AltMed: Cannabis and Alternative Medicine Podcast

AltMed: Cannabis and Alternative Medicine Podcast

An Australian Podcast to Learn About Alternative Medicine with a Focus on Medicinal Cannabis

Episodes

February 6, 2025 49 mins

In this week's podcast we chat with David Brown, co-founder at Stratcann, about:

  • Opposition to Canadian legalisation
  • Challenges for domestic suppliers in Canada
  • How cannabis is taxed in Canada
  • Law enforcement approaches to cannabis in Canada
  • Lessons for the legalise cannabis cause in Australia Stratcann

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

Stratcann
https://stratcann.com/

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Join Andrew Dowling and Mitch Kurtz as they dive into the fascinating world of mushrooms and natural tonics with special guest Mason Taylor, founder of SuperFeast. In this episode, we journey through the transformative potential of these ancient remedies and their role in modern wellness.

Discover the secrets behind:

The benefits of medicinal mushrooms
Natural tonic herbs for vitality
Tips for integrating...

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In this week's podcast we chat with Abe Gray, Founder of Whakamana Cannabis Museum about Cannabis Politics in NZ.

Whakamana Cannabis Museum
https://cannabis.kiwi.nz/

 AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Sean Maloney, Legal Counsel and Commercial Manager of MediCann Health, about: 

  • ASX continuous disclosure obligations
  • Use of ASX announcements to advertise medicinal cannabis products and also bury bad news
  • Current state of advertising enforcement against medicinal cannabis companies.


MediCann Health:
https://www.medicannhealth.com.au/

AltMed:
https://altm...

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In this week's podcast we chat with Michael Sassano, CEO and Founder at Somai Pharmaceuticals about:

  • Cannabis across the globe
  • Cannabis Mergers and Acquisitions
  • EU-GMP and vertical integration
  • Cannabis extracts
  • Pharmaceutical cannabis products

Somai Pharmaceuticals: https://somaipharma.eu/

AltMed: https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Panapa Ehau and Porou Tawhiwhirangi, Founder and Head Grower at Rua Bioscience about:

  • Medical cannabis in New Zealand
  • NZ cannabis genetics
  • Demographics and cannabis
  • NZ cannabis history

Rua Bioscience:
https://www.ruabio.com/

AltMed:
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Lisa Varley, CEO of The Entourage Effect, about:

  • Cannabis registration
  • Distribution vs product strategy
  • Cannabis company success and pitfalls
  • Cannabis market crowding

The Entourage Effect
https://theentourageeffect.com.au/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Craig Frawley, Compounding Pharmacist at My Compounder, about:

  • Compounding Cannabis
  • Early days of cannabis dispensing
  • The Pharmacy legislation
  • Cannabis compounds and emerging science
  • Veterinary cannabis products
  • The first MDMA script in Australia

My Compounder
https://mycompounder.com.au/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Dr Zaina Cheema about:

  • How doctors should be dosing medical cannabis
  • Challenges doctors face when dealing with the Department of Veteran Affairs for veteran patients
  • Tips for staying mentally healthy (spoiler: eat well and sleep well!)
  • Preventative medicine and current trends in medicine regarding
  • Blending of medical cannabis treatments, particularly for treating smoking cessation and insomni...
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In this week's podcast we chat with Dr Bryce Joynson about:

  • The ADHD brain and how it functions.
  • Responsible prescribing of medical cannabis.
  • The proliferation of ADHD specialist telehealth clinics.
  • Prevalence and causes of common medical conditions in Australia including obesity and anxiety.
  • Medical ethics and doctors’ obligations in relation to disclosing conflicts of interest to patients.

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In this podcast, we chat with David Ettershank, Member of the Legalise Cannabis Party about:

  • The rise of the Legalise Cannabis Party as a political force in Australia
  • Reflections on his first year in the Victorian parliament
  • Cannabis policy reform efforts including drug-driving reform and workplace testing
  • The potential for States to legalise cannabis through social clubs
  • Why prohibition is failing everyone
  • Evidence-based harm reduct...
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In this week's podcast we chat with Nic Giumarra, GP at One Health Clinics about:

  • The Default Mode Network
  • Patient Access Issues
  • Recreational vs Medical Cannabis
  • Treatment Types
  • THC and CBD interactions with the ECS

One Health Clinics
https://onehealthclinics.com.au/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Shannon Arenson, Pharmacist at Seutika, about: 

  • Broken packs and split cannabis packaging 
  • Cannabis Pharmacists vs doctors 
  • Patient education 
  • Recreational vs clinical cannabis 

Seutika
https://seutika.com.au/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Robert Collier, Geneticist at MA Genetics about:

  • Cannabis genetics in Australia
  • Amsterdam vs. Australian Cannabis
  • Scents + flavours + effects of strains
  • Emerging countries for genetics including Sudan and Uruguay

MA Genetics: https://ma-genetics.com/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Matt Henderson, principal lawyer at Reparation Legal, about:

  • Using cannabis and working
  • FIFO workers and drug use versus medicine
  • Cannabis and driving
  • cannabis and advertising (online CMIs)

Reparation Legal
https://reparationlegal.com.au/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Mimi Sener & Mel Wentzel of CoCo Medical Education & Consulting about:

  • Medical Cannabis Education
  • Medical cannabis insights
  • The medicare health plan

CoCo Medical Education & Consulting
https://au.linkedin.com/company/coco-medical-education-and-consulting

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we flip the interview. Paul from Give and Toke chats with Andrew & Mitch from AltMed about:

  • Mitch and Andrew at Phytoca
  • Running the Altmed podcast
  • Cannabis legals and politics
  • Mr Nice Seedbank
  • Working in cannabis overseas


Give and Toke
https://linktr.ee/giveandtoke

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this weeks podcast with chat with Amy Carmichael of CoCo Medical Education & Consulting about:

  • Medical Education and Consulting Medical cannabis insights
  • Cannabis education 
  • The medicare health plan


CoCo Medical Education
https://www.linkedin.com/company/coco-medical-education-and-consulting/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's podcast we chat with Dr. Dev Banerjee, Sleep Specialist at Lullaby Sleep Clinic, about:

  • types of sleep issues
  • traditional sleep medication vs cannabis
  • cannabis and REM sleep
  • sleep research
  • flower vs oil 
  • cannabis and children

Lullaby Sleep Clinic
https://lullabysleep.com.au/

AltMed
https://altmed.com.au/

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In this week's episode we chat with Ben Smith Wade & Dolly Shukla of Grove Clinics about:

  • The Cannabis Patient Journey
  • Cannabis bulk-billing
  • Cannabis consult pricing
  • 2 way patient consults
  • Nurse practitioners vs doctors
  • Grove Clinics

https://grovehealth.com.au/ 

https://altmed.com.au/

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