Dr. Lane’s Thoughts XXXVII

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Dr. Lane’s Thoughts XXXVII

1) I was just at the largest meeting of chiropractors in the world, The National in Orlando Florida between August 25 and 29, 2021.  Ostensibly, this meeting belongs to the Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) but it offers credits for other states and I can attend because all those credits are accepted in NJ.  Also, without a doubt, it is much nicer to be in Orlando than NJ with my family so it counts as a vacation for my wife and I.

This is where I go to learn about my profession, learn new things in my profession, and get lots of cool stuff from vendors (more in this meeting that in more local meetings, perhaps as many as 200 compared to the 30 or so that go to other state association meetings) and get my fill of chiropractic philosophy.

It is this subject that I want to touch on because it relates to the pandemic of COVID-19.  Because of the outstanding ideas of chiropractic many of my colleagues are against masks and vaccinations in the time of national calamity.  For the record, I LOVE MASKS and I LOVE VACCINES.

Chiropractic philosophy preaches (yep, I used that word) that a healthy person does not need to use protection from outside the body because if you are healthy your natural immunity will cause you to be able to avoid illness or, if you become ill, the illness will be short-term and leave no lasting problems.

I do not doubt for a minute that they are right: if a person can devote their whole life and actions to maintaining a healthy personal world of good food, adequate exercise, good life choices in terms of stress and occupation, and gets lots of chiropractic adjustments  – they should be able to fight infections of all kinds.  No doubt that I saw hundreds of health men and women (more than 80% white) at this gigantic convention and it is easy for me to assume that they will remain healthy though this pandemic and any other pandemic that will occur in the future; no doubt these are very healthy people ‘living la vida loca’ with their good choices in life.

My many lovely ELITIST colleagues.  So nice to look down on the rest of our mutual shared world by telling everyone that they are not meeting some strong recommendations about making better health choices in their life; that these ‘others’ are in violation of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex (a made-up term from 100 years ago that is more of a sales pitch than a real health/medical emergency).

My patients are not wealthy, well-educated mostly white people living in nice communities with easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables, clean lead-free water, comfortable jobs with stress-minimizing accommodations, and plenty of vacation days for when things get a little rough.  My patients live here, in Newark NJ and the surrounding area.

I work in Newark, NJ with patients who are mostly truck drivers and cleaning ladies, a majority who do not speak English or speak it well-enough to get better jobs or even access to greater occupations, or even an education to grab those better jobs.

I do not intend to belabor the issue of being immigrants, language, opportunities, white privilege and all the other myriad socioeconomic issues that I cannot presume to be an expert in.  This is not the issues I ponder daily.

What I can do is this: wear a mask and gloves in my office, put my patients in masks and gloves in my office, and set an example to wash your hands and wear a mask in public and carry hand sanitizer and use it.  In other words, do everything that the CDC and President Biden and Dr. Fauci suggest.

I will never look down or talk down to the thousands of patients who trust me to answer their questions and show them compassion in their visits to my office.  I will never tell them that they are making mistakes by not doing more in terms of their health or waste their time with reams of information about chiropractic philosophy (I trust chiropractic philosophy but still get my vaccines and use masks).

To my colleagues: this is medical profession and not a religion.  Do not talk to me as if I need to be ‘saved’ and trust that the greatest gift you have through your graduate education and your faith is your intelligence to make wise choices and to teach others to also make wise choices.  You will do more by teaching people to make good health and food choices than to put your blind faith into the actions of others or tell your patients to trust your invisible truths.

2) We will soon be offering CBD products through our website cbd-lane.com.  There is a great deal of confusion about CBD (Cannabidiol is a phytocannabinoid discovered in 1940. It is one of 113 identified cannabinoids in cannabis plants, along with tetrahydrocannabinol, and accounts for up to 40% of the plant’s extract.) which affects the ECS (The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a complex cell-signaling system identified in the early 1990s by researchers exploring THC, a well-known cannabinoid. Cannabinoids are compounds found in cannabis.).

