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Michael Backes, an internationally recognized cannabis agency, is a member of the Maui Grown Therapies Scientific and Medical Advisory Board and acts as an educational advisor.

KAHULUI – Maui Grown Therapies’ educational online event, Maui Grown Mana’o, is back. Episode 11, “The Endocannabinoid System and Pain,” starring educational advisor and author Michael Backes, will air in June.

Backes is a respected researcher and expert in cannabis science and the endocannabinoid system. His book “Cannabis Pharmacy, The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana” has long been Amazon’s best-selling book on the subject.

He is a member of the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines and the American Herbal Products Association.

The endocannabinoid system regulates many different functions in the human body. such as memory, digestion, motor skills, immune response and inflammation, appetite, blood pressure, bone growth and pain, among others. Despite the many functions that this system regulates, it wasn’t until the early 1990s that a team from the National Mental Health Institute first identified endocannabinoid receptors in laboratory rats. Since then, over 20,000 scientific studies have been conducted on cannabinoids over the past two decades.

Cannabinoids found in cannabis interact with the endocannabinoid system to modulate pain. In his talk, Backes will discuss the four types of pain, the benefits of treating pain with cannabis, the precautions when using cannabis with traditional pain relievers, and the importance of finding the right compounds to treat certain medical conditions.

“Doctors have used cannabis as a medicine to treat pain for over 4,000 years. The advantage of cannabis over traditional pain relievers is that it offers health benefits other than distraction from pain, ”said Backes.

The Maui Grown Mana’o event will take place on Thursday, June 10th at 11am and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

To register for this educational event, visit mauigrown.com.