{"id":18090,"date":"2019-08-27T20:29:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/?p=18090"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:12:51","slug":"pot-meds-for-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/news\/pot-meds-for-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot Meds for Pets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whether veterinarians are ready or not, their clients\u2019 pets may soon be cannabis customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNo matter what the detractors or the opposition say, this is a foregone conclusion,\u201d asserts Gary Richter, MS, DVM, and owner of Holistic Veterinary Care in Oakland, California. \u201cLike it or not, cannabis is coming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Richter has been actively supporting California\u2019s SB 627 legislation (Medicinal Cannabis and Medicinal Cannabis Products-Veterinary Medicine). SB 627 would repeal a ban on veterinarians recommending cannabis to their clients; similar legislation is being considered in other U.S. states. These initiatives are buttressed by medical research that shows marijuana may help dogs and cats cope with arthritis, epilepsy, anxiety, and other conditions without the side effects of traditional drugs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Up until now, however, California veterinarians have been afraid to prescribe cannabis for ailing patients for fear of breaking federal laws and concerns over losing their professional licenses. \u201cAbout 3 years ago, the veterinary medical board in California issued a memo saying that because there was no law in the state allowing veterinary use of cannabis, veterinarians were not allowed to discuss, recommend, or otherwise have anything to do with cannabis with regards to their patients or speaking to their clients about it,\u201d Richter says. \u201cEvery veterinarian in the state was running scared because nobody wants to get in trouble with the veterinary medical board. When people asked their veterinarians, \u2018Hey, I want to use cannabis for my dog; what should I do?\u2019 the standard veterinarian response was, \u2018Sorry, I can\u2019t help you. I\u2019m not allowed to talk to you about that.\u2019 So people started buying cannabis from recreational dispensaries and giving it to their pets. They were doing this based on recommendations they had read online or heard from someone at the cannabis dispensary, dog park, or pet store. We inadvertently forced people to do something that was effectively irresponsible and dangerous as it pertains to medicating pets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>In the Hands of Politicians<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">SB 627 is currently \u201cin the hands of politicians,\u201d says Richter, but he expects California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign it once some legal wrinkles, all related to recently added amendments, are resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">More than 30 U.S. states have legalized medical marijuana, but none of them make provisions for veterinarians treating animals. \u201cThe reality here in California is rapidly becoming the reality in many other places in the country,\u201d says Richter. \u201cAccessibility is no longer an issue. The social stigma associated with the use of cannabis is rapidly falling by the wayside. Because so many people now are having very personal experiences with regards to how cannabis has helped their own health or that of a friend or family member, it\u2019s very natural that people want to have their pets benefit in the same way. All of the things that cannabis can potentially be used for in humans\u2014pain, arthritis, seizures, nausea, anxiety\u2014can potentially be used for in animals.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cannabidiol\u2014a cannabis plant extract also known as CBD\u2014is the main ingredient in hemp oils, chews, and other pet products that are being used by pet owners treating their animals for a variety of maladies. CBD is associated with pain relief, while THC, the ingredient in marijuana, is what\u2019s responsible for causing people to feel \u201chigh.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to a 2018 survey of 1,068 dog owners by Colorado State University veterinary medicine researchers, nearly 80% of respondents said they bought hemp or marijuana products for their dogs.\u00b9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Clinical research into CBD is also showing encouraging results. Cornell University researchers found CBD increases comfort and activity in dogs with arthritis,\u00b2 while a Colorado State University randomized clinical trial of a small group of dogs with epilepsy had \u201cpromising\u201d results.\u00b3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Current State of Affairs<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Currently, California\u2019s Veterinary Medicine Practice Act authorizes the state veterinary board to revoke or suspend the license of a veterinarian, or to assess a fine, for discussing medicinal cannabis with a client while the veterinarian is employed by or has an agreement with a Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) licensee and is distributing advertising for cannabis in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s where bills like SB 627 are coming from,\u201d says Richter. \u201cVeterinarians should be the ones giving people guidance on how to do this, not people with zero medical training like the guy working behind the counter at the recreational cannabis dispensary.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Richter says that if SB 627 is not passed, pet owners will forgo veterinary medical advice and care. \u201cFrom the standpoint of veterinary patients, cannabis is medicine and it should be treated like medicine,\u201d he says. \u201cWe want medical cannabis products to be sold in medical dispensaries only. In California, a person can walk into a medical dispensary with a cannabis recommendation and buy something. That same person can walk into a recreational dispensary and buy anything they want, across the board, no questions asked. If these [veterinary] products are allowed to be sold in recreational dispensaries, it cuts the veterinarian out of the loop. What we\u2019re telling people is that you don\u2019t have to go to your veterinarian to find out how to do this safely and effectively; just do it yourself.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Richter points to 2 major problems with cannabis for pets being sold in recreational dispensaries. \u201cOne is that if cannabis is used improperly, it can be problematic from the standpoint of side effects and toxicity. And secondly, if you\u2019re tacitly encouraging people not to take their pets to the veterinarian in order for them to get medication, one wonders what other treatment options are not being discussed that could help that animal more than cannabis,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cannabis \u201cis not a cure-all for everything,\u201d Richter stresses. \u201cWe have to give people the kind of guidance that they need so that they know what they should be looking for, they know what doses to give, and they know if it\u2019s the most appropriate medication for their pet to be taking.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Educating the Veterinary Profession<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As a recent study found that client questions about cannabis were fairly common\u2014only 8% of respondents reported that they\u2019d never been asked about CBD products\u2014and 66% said they\u2019d never recommended CBD for dogs, while 12% said they \u201csometimes\u201d recommend them, and just 5% said they \u201cfrequently\u201d do.<sup><sup>4<\/sup><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/sup>Richter says \u201cthat most of the veterinary profession is completely uneducated on the topic. If I could snap my fingers and make all of this legal, and veterinarians could discuss cannabis with clients, the average veterinarian wouldn\u2019t know where to begin. There\u2019s got to be a huge push toward continuing education and educating veterinarians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Veterinarians are at \u201can interesting and unique crossroads,\u201d says Richter. \u201cIt\u2019s time to set guidelines for managing cannabis in the veterinary profession. There\u2019s no group in the world that can give people better guidance on how to use any kind of medication safely and effectively for their pets than veterinary professionals. This is what we\u2019re trained to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California legislative initiatives aims to give veterinarians the authority to provide cannabis guidance to pet owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":51,"footnotes":""},"categories":[335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-september-october-2019","column-beyond-the-clinic","clinical_topics-integrative-alternative-medicine","clinical_topics-news"],"acf":{"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_sidebar_ad":false,"hide_all_ads":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pot Meds for Pets? | 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