Herbal Preps and Therapeutic Uses for Medical Cannabis

Herbal Preps and Therapeutic Uses for Medical Cannabis with Stephanie Boucher Monday, May 22, 2017 from 6 – 8:30 pm $20 member / $23 non-member (includes $5 materials fee) Pre-registration required. Are you a patient or caregiver registered with the VT Medical Marijuana Registry, or interested in becoming one? Do you want to learn more about the science behind medical Cannabis, and be empowered to make your own potent and delicious herbal preparations at home? This class will cover the basics of Cannabis pharmacology and therapeutics, as well as discuss different methods of using the plant including tinctures, oil extractions, topicals, and edibles. You will also learn how to calculate a safe and effective dose, and the benefits of blending Cannabis with other botanicals. Participants will help make and bring home a hemp-infused salve. Stephanie Boucher is a Clinical Herbalist and a medicine maker in the Kitchen/Apothecary at Vermont Patients Alliance, Central Vermont’s medical cannabis dispensary. She is also a gardener, forager, traveler, musician, mother, and lifelong inhabitant of the Northeast Woodlands. Stephanie is currently providing herbal consultations through her clinical practice, Bellwether Botanicals, with a focus on mental/emotional wellness, as well as helping folks who utilize cannabis incorporate other herbs into their life.