Medical Marijuana anyone?

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Medical Cannabis is illegal in the UK unfortunately, but I think it would help me with my sleep problems. I don't use it (because I don't want to get in trouble) but I think it would be beneficial.

Its been proven to be beneficial to cancer patients also. The reason why our government hasn't legalized it for medical use is because big pharma would lose money.

Hell I think we should legalize it for recreational purposes too. Its alot safer than alchohol!

The reason why cannabis has a mild psychlological dependence is due to the fact that when you use it you do certain things which motivates the next use such as the kind of music in your music collection for example or being with people can increase enjoyment of cannabis as well. I have used it as an anticonvulsant for 16 years and have had by and large enjoyable experiences on it and I used it responsibly. I would rather see a branch of Dampkring open up in my town centre than another wine bar ot specialist pub. I do believe Sativex is now on prescription but that is only for multiple sclerosis.

I think medical would be really helpful to me, I think can helpful to anyone really. Anxiety, stress, depression, sleep, helps you to eat, and can be real social activity and bonding experience with other people. I think to abuse in a sense and develop some psychological dependence to the point where it might effect some aspects but of your life but that could be said about anything like video games or gambling or online shopping or whatever. Everything in moderation obviously but it aint gonna kill you like most other drugs or alcohol will. A lot of people talk about it causing anxiety and I don't really agree, I think there are certain aspects about it that may cause anxiety but not marijuana itself, like to me 99% of anxiety I ever felt smoking was from some fear of getting caught and getting trouble from cops or parents or whoever and with it becoming legal and culturally accepted I think the vast majority of that at least with me will disappear. I was having some bad panic attacks earlier this year and I think smoking probably didn't help, I feel it bled thru tho rather than was caused by it and I would been having them either way.

My 2 brothers had epilepsy as children and it went away by the time they were teens and started smoking and I think it helped them. It might of went away on its own, I don't know but seeing these all these seizures growing and all these crazy medications and brain scans and whatever was tough and obviously way tougher for them so how can you deny someone something that can help treat it and make their lives better? My youngest brother has brain damage from epilepsy and other things but perhaps if he were of able to use this treatment legally as a young child he'd be better off today.

We put all these drugs into our body and we buy cold medicine and Tylenol over the counter but marijuana is a natural plant and is still illegal and can be used in so many to help people. It's fun to do too? It's straight up evil what the governments of the world do, it's not in our best interests I'll tell you that.

Medical Marijuana anyone?

For me, no thank you.

As for the rest of you, do what you must.

I've tried risperidone, and I've tried marijuana. Both for an extended period of time (about nine months and three years, respectively).

Both of them have about the same sedating/calming effect (at least on the outside; inside my head, marijuana worked a lot better). Both of them make you fat, lazy, and stupid. Risperidone kills your liver; marijuana, if smoked anyway, kills your lungs. Neither of them are exactly sending sincere love letters to your grey matter.

BUT. On marijuana, I went to my classes and made A's. I went to the grocery store. I socialized with people if I had to. I cleaned my house. Had I had children when I smoked, I imagine I would have cared for them. Certainly my dope-smoking relatives cared very well for me.

On risperidone, I slept. When I wasn't sleeping, I sat on the couch and waited to die. I could barely drag myself to the bathroom. I seldom bathed, and struggled to make cold cereal and ramen noodles. I could barely FIND the grocery store, let alone make a list, drag myself through the store, come home and put the groceries away, and then cook a meal. I couldn't socialize-- I couldn't carry a conversation with my husband, much less speak to a stranger.

It affects different people differently. It isn't safe, harmless, and without side effects. You need to be just as alert as if you were trying a new lab-made pharmaceutical. But, based on my experience, you have nothing to lose.

As with any drug, care must be taken. With marijuana, it's harder as it hasn't been investigated as a medicine since there are too many legal obstacles. Scientists in Israel are studying it now. I've used it just over a year and it's changed my life. There is a way to get many of the benefits without the THC CBD oil can be found without any THC. The only thing I've found is when I tried a different brand, the effects slowly dissipated until I put 2 and 2 together and switched back to the first one. And the 'cure' was again evident within 2 or 3 days. I started taking both CBD oil and edibles on my brother's recommendation. I didn't try them separately, so I can't say with certainty which did which. There is evidence of how effective CBD oil is. Here's a video by Dr. Sanjay Gupta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4GUkzTnFG0

I'm a medical patient in California. I can look up menus online, and figure out what types I need for sleep, anxiety, depression, pain, etc. Then I find out which places have the types I'm looking for, and go buy it. Indicas=relaxed. Sativas=energy. Hybrids are both. Between these three types, there are countless sub-types. That's when things get specific. Then there are some high CBD(little psychoactive effects) strains like Harlequin, AC/DC, Pineapple Thai, API, Cannatonic, which are the epitome of "medical marijuana." These are the ones I smoke more of. I wrote an article for Cannabis Now Magazine on how strains like Harlequin help me the most http://cannabisnowmagazine.com/cannabis ... s-syndrome

I'll just echo everyone (mostly) and say it's probably the primary reason I'm alive. I'm in the middle of a detox, longest I've done in a while, and my sleep paralysis is returning, my insomnia is uncontrollable, my technical work is more taxing by orders of magnitude and my physique is taking a hit as a result. I know it's worth the wait to keep my tolerance reasonable and save to buy better glass, I'm just sick & tired of being forced to coexist with drug policy that wasn't even drafted in my lifetime.

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We're thinking of moving to Colorado. My son could only get it here in Missouri if he has epilepsy which he does not thank goodness but the side effects of the drugs they want him to take is down right scary! He's too young to get medical marijuana in any state legally, even Marinol though getting a doctor to prescribe it is impossible anyway they're all afraid they'll lose their license. Its not the THC that's needed and you can get strains that have virtually no THC for recreational use in Colorado now so as much as I hate to leave my family and friends behind It's a serious consideration for my son's health and my sanity. Many people have commented that well it makes them "stoned" so of course they're calmer or whatever well first off its the THC that has those affects and honestly the drugs that he is prescribed do exactly that now except they're destroying his liver, he has odd tics, NO appetite whatsoever and has developed bad nightmares.