Question from a Member:
I have a patient who has been on suboxone and treated for substance abuse. She has tapered herself off the suboxone (against advice) and has gone to the botanical dispensary and bought CBG. Is this different from CBD? Can it be addictive in itself?
In this kind of situation, we should ask ourselves whether or not we should put in the effort to learn about something that we are not knowledgeable about. In my opinion, we don’t have an automatic obligation to learn about things that are not part of our areas of expertise. In some situations, we should have no problem at all saying calmly to the patient that this is not something we are familiar with.
But cannabis and cannabinoids are very relevant to psychiatry. Also, the use of cannabinoids has skyrocketed, and there is a tremendous amount of research interest in them.
So, maybe we should know some minimum amount about cannabigerol (CBG)? What do you think?
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