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Key Questions
  • What is the difference between marijuana and hemp?
  • What are the health benefits of CBD?
  • What are the concerns with using CBD?
  • Should CBD be used as a preventive or acute medication for migraine?
  • What is the connection between neuro-inflammation and migraine?
  • Why don’t we have good studies on the effects of marijuana?
  • How has public opinion on marijuana changed?
  • Is THC more effective for migraine than CBD?
  • What are the difficulties for patients trying to use marijuana in the U.S.?
  • How long would it take to see results from a maintenance dose of CBD or marijuana?
  • Is there a lethal dose of CBD or THC?
Interview Notes
Stephen Silberstein

Stephen Silberstein, MD

Director and Headache Specialist
Jefferson Headache Center

Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein is the director of the Headache Center at Jefferson University Hospital. He is certified by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties in Headache Medicine. Dr. Silberstein has had over 40 years of distinguished medical service. He has been decorated with Philadelphia Magazine Top Doc Awards (2010-2015), and he has received over a dozen other awards throughout his distinguished career. He holds several editorial and advisory board responsibilities for major headache, migraine, and pain publications including Cephalalgia, WebMD, Medscape, CNS Drugs, Current Pain and Headache Reports and Practical Neurology.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Silberstein has authored or co-authored over 100 hundred articles, chapters, and abstracts. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a fellow of the American Neurological Association. He is also a long-serving member and previous past president of the American Headache Society.

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