Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Pioneering Cannabis Pharmacist Meagan Pilawski
Meagan Lynn Pilawski is a member of the inaugural class at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy on her way to earning a Master of Science (MS) in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics from her home in Florida.
Although not a career path she had envisioned when she was an oncology and palliative care nurse, it’s a pivot that now seems predestined. In 2014, just three months after giving birth to her son, she was diagnosed with MS. By the time she was 26 years old she was on thirteen medications and felt that MS had gotten the better of her. Then, despite her best efforts, in 2018 Meagan’s nursing career abruptly ended. But a new journey began. On this episode Meagan shares with Joyce and Dave her story of transformation and healing, and how it feels to be a pioneer in the world of treating cannabis as a pharmaceutical. And, Meagan explains why her son knows that cannabis is mommy’s “stinky medicine”, what her big idea about Delta 8 and women’s health is, and Joyce shares her favorite thing this week, The Buddy by Cool Buddy Party.
Topics Discussed
Welcome [1:25]
Bekah Hess Intro and She is Cool! [2:30]
Guest Intro [2:30]
Covid-19 Check-in and Pod617 Studio [4:20]
MS and Women’s Health [5:35]
Oncology and Palliative Care Nurse [6:40]
Caring at a Human Level [8:10]
Cannabis Comfort [10:10]
Relationship With Cannabis, MS and Diagnosis [11:00]
Too Much Work and Medication [11:55]
2014 – 2018 Sick Years [12:30]
The Catch 22 [12:40]
Illness Ends A Career [13:30]
Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup [15:10]
Infusion Center and Feeling Judged for Cannabis [17:20]
Willful Physician Ignorance Dangerous [18:00]
One Career Ends and Another Door Opens [19:00]
School of Pharmacy Opens to Cannabis [20:25]
Cannabis As A Historic Medicine and Women’s Health [21:30]
Inaugural Class Demographics [23:44]
Vagina Suppositories As A Delivery System [26:02]
Delta 8 vs. Delta 9 [26:55]
The Stinky Medicine [28:26]
Delta 8 More [28:55]
Florida Cannabis Status [30:50]
Personalization of Medicine [36:40]
Empowering Patients and Medical Providers [37:30]
Program Moving Forward [38:30]
Covid-19 and Cannabis [39:06]
Israel and Cannabis [39:40]
MyJane [40:42]
TCMS Favorite Thing [43:00]
Annabis Bag Shout-Out [44:55]
Meagan’s Son and Stinky Weed [45:27]
The Dizzy Disease [46:30]
Other Parents, The Smell and Cannabis T-Shirts [47:12]
Setting Intentions and Blessing Cannabis [49:25]
Connect With Meagan on Instagram [51:40]
The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:
Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music
His new band is Blame Jane
Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc
Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media
Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton
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