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New website aims to help doctors talk with patients about cannabis

OPB · OPB · last updated
John Rosman / OPBA new website created by an Oregon doctor aims to make it easier for healthcare providers to talk with their patients about the health effects of cannabis. Devan Kansagara is a professor of medicine at OHSU and practices internal medicine in the VA Portland Health Care System. He says patients want to discuss cannabis with their doctors. His goal is to provide evidence-based information that he hopes will empower clinicians to feel more comfortable talking to their patients about cannabis use and answering questions that patients may have. We hear from Kansagara about the website and how he hopes doctors and researchers will use it.
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