[QUOTE=MelodyL;654317]
Now answer me this one. You said that taking medical mj might cause a bit of weight gain.

why??

*** Comes from a decades-old myth that smoking MJ gives you the munchies (and it does for some, I guess -- maybe I'll share a story about an experience at a medical marijuana patient support group potluck).



Every time I see a pothead on tv, they are always skinny and unhealthy looking.


*** 'cause that's the easy stereo-type.


So how could medical mj (or any mj) cause weight gain?

*** Only if you use the MM as an excuse to eat bad, processed foods.

***OK -- I'm in a good mood right now and have a few minutes, so I'll tell my story.

*** I was first introduced to MM by a friend/former client. I know about the program and knew that she had become a patient and then a grower. Once I go through the program and become certified, she encourages me to attend a MM patient social event -- a pot luck! I thought, that sounds OK, so let's go.

*** I really had no idea what to expect. We arrived at the location. I presented my papers to the door man (my card had not arrived yet, but I had the official papers that said I'd submitted my application) and we walked in. The event was held on the basement floor of a business that made glass-ware for smokers (some really pretty stuff -- expensive!). We walked down the stairs into a room full of....



**** MY PARENTS' FRIENDS! No, really, the average age was probably late 50s. Sure, some young "patients" (who seemed to have the fanciest and most expensive smoking devices), but mainly older people. Seated at long tables with their smoking apparatus in front of them.

*** I was pretty excited because I was going to meet people who grew different types, plus sample some different strains (MM growers are all generally geeks -- they love to have you sample their material and pronounce it "killer" or "smooth" or something like that.

*** Someone had even brought a liquid chocolate fountain for dipping strawberries where the chocolate had MM infused in it.

*** It quickly became apparent to me that there was going to be some serious smokin' going on.

*** Someone had put out chips and salsa. It was there I realized potheads and potlucks are probably not a good combination as I watched a guy pick up a chip, dip into the salsa, chomp, dip a second time, chomp, dip a third time (!) and start all over again.

*** So yes -- some people do smoke their brains out and lose all sense of proper decorum at potlucks.. But I wouldn't say even he was very fat...

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