"Gupta Response Weed 3" Google+ Hangout
Featuring: ASA executive director Steph Sherer, Jahan Marcu Ph.D, Matt Kahl, U.S. combat veteran and activist with Grow for Vets and Weed 3 participant Dr. Sue Sisley. Participant Biographies: Steph Sherer is founder and Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the largest national member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists, and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. Sue Sisley M.D. is a medical cannabis researcher. Her research into medical marijuana as a treatment for Posttraumatic stress disorder lead to her being fired for from the University of Arizona after political pressure was directed at the University over her research. Dr. Sisley is the recipient of the 2015 Researcher of the Year award from ASA. Matthew Kahl served with the U.S Army 101st Airborne Infantry (Air Assault), 1/506th Infantry Regiment “Band of Brothers”. He is a combat veteran that sustained injuries during a combat patrol in which a medic was killed and two other soldiers wounded. He was diagnosed with PTSD shortly after. He is currently the Horticulture Director with the advocacy group Operation Grow 4 Vets. Jahan Marcu, Ph.D is the Research and Development Director at Green Standards Diagnostics Inc.,a cannabinoid research scientist, and the Senior Science Advisor at ASA. Dr. Marcu is the recipient of the 2012 Researcher of the Year award from ASA.
