The Third National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics

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This is the third national conference in a bi-annual series of programs designed to resurrect the knowledge base of therapeutic cannabis in public, accredited venues that are directed to health care clinicians. No academic medical education concerning therapeutic cannabis has been provided to physicians or other health care professionals in the United States since 1938 "until this series began in the spring of 2000".

The program faculty includes experts from the U.S., Canada, Israel, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Research on cannabis and cannabis-based products has exploded in the last decade following the discoveries of endogenous cannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors. This conference brings replicated, science based research to clinicians, patients, legislators, the press and the public upon which individuals can make informed decisions about therapeutic cannabis use. Among health care professionals, the targeted audience includes primary care providers, pain specialists, neurologists, oncologists, HIV/AIDS specialists, addictionologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and hospice clinicians.

Legal professionals interested in medical ethics and medical defense situations concerning state law or state law in conflict with federal cannabis statues and those interested in legal proceedings underway to force a revision of cannabis as a prohibited medical substance will find this forum essential to their practice.

Jointly sponsored by
Patients Out of Time and University of Virginia School of Medicine
The Third National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
May 20-22, 2004 in Charlottesville, VA. USA

Presented by
Patients Out of Time, the University of Virginia School of Nursing, the Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, the University of Virginia School of Law, and the Virginia Nurses Association.

The conference theme, “Cannabis Use Throughout the Life Span”

Topics that will be examined and discussed by researchers and clinicians from the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Israel and the United Kingdom include:

• childhood use for behavioral problems
• general pediatric applications
• use during pregnancy
• dependence and addiction risk
• traumatic brain injury treatment
• pain, movement disorder and other symptomatic treatments
• delivery modalities
• clinical trial reports
• hospice use and other medical and legal issues will all be addressed

The conference will be held at the Omni Hotel in the downtown area of Charlottesville, VA.
For reservations please specify the University of Virginia Cannabis Conference.

Accreditation for health care professionals provided by The Office of Continuing Medical Education of the University of Virginia. Legal professionals receive accreditation from University of Virginia Law School.

Press and journalist contact: Al Byrne Al@medicalcannabis.com
(434) 263-4484 fax (434) 263-6753

For more information go to the Patients Out of Time website www.medicalcannabis.com

Patients Out of Time is a patient advocacy organization.
We support the rights of patients to have legal and safe access to the therapeutic use of cannabis.

The mission of our organization, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, is the education of health care professionals and the public about the therapeutic use of cannabis. Our leadership is composed of medical and nursing professionals with expertise in the clinical applications of cannabis and five of the seven patients (two wish to remain anonymous) who receive their medical cannabis from the US government.

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