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I decided to start this thread because I'd like to understand medical marijuana (mmj) from other people's perspectives. I myself need to smoke a fair amount of weed for a couple reasons. Mainly I have chronic pain from broken limbs and surgeries. The other main reason is for nausea caused by my meds. I seriously can't understand why they wont prescribe sativex in this country for nausea. Cannabinoids are by far the best anti-emetic there is. Safer any more effective than even zofran.

So if anyone wants to chime in with the condition they use it for and how effective it is compared to other meds you've tried for the same issue. I'd also like to know if it is not effective or if it makes any problems worse.
 
I have bipolar,heavy anxiety and this is why I get it.
I also use it to deal with cravings for crack and benzos.

weed has become my main drug of choice.
maybe my last drug.
 
I would love for medical marijuana to be available here in Sweden. Sadly hell will freeze over before it ever is. Maybe then they would stop throwing benzos, SSRIs and other shit at me that I do not want because I know weed helps me just as well without causing horrible addiction at the same time.

I just hate that it is so easy to get a benzo prescription, one of the most horribly addictive drugs on the planet, while weed remains illegal.

Personally I have problems with neuropathic pain (allodynia) / insomnia, both benefit from smoking weed. For the pain it is not that effective, but I don't have to use benzos at least to sleep.
 
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I don't understand why doctors say weed has no therapeutic use and super addictive and dangerous benzos do... Hmmm, but we've evolved side by side and and artificially breed weed for 1000's of years to be cures for so many things. Before pharmaceuticals what do you think people did, you think they were okay with being sick? It's kinda like a plant that is necessary but awful, opium. The anti-emtic properties of weed alone are by far the most powerful too. So much so that that alone should make it legal. Cannabis can also make so many amazing things. You can make a form of concrete that is stronger than normal concrete, you can make a plastic as strong as steal, hemp is by far the best plant to make rope, clothes, and paper (much better than wood pulp). The seeds are a highly nutritious super food, and because of the flammability of the seeds, hemp oil can be made into a powerful fuel. It's so useful the reason it's illegal isn't even due to the intoxication, that was a red herring. The logging industry amongst others, wanted it illegal because it would destroy their monopoly on paper.

But big pharma knows this, the construction and oil industries know this. So instead of benign weed, they give benzos, opiates, harsh anti-emetics that barely work, and SSRI's (which fuck with your brain soooo much).

Weed legalization is the biggest civil rights issue after gay marriage. At first I thought people were just saying that so weed would be plentiful and cheap (which is fine by me) but then I started to realize the amount of money it takes to imprison someone for weed. The disproportionate racism involved in arresting and prosecuting minorities. The cartels that make billions of dollars and cause some of the most horrific crimes. Oh I forgot to mention tax income which could be a crazy large amount.

These are benefits to legalization. What are the negatives? It's super addictive and causes horrific withdrawal... ummm... not really. Anything fun or enjoyable or in your body on a regular basis is going to be addictive. People get addicted to junk food and have withdrawals. Weed issues are so minor compared to most pharmaceutical. If they even exist at all (some people have issues, some people don't).

I'm sorry to rant my ass off, but it pisses me off when I hear things like Toz's story. I had horrible benzo addiction and opiate addictions and weed solved most of the issues. I can't leave my home-state unless I move to a place with mmj, which how sad is that?
 
I'm praying to get a MMJ card for appetite and stomach discomfort. I'm 24 5'10 and weigh less than 135 pounds. Nothing tastes good to me. exercise just makes me lose more weight, and stress at home is icing on the cake.

I really hope they'll hear me out but I doubt it. Senator of my state does want to end prohibition, but it's gonna be a while.
 
Welcome to Bluelight my brotha! You've just joined a community of super awesome people that can help you out and discuss with you pretty much anything, not even substance related.

As for your mmj situation, I'm giving you all my love. One of my neuro meds makes me physically unable to eat, it's so hard, so I feel yah man, if I didn't smoke, I don't know what I'd do. I don't even have to smoke everyday, just need to have some THC in my system. Cannabis has made my life liveable due to the pain control and the anti-emtic and anti-anorexic properties. In your case, the anti-anorexic properties (the munchies, essentially) can actually change your life.

Do you mind if I ask what state you're in?
 
rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
Medical cannabis is for the most part, a bunch of garbage bullshit. That is why most doctors in the medical community refuse to acknowledge it as a medicine, and consider it a laughable joke, albeit a very dangerous one. It has very limited uses, and I guarantee you that among all the medical patients in this world who actually need it to calm their seizures or increase appetite, there are a bunch of hardcore junkie addicts who are getting their way and getting their fix. Cannabis dissociates people from reality, disconnects them from their spiritual path.