The ECS system exists inside your body parallel and equivalent to your nerve pathways and acts on different areas of your health and well-being than the neuromuscular systems that we already familiar with. It is a group of neuromodulatory lipids and their receptors, which are widely distributed in mammalian tissues. ECS regulates various cardiovascular, nervous, and immune system functions inside cells.

Lets get our terms correct:

THC (marijuana) is Delta-9 and makes you ‘high’.  It can be detected in a drug screen.

CBD is Delta-8 (read that again: it is DELTA-8) and cannot be detected on a drug screen. a LABORATORY drug screen.  It will be read as marijuana (THC) on a ‘quick test’ drug screen and appear as a ‘positive’ – if you are only using Delta-8 then you should ask for a laboratory test to show that you are only using Delta-8.

If you are using both Delta-8 and Delta-9 then understand that you will show up as a positive.  This can lead to you losing your job or going to jail.

I am not going to go into detail about all the crappy and non-working products out there labelled as “Delta-8) or “CBD” or “Hemp Extract”.  There is a lot of garbage products out there but I intend to educate you and explain why our products are superior.

Things you need to know:

A) My gummy products will give you a small ‘high’.  This capability cannot be removed from my products so either enjoy this feeling or don’t use them.

Why can’t the ‘high’ be removed?  If I took away your right arm and left leg would you still be you?  Yes, you would still be yourself but handicapped.  The complete you with both legs and arms works better and is more efficient.  One part of my products cannot be removed; it will lose efficiency, efficacy, and effects.

This not heroin or any other addictive drug.  The high wears off and you are fine.

Personally, I have found no trouble working, driving, or communicating when I have this ‘high’.

To be safe: use half a gummy when you start using it in order to assess how much is the right amount for you.

B) My products are inspected and have a COA (certificate of authenticity) which can be viewed using a smartphone.  This is proof from a laboratory that what I state is in the products is actually there.  This is a LEGAL proof and any kind of deception in this level is a federal crime.

Not you can look at all the products being sold online and in stores and just about anywhere and you will see that they do not have a COA.  This is how you know that they are garbage and do not work.  It does not matter where they are (Amazon, Walmart, etc.) or what they are called “Hemp”, “CBD” “Hemp Extract” if they do not have a COA they are not lab-tested because the manufacturer knows that there is nothing inside of them to support the claims they make.

So why not just fake a COA?  That is illegal and a violation of federal law.

Why not just go through the steps of getting a COA?  This COA is very expensive.  Expensive as in less profit for the manufacturers who just want to make money and not provide a service.  It also means that you actually know what is in your (possibly fake) CBD product.  And even if you do know what is in your product, you also need to have it consistently have the same levels of Delta-8 from sample to sample which a COA informs the buying public.

C) I have only 3 products, not a dozen in different flavors.  I stand behind the products I sell that they will do what I state on the label.  My products are manufactured for me and are my brand.  We may add new products in the future.

D) I use my own products because I know that they work – all the time and every time.  I get muscle aches, stress, and pain like every other human.  I only endorse things that work.

One more area of elucidation, “Full Spectrum” versus “Broad Spectrum”.

Full spectrum: the complete product and non-adulterated.  This product will deliver the full benefits of CBD.

Broad spectrum: The manufacturer altered the CBD in some way in order to deliver his product.  Most likely he altered it to be less narcotic or to enhance some aspect he thinks is beneficial to the consumer.  Do not expect this product to deliver the full benefits of CBD.

3) Michael K. Williams died.  He was 54.  He is most famous for playing the character of Omar Little on the show “The Wire”.  Intimidating and unpredictable living by his code code of conduct, beyond the idea of good and bad Omar scared everyone on the show as he walked the streets of Baltimore.

What was unique about this character was that he robbed drug dealers on the show.  He was also gay and had a boyfriend – this was long before a gay character was acceptable on network TV who wasn’t a lisping parody of actual gay people and Omar Little was anything but the standard gay character.  The audience for “The Wire” loved the Omar character.

Michael K. Williams will be missed.


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