The Researcher OG

09/08/2025

Pain is complex, and cannabis brings more than one way to manage it. The three main players most people hear about - THC, CBD, and CBG - each take a different path in how they ease discomfort.

THC interacts strongly with CB1 receptors in the brain and spinal cord. This is where pain signals are processed. By binding to these receptors, THC changes how pain is perceived and also reduces the emotional stress tied to pain. It can make the signal less sharp and the experience less overwhelming.

CBD works differently. It does not bind tightly to CB1 or CB2 receptors but instead influences other systems like serotonin, TRPV1, and inflammatory pathways. This makes CBD useful for inflammatory and neuropathic pain, where calming the overactive nerves and immune cells matters most. CBD also helps modulate THC, softening its psychoactive punch while keeping the pain relief.

CBG, often called the “mother cannabinoid,” targets alpha-2 adrenergic receptors and TRP channels, giving it a unique analgesic profile. It reduces inflammatory pain, helps with muscle relaxation, and may even influence how endocannabinoids like anandamide last longer in the system. CBG is less studied than THC or CBD, but its early data shows promise for gut pain, nerve pain, and conditions like arthritis.

One study that highlights this science is “Cannabinoids and Pain: New Insights From Old Molecules” (2018), which reviewed how different cannabinoids interact with both the ECS and other pain pathways to provide relief.

Together, THC, CBD, and CBG cover a wide spectrum - from altering brain perception of pain, to calming inflammation, to protecting nerves. This is why whole-plant approaches often work best, letting each cannabinoid play its own role in the orchestra of pain relief.

-Mike Robinson

09/07/2025

Apparently, it’s gonna take a few months for this day come back to normal so I might as well get used to it and start working on these temporary fixes - 3-6 mo is a long time so I’m going to an event something to pull the face back up. People that know me …know I’m very serious! I love inventing- the hand prop gig in this is the beta version :-)

09/07/2025

Chronic fatigue is more than feeling tired - it is the body locked in a state where recovery and energy just do not line up. The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) is the Master Regulator that helps manage stress, balance energy use, and restore function after strain. When the ECS is out of tune, endocannabinoids like anandamide and 2-AG are too low or the receptors they need are not available. That imbalance can leave a person drained no matter how much rest they get.

The ECS links directly to mitochondria - the power plants of our cells. Research has shown that endocannabinoids help regulate how much energy mitochondria produce, while also protecting them from oxidative stress. When mitochondria slow down, fatigue sets in. The ECS helps keep that system efficient, fueling cells and reducing the overload of inflammation that often drives chronic fatigue.

Plant compounds like CBGA and CBD can support this process. They influence receptor activity, calm the immune system, and stabilize how energy is burned. For many, that means mornings feel clearer, brain fog eases, and sustainable energy starts to return.

A study titled “Cannabinoid receptor regulation of mitochondrial function and energy metabolism” (2012) showed that the ECS directly controls how cells make and manage energy. This explains why restoring ECS balance is not just about easing symptoms - it is about resetting energy production at the cellular level.

The ECS battles chronic fatigue by protecting mitochondria, reducing immune overdrive, and restoring neurotransmitter balance. Supporting it with cannabinoids, nutrition, movement, and stress care can help unlock energy that lasts. -Mike

09/07/2025

Roughly 4.5 million people per year around the globe get Bells Palsy, I’ve got a few more issues going on than just that but I’m working on Qwik with us because the only thing they have is prednisone or surgery a year later? That seems like quack, quack, quack to me. I’d rather have a piece of Nano infused exercise tape looking stuff on my face then the way it is.

I’ve already got a name for it. We’re already putting it into our trademark licensing division under Pharma and nutraceutical. If we don’t do something like that both ways - someone in the hospital can’t get it if it’s only a nutra and outside the hospital it’s the opposite.

My brain is coming back online in a big way. -Mike

09/07/2025

There are so many ways to balance the ECS - from MC oils to CBGa, from diet to exercise - but the truth is it takes a combination of all these things. What we put into our body and how we treat it every day is what determines if the Master Regulator can do its job. Balance isn’t found in one pill, one plant, or one routine. It’s about respecting the system that keeps everything else in line and giving it what it needs to recover and reset.

