Dr. Michael Uphues, who has joined the Wellbridges Bonita Springs practice, will lead a free educational seminar, Demystifying Medical Cannabis: Addicting Drug or Amazing Medicinal Herb, at 6:30 p.m., July 7, at Food & Thought, in Naples.

An osteopathic doctor with more than 20 years of family medicine and emergency room experience, Uphues spent the last 17 years at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in Montana. He is dedicated to providing integrative therapies and emphasizes diet and exercise for his patients.

Uphues is certified in clinical hypnotherapy by the Hypnotherapy Training Institute, in Corte Medera, California. He encourages natural remedies before any allopathic prescriptions and has treated his clients in Montana with cannabis medicine for treatment of cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain management, anxiety and other chronic disease issues.

Locations: Wellbridges, 9200 Bonita Beach Rd., Ste. 113, 239-481-5600, DebPost.com; Food & Thought, 2132 Tamiami Tr. N. To register for seminar (required), call 239-560-8334.