It just goes to show, the drive that these stoners will have to get their fix. They are so deluded by the drug, and haven't been their sober selves in such a long time, that they probably don't even realize that they are in turn attempting to delude the medical community into allowing them full access to a drug that they probably never needed before they trained and transformed their bodies to require it. It's a laughable bunch of garbage bullshit in my opinion, and in the opinion of a great many professionals in the medical community.

It's because the doctors keep seeing those potheads who show up begging for treatment, with withdrawal symptoms so severe that they simply can't beat them without getting help. It's dangerous nonsense to get involved in, most doctors would do everything they can to find a treatment that isn't so recreational and highly addictive, or that has so many side effects such as anxiety, laziness, and stupidity. Smoking cannabis every day dumbs you right the fuck down, weed turns people into pussies.
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Do you have any basis for your assumptions, or are they all from your own bias?

There are many non-government studies out there proving the medicinal qualities of cannabis. Seriously man, a quick google search returns results, and if you won't listen to first hand accounts then maybe those scientific studies will change your mind.

For example:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253627/

It's because the doctors keep seeing those potheads who show up begging for treatment, with withdrawal symptoms so severe that they simply can't beat them without getting help.
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Man this is so false I don't even know what to say.
 
go pick on something your own size

Potheads?, Stoners? gee, nice. Are you related to Steven Harper by any chance?
Well, though cannabis may affect some more than others and in different ways, never in my whole life have I heard of anyone having severe withdrawal symptoms from cannabis. I also have allot of personal experience that proves its effectiveness. Think I'm just some, as you say, 'stoner pussie' and that all the doctors that got on board throughout the years are jokes? Interesting. Let me ask you, have you ever had any serious physical medical issues, surgeries, so on? Are you a doctor yourself? Medical MMJ is not, for the most part, as you say, a bunch of garbage bullshit and MOST doctors at least around here are reading the studies and the schooling themselves on the thousands of years this plant has been helping people.
I have had several major surgeries over the last 2 decades. I feel fairly confident that others who 'have' experienced pain and anxiety due to medical situations have indeed noticed significant helpful effects by either ingesting MMJ via baked goods or smoking it preferably with a vaporizer. It truly helps with calming and soothing the anxiety's, it helps with pain (which in my opinion is far better than the hard core pain pills offered) and it gives me an appetite. I also go long stages without MMJ and NEVER have in my life experienced any withdrawal from MMJ. The Pills on the other hand are just brutal, hence why I opt for the natural plant.
I don't know where you got your intel from but it is obvious you have never had to deal with the ill effects of nausea, anxiety due to pain and trauma or having to put body weight on. It is NOT addictive; and your terms, your put downs to all that benefit from this innocent plant are, fairly one sided and borderline, well, and I quote "a laughable joke".
 
rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
Medical cannabis is for the most part, a bunch of garbage bullshit. That is why most doctors in the medical community refuse to acknowledge it as a medicine, and consider it a laughable joke, albeit a very dangerous one. It has very limited uses, and I guarantee you that among all the medical patients in this world who actually need it to calm their seizures or increase appetite, there are a bunch of hardcore junkie addicts who are getting their way and getting their fix. Cannabis dissociates people from reality, disconnects them from their spiritual path.

It just goes to show, the drive that these stoners will have to get their fix. They are so deluded by the drug, and haven't been their sober selves in such a long time, that they probably don't even realize that they are in turn attempting to delude the medical community into allowing them full access to a drug that they probably never needed before they trained and transformed their bodies to require it. It's a laughable bunch of garbage bullshit in my opinion, and in the opinion of a great many professionals in the medical community.

It's because the doctors keep seeing those potheads who show up begging for treatment, with withdrawal symptoms so severe that they simply can't beat them without getting help. It's dangerous nonsense to get involved in, most doctors would do everything they can to find a treatment that isn't so recreational and highly addictive, or that has so many side effects such as anxiety, laziness, and stupidity. Smoking cannabis every day dumbs you right the fuck down, weed turns people into pussies.
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Troll, or at least troll post.

This has got to be one of the most laughable things I've ever seen on BL. Seriously, coming from a user named "Rave_Itsrealfun." You obviously have something against weed in general, a personal vendetta. Do a lot of people get medical cards who don't need it? Of course there are. To think there are no medical uses though??? It's pretty well noted that cannabinoids are the most effective anti-emetics on the planet, hands down. The claim that the medical community doesn't recognize medical marijuana is ridiculous, damn, even CNN's Sanjay Gupta is a believer. Oh and junkies trying to get their fix... dude... are you insane? Withdrawal symptoms so severe? Have you ever smoked weed?

