Chanda Center for Health is a local nonprofit organization created by Chanda Hinton, who was injured at the age of 9. She strives to fight for accessible healthcare for all disabled individuals and credits complementary and integrative care for restoring her health. Chanda Health Center promotes integrative therapy, primary care, and other complementary services to enhance health outcomes and lessen healthcare costs for people with long-term, physical disabilities.
Hinton is passionate about implementing access to beneficial treatments such as cannabis to reduce pain, achieve comfortable sleep, lower anxiety, and grant individuals with long-term physical disabilities an overall improved quality of life. She states, “After utilizing the ‘traditional’ medical model, which included no movement and a lot of medication, resulting in poor outcomes and chronic conditions, complementary & integrative treatments like acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic saved my life. Cannabis, like these other alternative treatments, reduces my pain, allows for greater mobility due to reduced spasticity, and better sleep for an improved quality of life.”
Chanda Center for Health has partnered with Native Roots, a dispensary retailer with 20 locations across the Front Range serving thousands of adult consumers daily, and Wana, the biggest edibles brand in North America developing cutting-edge use-case formulations and recipes, to launch the Cannabis Cares Program. The program was constructed to arrange access to cannabis products for participants of the Chanda Center for Health at zero cost. Applicants can apply online and receive up to $50 worth of Wana products at designated Native Roots locations per month whilst cutting back and diminishing the use of pills as pain relief including opioids.
“Our mission as a company is to enhance the lives of our customers and improve the communities that share a part of our story,” explains Karla Rodriquez, corporate social responsibility director of Wana Brands. “We are so inspired by all that Chanda has accomplished and the many people she has helped. We are honored to further the Chanda Center for Health’s mission by creating access to cannabis as a treatment option, which will not only improve health outcomes but also continue to normalize and destigmatize cannabis as a wellness tool.”
“The health and wellness of the communities we serve is a priority for us, and we are honored at the opportunity to help Chanda Center for Health participants access the cannabis medicine they need to live healthier lives,” states Liz Zukowski, Policy & Public Affairs Manager at Native Roots Cannabis Co. “We believe in the power of cannabis to improve health outcomes and overall wellness and take great care to ensure our budtenders are informed and thoughtful in how they guide each customer to a product best-suited for their needs.”
The Cannabis Cares Program is an innovative and progressive step in modern wellness and will provide relief and comfort to individuals with long-term disabilities. Hinton states, “Creating access to proactive healthcare options was one of the primary motivations for founding the Chanda Center for Health. We are grateful to Native Roots and Wana for making the Cannabis Cares program possible, and we are eager for our participants to have access to high-quality products and a personalized customer experience.”
