
Patient Questions
Indications of Symptoms of Substance Abuse
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- Are you using marijuana more than your physician has recommended or for reasons other than your approved course of treatment?
- Have you reduced your activities due to your use of medical marijuana, or replaced activities specifically to use marijuana?
- Are you continuing to use marijuana to escape from problems?
- Do you depend on marijuana to increase your creativity or to relax and enjoy yourself?
- Do you continue to use the product despite the adverse effects it is causing to your life?
- Do you choose relationship or activities based on a need for them to include the use of marijuana?
Local Substance Abuse Programs
(SAMHSA) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Hotline 800-662-HELP (4357) Lowell Community Health Center Counseling, medication and substance abuse treatment 161 Jackson Street | Lowell, MA 01852 | 978-397-9700 South Bay Mental Health Center Provides individual, couples, family and group therapy 77 East Merrimack Street | Lowell, MA 01852 | 978-453-6800 CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc. Residential treatment home for women and children P.O. Box 477 | Tewksbury, MA 01876 | 978-851-0969 HKD Treatment Options Substance abuse program 99 Market Street | Lowell, MA 01852 | 978-710-9877 (Unity Hope Alliance) American Caring Services Inc Home Care Assistance 199 Revere Street | Revere, MA 02151 | 781-286-6916 All medical marijuana is to be used only by the patient that the individual product was dispensed for. Do not share any of these prod- ucts and ensure that all marijuana products are kept away from children and stored in the child proof containers that the product was dispensed in. If you believe that a child, or someone not individually recommended marijuana or marijuana infused product, has consumed or is experiencing conditions similar to an overdose please contact a poison control center at (800)-222-1222.Click here for more information on medical marijuana.
Using Marijuana & Contraindications with Other Drugs
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A Recommendation on Dosing

ISOLATING YOUR DESIRED ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND DOSING
For simplicity we recommend that all patients pick a starting dose of THC or Cannabi- noids (CBD) of between 5 and 10 milligrams (mgs). Each patient should prepare and take their first dose and record its effects and determine whether or not the individual dosing amount is too high or low, or is effective to attain the desired effect. Each gram of medical marijuana contains a certain percentage of active ingredients (THC & the collective Cannabinoids). When using flower the active ingredients represent the medicine and the flower’s biomass the delivery vehicle. When you, and your certifying physician, determine an effective dose you can calculate the total number of doses in each gram by following the following equations. Note: Each gram of medical marijuana flower is composed of 1000 milligrams of mass which when multiplied by the total cannabinoid profile will yield the number of mgs of active ingredients. The total number of active ingredients divided by your chosen dose will provide you with a guide to how many uses, and what proportion of the flower, needs to be used.
Inhaled Products: With any product that is inhaled we recommend waiting a minimum of half an hour prior to taking an additional dose, or increasing dosage.
Edibles: It is our recommendation that all patients wait at least two hours prior to taking another dose of any edible product.