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- 2019/10/17 - FAMU MMERI Partners with Bi-National Health Fair andHispanic Heritage Celebration in Quincy.
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Medical Marijuana Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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The health fair will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at 315 N. Key St., Quincy. The event is free and open to the public. It will include medical and dental exams, information booths, health screenings for diabetes and blood pressure and many other services. Mexican Consulate services will also be provided. PAEC helps small school districts with limited resources to better serve children, teachers, and administrators. The organization serves 14 member districts, representing over 45,000 students,...
Show moreThe health fair will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at 315 N. Key St., Quincy. The event is free and open to the public. It will include medical and dental exams, information booths, health screenings for diabetes and blood pressure and many other services. Mexican Consulate services will also be provided. PAEC helps small school districts with limited resources to better serve children, teachers, and administrators. The organization serves 14 member districts, representing over 45,000 students, as well as many other non-member districts. Maria Pouncey, Ed.D., administrator for the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium, said she appreciates the effort being made by MMERI to reach out to all of Florida’s diverse minority communities .
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- 2019/10/17
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- FAMU-6891
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- 2019/10/24 -FAMU SGA Campus Forum on Marijauna Use Press Release.
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Medical Marijuana Research Initiative, Florida A&M University
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The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Student Government Association (SGA) will host an on-campus forum to help educate students on the issues surrounding medical marijuana and the use of illegal marijuana. The student forum will be held in collaboration with the FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) at Perry-Paige Auditorium 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 29. The event is free and open to the public. The panel includes: Mutaqee Akbar, JD, Akbar Law Firm; Rev....
Show moreThe Florida A&M University (FAMU) Student Government Association (SGA) will host an on-campus forum to help educate students on the issues surrounding medical marijuana and the use of illegal marijuana. The student forum will be held in collaboration with the FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) at Perry-Paige Auditorium 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 29. The event is free and open to the public. The panel includes: Mutaqee Akbar, JD, Akbar Law Firm; Rev. Shawana Elwood New Mount Zion AME Church; Alexis McMillan, RPH, Economy Drug Store; Mark Moore, MD, MedCan, LLC; Gwendolyn Singleton, Ph.D., College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities; Chief Terence Calloway FAMU Police Department; Cynthia Hughes-Harris, MMERI research chair and dean, School of Allied Health Sciences; Antoneia Roe, JD, FAMU Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution.
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- 2019/10/24
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- FAMU-6890
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- 2020/01/09 - MMERI Radio Forum Features Conversations on Cannabis with Medical Doctors, a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease and a Stress Therapist.
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Medical Marijuana Research Initiative, Florida A&M University
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This week’s episode of Florida A&M University (FAMU) MMERI Forum Radio features two back-to-back half-hour episodes of conversations on anxiety, stress management and how cannabis works on the human body. The episode also includes a conversation with Parkinson’s patient Glen Penfield talking about his personal journey with medical marijuana. The program’s feature counselor, educator and psychotherapist Alishea Rowley, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the FAMU College of Education, certified...
Show moreThis week’s episode of Florida A&M University (FAMU) MMERI Forum Radio features two back-to-back half-hour episodes of conversations on anxiety, stress management and how cannabis works on the human body. The episode also includes a conversation with Parkinson’s patient Glen Penfield talking about his personal journey with medical marijuana. The program’s feature counselor, educator and psychotherapist Alishea Rowley, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the FAMU College of Education, certified cannabis physician Dr. Kantilal Bhalani, M.D., of Doctors Goodwill Foundation and Affordable Care Clinics and Dr. Bhavin Patel, M.D., of Affordable Care Clinics.
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- 2020/01/09
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- FAMU-6889
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- Document (PDF)
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- Videocast MMERI 04/23/2020 Corporal Jerimiah Sharp.
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Corporal Jeremiah Sharp, a trooper and instructor with Colorado’s State Patrol. Mr. Sharp came highly recommended (by our colleagues at the University of Florida) to appear as a leading, national expert on the drug recognition program.
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- 04/23/2020
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- FAMU_3455
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 Dr. Tiffany Bowden, Ph.D.
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features former Famuan, Dr. Tiffany Bowden, Ph.D., discussing her journey from a kid during the D.A.R.E era to an advocate for medical cannabis following the illness, and ultimate death of her father. Dr. Bowden’s PhD in Communications incorporated her love of cannabis education. Beyond the Illusion of Inclusion: a New Vision for Cannabis Social Equity is the title of her dissertation.
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- 04/29/2020
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- FAMU_3454
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 Dr. Neville Ballin, MD.
