SCAN-ECHO is currently being piloted in eleven VA medical centers including the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego VA medical centers. ... At the San Francisco VA medical center NP Erica Trimble is involved with SCAN-ECHO by creating educational binders, arranging logistics, fielding consultations and identifying patients whose cases would be suitable to present during weekly SCAN-ECHO sessions, and CNS Cyndi Baker assists with the organizational aspects of SCAN-ECHO (Mendonca). ...

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The act is entitled The Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and it's purpose is to give Californians the right to possess and cultivate marijuana for medical purposes, "where the medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined the person's health would benefit from the use of marijuana in the treatment of Cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief" (Schaler 121) Nothing in the act permits persons using marijuana for medical purposes to engage in cond...

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Cannabis sativa, most commonly known as marijuana, has been used for recreational and medical purposes for thousands of years. Many have smoked marijuana to experience the drug's psychedelic effects, while others use the drug to treat various illnesses and pain. Within the past century, however, the...

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