline, but because their bodies' recovery processes no longer finish completely. As physiological margins narrow with age and cumulative stress, minor disruptions linger, producing a...