Cannabis & COVID-19
How To Maintain a Healthy Endocannabinoid System
Dr. Block takes us through the ins and outs of the endocannabinoid system, how it relates to the novel coronavirus and how to keep it strong and healthy.
Show Notes
3:05 - Public Health Trends - Smoking in CA
4:11 - Why Dr. Block put out the Covid memo
5:30 - Most people consume cannabis by smoking and that could be problematic at this time
6:55 - The early data from Europe and China
7:31 - Now is the time to talk about alternatives to smoking cannabinoids
8:38 - How the immune system works
9:12 - Parallels between the immune and endocannabinoid systems
10:05 - The endocannanaboid system (ECS) is much older than the cannabis plant
10:39 - The different cannabinoid receptors
12:37 - Oxygen delivery and endocannabinoids
13:48 - All bodily systems are subordinate to the ECS
14:46 - Best things to do right now for your ECS
15:20 - What smoke does to the lungs
17:45 - Other ways to intake cannabinoids
19:29 - What makes cannabinoids unique among botanicals
23:30 - Triage and what is happening in Europe
27:34 - Best advice…don’t get sick and consider changing your cannabis ingestion away from smoking
28:37 - Stopping smoking for the time being is a very good idea
29:40 - The possibilities of CBD
30:49 - CBD dosage and the placebo effect
31:53 - How to know you’re getting a good product
33:11 - Pain and what it is
35:01 - Evidence based data and anecdotal evidence
38:04 - Keeping the ECS healthy
41:34 - The ECS and selective memory
45:14 - Chemicals in our body that closely resemble cannabinoids
46:11 - We need to be in protective mode right now
47:08 - Plants have revealed our own bodily systems
49:01 - Botanicals and pain in history
49:33 - The future of CBD
51:43 - Terpenes
53:35 - Plants are highly sophisticated
59:27 - Drink plenty of water