[prepare for explanation about how he was the biggest proponnent of weed, then it ruined his life, and he knows more than we could because of <insert bullshit here> and that all stoners are DOOMED]

Wait, why am I responding to this bullshit... dumbest post EVER
 
you know, i jut laugh at people when they tell me that weed is just a drug and has no uses, i am bi-polar 1 and schizophrenic and tried several different types of meds, none of which worked too well on top of the side effects of loss of interest in sex, food, friends and life in general. weed makes the voices stop talking to me, makes me be able to sleep instead of being up for 9 days straight in my manic phases, and helps me eat when im just not hungry. being 6'2" and ~130lbs is not healthy, and i cant gain weight and on top of that, dont get hungry so ill go a day or 2 without eating. when i smoke, it makes life bearable, and even if it used to be just for fun, it has taken on a whole new place in my life. not saying it is the cure-all, but it sure as hell helps with a lot of my symptoms and in the end, thats all in really care about. comes to down quality of life my friend..
 
The federal government has 2 patents on cannabis as an antioxidants and neuroprotectant(google "government cannabis antioxidant"), which means real deal federally-funded beaurocratic think tanks have managed to conclude cannabis is medically viable. There were Republicans on that board.

I dont know what grabs more attention, US federal patents on weed as antioxidants and neuroprotectants, or Republicans supporting cannabis in any form. The feds were (legally) cornering THC on the marker for 2 types of critical medical uses while still using the DEA to strongarm street consumers, it literally happened as they were raiding medical dispenseries across my state like the SS.
 
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Hi. I have a severe back injury. I have used marijuana since I can remember. After the back injury I was prescribed a myriad of opiates and muscle relaxers. This became an addiction. After two years of this, I decided to quit opiates cold turkey. I was so sick. I couldn't eat or sleep, plus many other symptoms. I started to use good old pot brownies for relief. I had received some very strong butter made from the "Blue Dream" strain. This helped my detox symptoms immensely. After the month of detox symptoms subsided, I noticed that I felt less pain than while on opiates. However, due to my injury, my back would flair up in pain and spasms. I decided to eat a couple bites ( enough to not pass out, but to not be nauseous from the pain) to alleviate the symptoms. Well, it turned out to be the best pain reliever I have ever been on. Taken in the right amount, I am anti spasmodic, and basically pain free. If I eat enough, sure, I get high. But when eaten in smaller amounts it is actually a medicine. I can function without feeling impaired. Smoking cannabis does not have this same affect on me. If I want to calm down from a bout of rage, I will light up. But used as an indigestible, it absolutely does the job of all the previously prescribed medications, does a better job than them, and without side effects. I need far less cannabis than I would pharmaceuticals, and am not creating wreckage on my organs, or supporting Big Pharma. I support myself, the American way.
 
Well done. Totally agree with you and glad your finding relief through baked goods made with greeny creamy butter. Yum.
and yes, nothing beats a toke in those moments of pang, anxiety or rage. It truly is exceptional medicine.:)
 
bennyZA said:
Troll, or at least troll post.

Wait, why am I responding to this bullshit... dumbest post EVER
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Nah this is no doubt his personal bias, he honestly believes that tripe. You should pop you're head into ED every now and then, plenty of close minded (kids) people like this that are out to save the world one 'druggie/junkie/stoner/etard' at a time.

'Free thinkers are dangerous'
 
I use it to deal with anxiety and stabilize my mood swings a bit. It keeps me out of the mental hospital... It's also a great alternative to stronger drugs and I definitely smoke to get high quite often. I think it has helped prevent a relapse while I haven't had to get on subs or done.
 
I'm one of those who has no verifiable medical reason to use cannabis.

That being said, it does definitely help keep me away from stronger drugs, such as, yes, alcohol, tobacco, and stuff like amphetamines and caffeine, both of which have some euphoric properties. It might be illegal, but my Mary Jane sure is safer to do, across the board.

Thus, cannabis is my lesser evil/poison of choice, even though I don't think it's evil/a poison, just an interesting, and at times therapeutic, side-note to a boring and tiresome reality.
 
PTSD, chronic tendinitis and then associated pain, hunger inducement (important for me), social anxiety, depression, and to assist in better perceived quality of life

I think highly of those who use the medicinal system for getting high reasons. I wish this was more than just medicine for me. :(
 
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