And so, in my practice, I had a patient come to me and say cannabis saved her life,” Siegel told L.A.
“Was I able to do this for her? And of course, I had no idea so, that was sort of where it began, the positive benefits of cannabis.
In addition to that, the idea of medical cannabis was rapidly expanding in the field from Europe to North America.
While based in New York for 25 years, as all this was starting, Siegel had just started working with Amen Clinics.
Amen isn’t a big weed guy, despite the amount of work his clinics had done on the subject, but as Siegel was in California for two weeks to learn how to practice with the clinics, she wrote a treatment plan Amen found fascinating.
We asked Siegel the biggest surprise after coming in as a psychiatrist already aware of some efficacy.
Siegel understands it’s complicated and stressful for parents, as the mother of three young adult children.