Dr. Matt Chalmers took the stage for TEDxUCincinnati to share a case for medical cannabis as part of a broader, safer approach to pain management — drawing on his nearly two decades treating patients dealing with chronic pain, disc injuries, and the fallout of the opioid epidemic.
In the talk, Dr. Chalmers walks through why chronic pain patients are so often steered toward opioids first, what the research says about cannabis as a lower-risk alternative for certain patients, and why he believes clinicians need more tools — and more education — to treat pain safely. He has since written more about the talk and answered follow-up questions from viewers on his Substack newsletter.
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