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FAMU MMERI, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Dr. Neville Ballin, MD, discussing patients transition from self-medication (bush therapies) to a clinical environment. As part of the expansion collaborative hosted by attorney Scheril Murray Powell, this episode.
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- 4/29/2020
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- FAMU_49
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 05/28/2020 ( Dr. Ali Askal).
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features our own Dr. Askal Ali, PhD, discussing her research on pediatric cancer patients and caregivers on medical marijuana. MMERI Evidence-Based Studies: Knowledge and Perception of Pediatric Cancer Patients and Caregivers on Medical Marijuana featuring: Dr. Askal Ali, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute of Public Health.
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- 05/28/2020
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- FAMU_3450
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 Dr.Ellen Grizzle.
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Dr. Ellen Grizzle, Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, The University of Technology (Utech), Jamaica, discussing pharmacists joining the cannabis legalization strategy. As part of the expansion collaborative, this episode is hosted by Attorney Scheril Murray Powell.
- Date Issued
- 04/29/2020
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- FAMU_3447
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 Rep. Anika Omphroy.
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Florida State Representative Anika Omphroy, House District 95, discussing her charge for compassionate legislation. As part of the expansion collaborative, this episode is hosted by Attorney Scheril Murray Powell.
- Date Issued
- 04/29/2020
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- FAMU_3446
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 Rep. Anika Omphroy
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This episode features Florida State Representative Anika Omphroy, House District 95, discussing her charge for compassionate legislation. As part of the expansion collaborative, this episode is hosted by Attorney Scheril Murray Powell.
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- FAMU_3445
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 06/18/2020 David Burger, MD.
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Dr. David Berger, a Board Certified Pediatrician with over 20 years of experience as a clinician, who has developed a national reputation in holistic pediatric primary care.
- Date Issued
- 06/18/2020
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- FAMU_3444
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 05/28/2020.
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FAMU MMERI, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Gary Stein, MPH, Political Director, NORML – Central Florida, and provides timely information on current legislation related to cannabis.
- Date Issued
- 05/28/2020
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- FAMU_3433
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 (Dr. Lowe).
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features the infamous Dr. Henry Lowe, a pioneer in the medical marijuana space. As part of the expansion collaborative, this episode is hosted by Attorney Scheril Murray Powell.
- Date Issued
- 04/29/2020
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- FAMU_3431
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 (Dr. Lowe) II.
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FAMU MMERI, Florida A&M University
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This episode features the infamous Dr. Henry Lowe, a pioneer in the medical marijuana space. As part of the expansion collaborative, this episode is hosted by Attorney Scheril Murray Powell.
- Date Issued
- 04/29/20
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- FAMU_3432
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- Videocast MMERI 04/24/2020 (Dr. Bhavin Patel).
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Dr. Bhavin Patel, MD, Clinical Director of Healthy Option Consulting and member of the MMERI External Advisory Council
- Date Issued
- 04/24/2020
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- FAMU_3428
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- Videocast MMERI 04/29/2020 (Dr. Block).
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FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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This episode features Dr. Jeffrey Block, MD, of Jackson Health System- Miam. He is a board certified anesthesiologist, a horticulturalist, and the only physician appointed by the Florida Surgeon General to determine the Department of Health’s rules for the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. As part of the expansion collaborative, this episode is hosted by Attorney Scheril Murray Powell.
- Date Issued
- 04/29/2020
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- FAMU_3421
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 04/24/2020 (Valeria Robinson Baker, RPh, CPh, Olympia Consulting Pharmacy).
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FAMU MMERI, Florida A&M Agricultural and Mechanical University
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MMERI videocast hosted by Angela Hardiman, Public Affairs Liaison MMERI, and Angela Hardiman FAMU Associate Director of Communications. The guest for this episode is Valeria Robinson Baker, RPH, CPH. Mrs. Baker is a FAMU alum and is employed by Olympia Compounding Pharmacy. She is in charge of non-compounding staff at Olympia. She discusses the role of the pharmacist in looking at patient profiles to spot any adverse drug interaction with medical marijuana.
- Date Issued
- 04/24/2020
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- FAMU_3429
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- Video file
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- Videocast MMERI 04/30/2020.
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FAMU MMERI, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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MMERI videocast hosted by Angela Hardiman, Public Affairs Liaison MMERI, and Angela Davis, FAMU Associate Director of Communications, interview panelist, Joshua Green, Co-founder of Veriheal. Mr. Green is a FAMU alum. He discusses how his company he co-founded connects people to license physicians and medical cannabis dispensaries.
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- 04/30/2020
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- FAMU_3425
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- Video file