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Supporting Maryland’s Adult Use Cannabis Program (HB556)
Supporting Maryland’s Adult Use Cannabis Program (HB556)
Deondra Asike
Expert Testimony
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February 16, 2023
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Medical (cannabis)
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She is a licensed acupuncturist and Clinical Associate at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Asike is a veteran of the United States Air Force and deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan in 2013. She received her BS in Physiological Sciences from the University of Arizona and medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her anesthesiology residency at the San Antonio Military Medical Center and fellowship training in pain medicine at the University of Maryland. Dr. Asike currently serves on the Maryland Department of Health Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Board. She believes strongly in a multimodal approach to chronic pain management that includes non-opioid medications, cannabis as medicine, physical therapy, and behavioral therapy. 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