Budtenders, healthcare providers seek more training as cannabis use rises sharply in …

SPOKANE, Wash.

Education for healthcare providers and for budtenders hasn’t kept pace.

“We need to use all approaches and all people in the patient’s life to help them,” she said.

The study interviewed 10 healthcare professionals, primarily nurses, and 10 budtenders in Washington state about their opinions and perceptions on perinatal cannabis use.

Healthcare providers, however, said they had a negative opinion of the effects of cannabis use among those patients.

They also tended to take a harm-reduction approach, recommending lower-THC products for pregnant and breastfeeding customers.

She added that she sympathizes with the budtenders, because pregnant and nursing women are coming to them for guidance.

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