GUEST WRITERS
Our A-team talk cannabinoids, progress in accessing
medical cannabis and a mega year for CBD.
GREGOR ZORN ROBIN EMERSON DR RICHARD CUNNINGHAM
Gregor is a medical cannabis consultant,
educator and researcher. His main area
of interest is practical implementation of
phytocannabinoid therapies for specific
medical conditions.
He is the co-founder of the European
Cannabinoid Therapy Association (ECTA)
and one of the teachers at the first European
Medicinal Cannabis post-graduate educational
course, at Padua University Medical School
in Italy. He is a teacher at the Masterclass
Medicinal Cannabis, a member of the
International Association for Cannabinoid
Medicines (IACM) and a founding member, Robin is the father of Jorja Emerson who
became the first person in the UK to legally
obtain a prescription for medical cannabis
after legalisation in November last year.
In an interview in the debut issue of this
magazine, Robin documented the emotional
chaos his family went through in Jorja’s earliest
years. In this issue, Robin talks progress, hope
and Jorja’s success. Read Robin’s end of year
message on page 50. Dr Richard Cunningham has a PhD in
medicinal chemistry from Queen’s University
Belfast, where he also worked as a post-
doctoral researcher. Dr Cunningham is a
former research instructor at the University
of South Alabama’s Mitchell Cancer Institute,
where he was assistant professor for a time.
Among his areas of expertise are organic
synthesis, nucleosides, nucleotides, cellular
biology, vitamins, aminoglycosides, drug
delivery, phosphorous chemistry and chemical
analysis. On page 38 Dr Cunningham explores
the psychoactive nature of cannabinoids.
author and scientific advisor to Zbudimo.
se. On page 84 Gregor writes about the anti-
inflammatory powers of CBD.