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MAY 3, 2023

Research and Communication Key to Providing the Best Outcome for Cannabis Users During Surgery

Shalini Shah, MD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
Enterprise Director of Pain Services
University of California Irvine Health

In 1996, California became the first state in the nation to legalize cannabis for medical purposes when voters passed Proposition 215. Since that time, the state has been joined by 37 other U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, in legalizing medicinal cannabis.

Due to this vast expansion of