Welcome nurses and health care providers who are looking for information which assists nurses with the complex and multi dimensional issues we face with medical cannabis. Here are a few of the issues nurses should consider:

  • The endocannabinoid system - what is it?
  • Medical applications of cannabis
  • Safe use of cannabis
  • Patient interaction with the medical system
  • State and federal criminal/legal sanctions to patients
  • State and federal criminal/legal sanctions to nurses
  • Cultivation, handling, storing cannabis

The list goes on and on. Nurses also need a forum to communicate with each other, ask questions and find support and resources. This is the aim of the ACNA website.

As you utilize the resources of this site please consider joining the ACNA, your continued support will allow us to continue to expand this valuable platform for education. 

Thank you, Ed Glick, Secretary, ACNA

 

The Mission of the American Cannabis Nurses Association is to advance excellence in cannabis nursing practice through advocacy, collaboration, education,research and policy developement."

Why Become a Member?

In the U.S today, 19 states with more than 20 percent of the population have statutes which recognize the legal therapeutic use of herbal cannabis or cannabinoid-based medicinal preparations. With estimates of medical cannabis use ranging from a couple hundred-thousand to two million, the use of cannabis for medical treatments is on the rise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nurses need to understand how and why ill patients are choosing this treatment, and how this use effects other medical treatments. READ MORE

 

  • Founding member and President ML Mathre, MSN, RN, provides a 10 minute talk about nurses and cannabis