UWE BLESCHING is a medical journalist and regular contributor to the cannabinoid health sciences, mind-body medicine, phytopharmacology, as well as evidence-based illness prevention and treatment protocols. In addition to his life-long passion for integrative medicine, his latest book Breaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction: Supplement Your Pain Management with Cannabis is informed by rigorous in-depth research and twenty years experience in emergency medicine as a paramedic for the City of San Francisco. He holds a BA in humanities from the New College of California and an MA in psychology and a PhD in higher education and social change from the Western Institute for Social Research.