I see people all the time who think more cannabis automatically means better health. Smoking ten joints a day, dabbing several grams, and still wondering why they feel off. That isn’t balance - that’s overloading. The ECS was never designed to keep delivering under that kind of constant strain. Neurotransmission depends on receptor availability, and when you’ve drained that supply, you’re left with nothing for the system to work with.

Once the ECS stops firing properly, the door opens to serious illness and more complicated conditions. Depression, pain syndromes, immune dysfunction - all of these can follow when the Master Regulator is exhausted. People need to understand that cannabinoids are tools, not shortcuts. They support endocannabinoid tone, but they can’t replace diet, exercise, rest, or mindful living. Without the full picture, you’re leaning on a crutch that will eventually snap.

Real balance means feeding the ECS on every level - whole foods, movement, stress relief, and plant compounds like CBGa that replenish activity instead of draining it. When you respect the system, it supports you back. When you abuse it, you end up learning the hard way that even the most powerful regulator has its limits.

-Mike Robinson, The Researcher OG

09/07/2025

The more we dig into the ECS and endocannabinoids, the more obvious it gets - something huge is missing in healthcare. We’re talking about a system that was officially discovered more than 35 years ago, a master regulator that touches every other system in the body, and yet doctors are still trained as if it doesn’t exist. Think about that for a second. How can a physician accurately diagnose or treat when they don’t even acknowledge the one system that balances the rest? It’s like trying to fix the electrical wiring in a house without knowing there’s a breaker box. The whole picture is incomplete, and people suffer for it.

I’ve been around long enough to see what happens when medicine ignores the ECS. Patients bounce from one label to the next, collecting prescriptions for every symptom while nobody stops to ask why the body is out of balance in the first place. Without knowledge of the ECS, treatments are patch jobs at best. And let’s be real - how can any healthcare system call itself advanced when it fails to recognize the master regulator of human biology? It’s not advanced, it’s outdated, and it’s ridiculous that patients still pay the price for that ignorance.

The worst part is that people are told their conditions are chronic, untreatable, or permanent, when in reality their ECS is starving for support. Endocannabinoids like anandamide and 2-AG aren’t even part of the conversation in most clinics, yet they hold the keys to mood, pain, inflammation, and immune balance. Plant cannabinoids like CBD, CBGa, and THC interact directly with these pathways, but the average doctor won’t mention them. Why? Because their training skipped the science that should have been at the center all along.

I love the progress we’ve made, but it frustrates me beyond belief that decades after discovery, the ECS still isn’t foundational in medicine. We can’t keep calling this “modern healthcare” while ignoring the system that keeps the rest of the body in check. Until knowledge of the ECS is standard in diagnostics, treatments will stay incomplete, and millions of people will never get the care they deserve. That’s not just oversight - that’s failure. And it’s time we stop pretending it’s acceptable.

-Mike Robinson, The Researcher OG

09/06/2025

09/04/2025

I’m trying to find different poses in which you can’t tell half of my face is partially paralyzed, the treatment is working. I’m talking to God daily asking for my smile back, but if we just let me walk again and all that’s OK? That’s good enough, you gotta stay humble you gotta keep trying. A horrific headache was the onset, four days later I asked for the IV gig to be removed - that was being used for powerful pain meds, and then I turned down the 5 mg Norco. It was the strongest I would allow as a pill. I just don’t need that cycle in my life again., Flexeril seriously helped me not take it! ~Mike

09/04/2025

2.5 hours of 1:1 Therapy by noon! My first day it was beautiful to get a shower. Working on skills getting dressed on your own, you wear shoes all day until therapy is over at 3-4pm, I’ll eat in the dining room instead of here pretty soon. I’m still trying to stop food and liquids from dropping from mouth - but so are a lot of people, I fit right in - and I see the potential for recover from the last 2 1/2 years.