EP123 The First Five Minutes: Cannabis and Your Body with guest Elizabeth Thompson Phd

About this episode

This episode discusses how cannabis affects various body systems and its implications for health and wellness.

When we use cannabis, our whole body fires up! During this episode of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los chats with neuropharmacologist and physiologist Dr. Elizabeth Thompson about the cascade of body systems that light up in the first minute using cannabis, how each system tells of story about the experience of getting high, and how you can use this understanding for your own health and wellness.

People in this episode

Host: Shango Los

Guest: Elizabeth Thompson Phd

Topics covered

• cannabis
• neuropharmacology
• physiology
• health
• wellness

Keywords

• cannabis
• body systems
• neuropharmacology
• physiology
• health
• wellness
• getting high

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Organizations: Shaping Fire

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