Dr. Cassandra Quave looks at her adventures in natural product and ethnobotany fieldwork through the lens of bringing a family, as well as with a prosthetic leg.

If you would like to work with one of the most widely used plant medicines in the country and enjoy the opportunity to directly impact patient health and product development, I recommend pursuing a career in the cannabis industry. There are several ways scientists with a pharmacognosy background can get involved in the field.