Welcome to our first issue of Cannabis Nurses Magazine. This national monthly magazine is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada where I have resided since 1995 and I have seen tremendous change not only in this state but nationally when it comes to the Cannabis Industry. In fact, the term Cannabis IIndustry is new in its development. I remember moving here driving into town on Highway 15 with posted signs warning visitors to be on their best behavior and not be tempted into consuming marijuana because if one remembers, the state laws of Nevada, one of the stiffest in the nation, made it a felony to even possess marijuana, let alone smoke it, and the jail time unbelievable for such a simple plant. Today, medical cannabis is now legal in Nevada and within 24 states across the nation, with more following the lead, and it can now be “recommended” by your physician as a treatment option in numerous disease states and symptoms in multiple facets. The more I began to learn about cannabis, the more I became amazed and it all started with a friend of mine who stated in January 2010, “Juhlzie, did you know cannabis cures cancer?” I know this to be a bold statement and difficult to wrap your head around. It was for me too, however, that question alone, opened Pandora’s Box and I was never able to go back.
In my profession as a Registered Nurse, I questioned while triaging many in the ERs over the years, why so many people were plagued with illness and they all usually had over a dozen pharmaceuticals prescribed to them and they were still sick. Well, my question was answered when I started doing the research. Unfortunately, due to prohibition, we have been put on a seventy year plus delay and forced by laws to abide by the laws of the land and we have been prohibited from its use. Western medicine educated the masses that it is a Schedule 1 drug, with no beneficial value, and taboo to even consider its consumption and as a Nurse I stayed far away from it.
Upon my research, I came across the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) and attended their conference, which I received CEUs for the first time ever, and it was hosted with Patients Out of Time in Portland, Oregon in May of 2014. This conference changed my life forever. Since that event, I have been motivated to find a platform to promote the National Cannabis Nurses and all that we are doing across the nation since then. Many of our dedicated cannabis nursing leaders across the nation have been doing amazing things with activism, creating changes with state and national legislation, lecturing nationally and internationally, being integrated into dispensaries across the nation, consulting professionals, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, and providing local communities with information and education, assisting in every facet of their lives, keeping them safe, and acting as a voice for the patients when they are denied access. We as national nurses are creating change and leading the way and we strongly believe: Every Patient Deserves a Nurse. With our expertise in the newly developing field of Cannabis Nursing, we are the change that the Cannabis Industry needs to assure that patients are kept safe and are informed with evidence-based education.
We are so excited with all the movement here in Las Vegas and at a National level within the Cannabis Industry. We have been gearing up for some exciting events this October and working hard to make it become a reality. And now, without further a due, we welcome you to enjoy this first edition ever of Cannabis Nurses Magazine.
Enjoy!
Nurse Juhlzie “Ask Nurse Juhlzie”
In my profession as a Registered Nurse, I questioned while triaging many in the ERs over the years, why so many people were plagued with illness and they all usually had over a dozen pharmaceuticals prescribed to them and they were still sick. Well, my question was answered when I started doing the research. Unfortunately, due to prohibition, we have been put on a seventy year plus delay and forced by laws to abide by the laws of the land and we have been prohibited from its use. Western medicine educated the masses that it is a Schedule 1 drug, with no beneficial value, and taboo to even consider its consumption and as a Nurse I stayed far away from it.
Upon my research, I came across the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) and attended their conference, which I received CEUs for the first time ever, and it was hosted with Patients Out of Time in Portland, Oregon in May of 2014. This conference changed my life forever. Since that event, I have been motivated to find a platform to promote the National Cannabis Nurses and all that we are doing across the nation since then. Many of our dedicated cannabis nursing leaders across the nation have been doing amazing things with activism, creating changes with state and national legislation, lecturing nationally and internationally, being integrated into dispensaries across the nation, consulting professionals, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, and providing local communities with information and education, assisting in every facet of their lives, keeping them safe, and acting as a voice for the patients when they are denied access. We as national nurses are creating change and leading the way and we strongly believe: Every Patient Deserves a Nurse. With our expertise in the newly developing field of Cannabis Nursing, we are the change that the Cannabis Industry needs to assure that patients are kept safe and are informed with evidence-based education.
We are so excited with all the movement here in Las Vegas and at a National level within the Cannabis Industry. We have been gearing up for some exciting events this October and working hard to make it become a reality. And now, without further a due, we welcome you to enjoy this first edition ever of Cannabis Nurses Magazine.
Enjoy!
Nurse Juhlzie “Ask Nurse Juhlzie”
