Dr. Sue Sisley to Discuss Medical Cannabis Research in Cannabis Studies Speaker Series

Press release from Cal Poly Humboldt:

Dr. Sue Sisley, MD will share her journey on navigating scientific and legal complexities of medical cannabis research, highlighting her cutting-edge discoveries in cannabis studies for pain management and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and as a substitution therapy for opioid.

Dr. Sisley is an Arizona-based Internal Medicine/Psychiatry physician.  Sue is also known for her pioneering policy reforms/efforts to end barriers to plant/fungi research. She served as volunteer medical director for over 40 state Cannabis Industry operating licenses from Hawaii to New Jersey since 2009.  Sue has been fighting for quality REAL-WORLD cannabis/mushroom samples to conduct FDA clinical trials. She is President of Scottsdale Research Institute & best know for FDA controlled trials with Vets & 1st responders examining safety/efficacy of inhaled marijuana flower for treating severe PAIN & PTSD.

Sue has been conducting studies/publishing outcomes on Cannabis for opioid reduction/substitution with her team at University of Michigan. Dr. Sisley has levied 3 FEDERAL lawsuits against the DOJ/DEA over past few years to remove barriers blocking Cannabis/Botanical research.  Each petition was successful in chipping away at this 52 year old government-enforced NIDA monopoly. The culmination of these Federal court cases resulted in Dr. Sisley finally being awarded her own DEA Schedule 1 bulk Manufacturer License which allows growing her own Cannabis Flower for any FDA-approved clinical trials.  The acquisition of this Federal Cannabis cultivation license represents a dream that she shared with her mother Hanna Sisley MD who was a renowned primary care physician — they were in practice together for 20 years serving as the only mother-daughter physician team in all of Arizona. 

Only months later Dr. Sisley was granted the 1st DEA Schedule 1 Manufacturing License for NATURAL psilocybin mushrooms (not synthetic production).

Dr Sisley serves as President/Founder of Field to Healed Foundation, a 501c3 arm of SRI dedicated to studying botanical medicines for veterans & police/fire/EMTs to evaluate safety/efficacy of cannabis & psilocybin mushrooms for treating PTSD, pain, and potential for opioid reduction/substitution.

Cannabis Speaker Series Link, May 4, 2022

Find more info on all the Cannabis Studies Speaker Series events at: [email protected] 

We’re holding the Spring 2022 Cannabis Studies speaker series online via webinar. Each lecture is streamed via Zoom, and will be followed by a Q&A discussion period. 

The Cannabis Studies speaker series promotes the Cannabis Studies major at Humboldt Poly, and stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration around issues related to cannabis research and policy. These lectures are sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research (HIIMR) at Humboldt Polytech. All events are free and open to the public, and live captioning is provided for all talks. To request additional support, please contact [email protected] or call 707-826-3139.