Dr. Rachel Knox
/Dr. Rachel Knox is a certified Cannabinoid Medicine specialist who received her medical and business degrees from Tufts after completing her undergraduate studies at Duke. She trained in family and integrative medicine before pursuing additional study in the areas of functional medicine, cannabinology (the study of the pharmacology of cannabinoids and other cannabimimetic biologics), and endocannabinology (the study of the function, dysfunction and modulation of the most important physiologic system in the human body, the endocannabinoid system).
She is passionate about educating her professional peers and broader public about the safety and effectiveness of Cannabinoid Medicine, the evidence-based clinical integration of endocannabinology with cannabinology.
As a cannabinoid medicine specialist and endocannabinologist, she has counseled several thousand patients in cannabis therapeutics and seen first-hand how significant a role cannabis and cannabimimetics play in helping patients reclaim their health and overall sense of wellness, establishing renewed ownership over their lives.
Dr. Rachel believes that industry-wide engagement is necessary to maintain the highest standards of care and oversight, from seed to use, in the service of providing education and compassionate, wholly informed care to patients. This passion extends further into educating communities of color in the role cannabis can play in addressing the Minority Health Disparity Gap, and the broader way in which cannabis can impact the physical, spiritual, social, economic and political wellness of these communities.
Dr. Knox is a co-founder of Doctors Knox, Inc., the American Cannabinoid Clinics and ADVENT Academy, is medical committee chairperson and board member for the Minority Cannabis Business Association, member of the Cannabis Policy Oversight Team for Portland, OR, board member of NuLeaf Project PDX, spokesperson for Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, certified member of the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Cannabinoid Medicine, and Chair for the Oregon Cannabis Commission.