Page 49 - SOUTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL NEWS MAY 2022

AROUND THE REGION
TM

Back Cover Story: Florida Consortium for Medical Marijuana Ayr Wellness
Launches Premium
Clinical Outcomes Research: A Beneficial Program
Flower Brand, Kynd

Continued from back cover and industry. This includes a quarterly icine at Ohio State University, and Dr. in Florida
*Florida Memorial University newsletter and an annual report that Kent Hutchison, a professor of psychia-
*Florida State University share many nuggets of information for try at the University of Colorado in Ayr Wellness announced it has expanded
*University of Central Florida all stakeholders. As noted in the “Winter Boulder. its extensive product portfolio available at
*University of Florida 2021 Medicament” newsletter published There are many more programs spon- Liberty Health Sciences (“Liberty”) dispen-
*University of Miami by the Consortium, “a lack of cannabis sored by the Consortium that have rap- saries statewide with the addition of its, pre-
The need for research in this area driv- use assessments contributes to under- idly developed as reputable statewide mium flower brand, Kynd.
en by our flagship institutions is sup- documenting cannabis use, unprepared offerings. To learn more about these pro- Kynd’s artisanal whole flower is crafted in
ported by the more than 650,000 clinicians, low quality health record grams you can visit the website small batches under highly-trained and pas-
Floridians now holding medical marijua- data, and limited research on a wide https://mmjoutcomes.org/ sionate specialists. All 45 Liberty dispen-
na cards. Since its inception, the array of cannabis-related health out- saries across Florida will initially carry the
Consortium grants program has awarded comes.” Dr. Jeff G. Konin is a Clinical Professor in meticulously developed strains Blueberry
30 researchers from 7 of the 9 member On May 19th – 20th of 2022 the the Department of Athletic Training in the Headband, Extraterrestrial Bananas, and
institutions a total of over $2 million. Cannabis Clinical Outcomes Research Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and True OG, with Purple Trainwreck,
Recent awarded projects have studied Conference will be held in Orlando and Health Sciences at Florida International Polyjuice #4, and Lemon Haze following in
the acceptance of medical marijuana and will serve as a valuable opportunity to University (FIU) where he directs the the coming days and weeks. Kynd was pre-
CBD as a form of palliative care, charac- exchange ideas, findings, and potential Global Initiative for Cannabinoid viously only available in Nevada for dis-
terizing adverse drug events reported for future collaborative work. This year’s Research and Education. cerning consumers. “Kynd delivers world-
with cannabis use, cannabis and its role keynote speakers will include Dr. Staci class strains that are pure, potent, and con-
with acute and chronic pain, inflamma- Gruber from McLean Hospital in To learn more about FIU’s cannabinoid sistent,” said Katie Sutton, vice president of
tion, neuropathies, and fibrosis to name Massachusetts who heads up the research and education initiative retail at Ayr Wellness. “Florida patients
a few. Specific conditions being studied Marijuana Investigations for Neuro - you can visit their website at deserve high-quality whole flower experi-
have included Crohn’s disease, diabetes, science Discovery (MIND) program, Dr. https://go.fiu.edu/GlobalCannabis. ences and will have a variety of Kynd offer-
anxiety, anorexia nervosa, and Samer Narouze who serves as the Views represented in this column ings ahead of the 4/20 holiday.”

headaches. President of the American Society of do not reflect that of For more information about Ayr Wellness
The Consortium provides resources Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Florida International University and are or to locate your nearest dispensary,
for patients, practitioners, researchers, who is a professor in the College of Med - solely attributed to Dr. Jeff G. Konin.
please visit ayrwellness.com.

July 29-31, 2022
Rosen Centre Hotel
Orlando, Florida

The Inaugural

Cannabis in Sports
Conference

(CIS 2022)

6FLHQWLÀF %DVHG

Presentations for the Use of

Cannabis in Sports.

For more info view this link:
This conference is designed to foster education on
the use of cannabis in sports!
cannabisinsportsconference.org

Cannabis News Florida cannabisnewsflorida.com May 2022 49