Author: Dorron Blumberg

We are several years into Florida’s medical cannabis program. Patients and medical marijuana treatment centers are not being prosecuted. Further, we do not see other major setbacks for the medical professionals who were the first to enter into the cannabis industry. Now, many physicians are considering whether to become a “qualified physician” (a “QP”). 

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.6 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and more than 16 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. With these statistics increasing each year and without movement in education on the matter, patients and caregivers are unaware of the programs and services that exist to alleviate some of the unfortunate burdens attributed to caring for a patient with this type of serious illness.

As we have gone through the last 18 months, the right to be able to sell hemp products seemed like the one of the biggest challenges. That fight has been won and now the real work begins.

In the span of roughly five years, Memorial Healthcare System’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) program is expected to go from seeking initial accreditation to pursue a residency program to training the next generation of doctors in 11 specialties. We’re expanding as an academic medical center, and it comes at the perfect time for South Florida’s growing and aging population.