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FLORIDA CANNABIS
HEMP SPOTLIGHT:
COUNCIL Jill Giles

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September 2019

Wholistic ReLeaf: Empowering

Families and Patients to Choose

the Best Treatment Approach

BY DANIEL CASCIATO

With over 20 years of experience as a board-certi-
fied pediatrician and wholistic family care physician,
Dr. David Berger came to the medical cannabis indus-
try with a level of knowledge and experience unpar-
Dr. Mark Chaet Noah Kauffman
alleled among cannabis-certifying physicians.
Dr. Berger is the founder of Tampa-based Wholistic
American ReLeaf, the medical cannabis division of his full-ser- Strainprint:
vice practice, Wholistic Pediatrics & Family Care. He
Medical named the cannabis clinic Wholistic ReLeaf because For Patients
it combines the elements he believes are most impor-
tant for providing patient-centered medical cannabis
Marijuana education and treatment. By Patients
“Wholistic is a term I have always used to describe Dr. David Berger
Physicians the type of medicine I practice because it emphasizes Data Driven
the importance of considering the whole patient, the whole environment, and the
Association to whole community in effectively treating each patient.” He continued, “Using the User Analytics
word ‘leaf’ credits the cannabis plant as the source which provides our patients the
relief they seek.”
Host Third Long before medical cannabis became a legal treatment option, Dr. Berger used BY BARBARA R. FALLON
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Annual that with the evolution of medical
The casual observer might conclude
Conference in Broad Spectrum Products cannabis’ therapeutic benefits, changes
in social values and legislative regula-

Lake Buena Vista Offer Unique Advantages to tions have moved cannabis into main-
stream medicine; that once a doctor
prescribes a medical marijuana card, it’s
as simple as buying over the counter
Spektrum Life’s Customers medications.
BY DANIEL CASCIATO
The founders of Strainprint
The American Medical Marijuana Technologies, a leading Canadian med-
Physicians Association’s (AMMPA) BY VANESSA ORR ical cannabis data and analytics compa-
Annual Conference will be held October ny, would probably differ with that
4-6 at the Hilton Orlando in Lake Buena There are always concerns when using a new uninformed observation. Most of the
Vista, FL. The membership-driven asso- health product, especially for first-time CBD buyers. team have first-hand experience with
ciation focuses on providing physicians While there is a vast amount of information out achieving optimal patient outcomes
and healthcare professionals with the there, there is also a lot of confusion, which is why from medical cannabis and know it can
resources they need to safely and effec- Tiffany and Andres Guaty, owners of Spektrum Life, be a confusing, time consuming and
tively utilize medical marijuana recom- spend much of their time educating people about overwhelming experience for patients
mendations as an alternative treatment CBD products. and their clinical providers.
modality for their patients. “Both Andres and I did our own research on CBD, In fact, four years ago one of the co-
AMMPA was started a few years ago by trying many different brands to help with his back founders, Stephanie Karasick, noticed
Florida physicians knowing that the state injury and my anxiety, and the knowledge we how little information and scientific
would soon have medical marijuana leg- acquired was used to create our company, Spektrum validation there was on various treat-
islation approved. Life,” said Tiffany Guaty, who has been involved in ments when she first started to navigate
“We wanted to get organized to help the CBD industry since 2016. “Through customer Tiffany and Andres Guaty cannabinoid medical treatment. She
each other as well as the new doctors feedback, we have found that the majority of people kept a personal journal and soon her
coming on board to manage this new who take opiates or over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen are constantly technologically-minded husband, Evan
specialty,” says Mark Chaet, MD, searching for a more natural, non-addictive alternative. We strive to help a wide Karasick, designed a prototype app for
AMMPA President. “We came together range of individuals by introducing them to our broad spectrum CBD products.” her to record her observations. That
with the mission to educate physicians While researching different brands and product lines, the couple realized that they personal experience was the seed that
and advocate for the type of care they wanted a broad spectrum oil that contained all of the phytocannabinoids of the developed into a passion for the team at
were delivering as well as work on leg- hemp plant without the THC.
Strainprint Technologies; the company
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