Part of the stigma surrounding cannabis over the decades has been that the plant serves as a gateway to harder drugs.
Growing up, my own father held that same thinking. “Start smoking weed, next thing you know, you’re on heroin.”
As times change, so does how we look at cannabis. Bud is being used now to help cure ailments and even help get you off those other drugs.
Joe Schrank co-founder of Remedy Recovery in San Francisco. Remedy Recovery is a unique treatment center in San Francisco that is seeing great success using medically prescribed cannabis in treatment for opioid and alcohol addiction in order to achieve sustainable results.
Read more about Remedy Rehab and their quest to stop addiction here.