Actually, I've never been a pot smoker. First of all, I don't smoke. Second of all, I hate feeling out of control. I like my wits about me and tend to feel quite paranoid when I have had one drink too many. My college try of marijuana gave me that same paranoid, out of control feeling so, never used it again.
Actually it was my neurologist who inquired if I'd tried marijuana. I was so desperate for sleep and something to fix those foot cramps that I went right out and got my official medical recommendation. I found a dispensary and I must say that the person I spoke with there was very professional, compassionate and helpful. It was a very clean, doctor's office kind of atmosphere located in an office building in a decent part of town. I felt quite safe going in there.
When I explained that I am a non-smoker, they recommended a liquid form of marijuana. It works very well. I know that this isn't curing anything. It's just one small medicine that eases a couple of symptoms. When you have PD, any relief is a huge blessing.
Why do sick people have to beg for a medicine that helps them? Shall I sit on a street corner with a tin cup? At whose foot do I need to grovel?