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The foreword written by: Al Byrne, LCDR, USN, ret. Co-founder and Director Emeritus of Patients Out of Time, Co-founder of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access. United States veterans are overdosing on prescription pain medicine at twice the rate of the general public. Many complain they feel over-medicated. Many Veterans report that medical cannabis helps them like no other medicine, whether it's for their mental, physical, emotional and/or spiritual needs. The author wrote this book in hope that cannabis research may be accelerated and that our veterans may benefit from that research. This book offers one of the most comprehensive and in depth explanations to date of how cannabis works in the body to relieve pain. Written by an experienced registered nurse with a PhD in alternative healthcare, this is a well-rounded book containing straight forward health care information for the cannabis patient, their family and caretakers. This book offers structured guidance and support to all of those venturing into the world of cannabis therapeutics. Worldwide there are an estimated 69,000 deaths per year from opioid overdose and 15,000,000 who suffer from opioid dependence. WHO. In the United States emergency room visits from prescription opioid overdoses are off the charts at 7,000 people per day. Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999, and so have sales of these prescription drugs. From 1999 to 2015, more than 183,000 people have died in the United States from overdoses related to prescription opioids. The endocannabinoid system is the great regulator of the body. This book is about the care and treatment of the endocannabinoid system, under medical supervision, using medical cannabis to universally help treat chronic pain, addiction, anxiety, insomnia and many other ailments. Cannabis is the medicine of the endocannabinoid system. The endocannabinoid system can be compromised by many factors, such as stress, trauma, pesticides, chemicals, poor nutrition to name a few. We produce our own cannabinoids naturally in the body and they are known as endo cannabinoids. When we develop internal cannabinoid deficiencies, external cannabinoids, hence cannabis may be used. Cannabis is the medicine of the endocannabinoid system. When the endocannabinoid system is deficient, opioid regulation may not function properly. This is what physicians trained in cannabis therapeutics will look for as part of their assessment for pain and medication management. Cannabinoids can modulate pain perception, inhibit inflammation, and have a positive influence on pain-killing systems of the body, especially the opioid system. Cannabinoids have therapeutic value in pain management, especially against inflammatory and neuropathic pain, conditions which respond poorly to conventional therapy. The author is a past “director of nursing” at a south Florida drug detox and treatment facility. Steve is co-author of Amazon best-seller: “CBD-Rich Hemp Oil: Cannabis Medicine is Back” - from Amzon