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A case for cannabis

I'm not a pot smoker but I have read that it relieves nerve pain. So when it got so bad I couldn't stand the pain anymore I smoked it. I will tell you that it killed my pain for 5 hours but I was so high I didn't like that feeling at all. But I understand how this marijuana plant can help people in cronic pain it does work. It would be great if there was a way to take away the high and just have the pain relieving properties, the world would be a better place for us PNers.

There is a strain that has been developed in Colorado (where medical marijuana is legal) that has little or no THC so no 'high'. The 10 yr old son of someone I know uses it there for epilepsy control. *admin edit*

Recent MM thread

You may want to read this thread on MM.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread193628.html

Agreed; it's all about the strain/variety or blend of strains. Those for pain relief are generally lower in THC and higher in CBN/CBD.

What Medical Marijuana strain is best for your condition, Sativa or Indica?

Doc

Did you smoke the whole joint? I have no experience but others have said that just a few puffs and it takes the edge off. You are not looking to get high just to take the edge off.

With some of today's strains (vs. what was available in the '60s & '70s) one hit/puff can be one toke over the line for someone cannabinoid-naïve.

Doc

I figured that you would say that. The people I've heard say that a puff or two is enough to take the edge off the pain are not from the 60's and 70's. They are from today's world. In saying that, they probably know what strains to use. These are people on forums I go on. And it does not work for everybody either.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith (Post 1016367)

With some of today's strains (vs. what was available in the '60s & '70s) one hit/puff can be one toke over the line for someone cannabinoid-naïve.

Doc

I have no idea about strains of pot , but I got some relief from chronic pain just for a little while smoked 2 big puffs off a joint and the pain went away in less than a minute.I believe people suffering from PN shouldn't be made a criminal for pain . Is this still the Stone Age or what? All I know is that it worked for me and I don't judge people for trying to better there quality of life. It nice to know that smoking a puff off a joint works for my chronic pain and if that makes me a criminal so be it. Peace !

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Originally Posted by Beachbum65 (Post 1016433)

I believe people suffering from PN shouldn't be made a criminal for pain. Is this still the Stone Age or what?

I couldn't agree more. The facts & history behind the prohibition would (IMO) blow most peoples' minds. The Times They Are A-Changin', albeit too slowly, but even well-known conservatives are rethinking the issue and changing their positions, based on facts rather than fictions.

The War on Drugs is Lost

Why I Changed My Mind on Weed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent

conservatives who support medical marijuana

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if that makes me a criminal so be it.

You would be in good company.

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I had smoked marijuana maybe ten times in college during the seventies. I even inhaled. I stopped because I found that I didn't like smoke, or being high, or the conversation of pot-heads. I turned to it again when I got cancer because marijuana gives healthy people an appetite and prevents people who are nauseated from throwing up. None of my doctors or nurses at New York University Medical Center or Memorial Sloan-Kettering discouraged me from doing this. They had all had patients who had used marijuana to fight nausea and who had reported good results. I had good results too. Because of the marijuana, my last two courses of chemotherapy were almost nausea-free.

There was only one problem; I had to become a criminal to do this.

—National Review Senior Editor Richard Brookhiser's Congressional Testimony (1996)

Emphasis mine.

Doc

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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith (Post 1016498)

I understand Doc, crazy world we all live in. I too am of the conservative mind and see how this country is a changing. Hopefully, next year they will pass M.M. Here and it gets to those people that need it so badly. I have very little experience with marijuana ,as I understand that it is physically not addictive as the pain killers I take. No brainer ! Legal m.m. Is better for everybody in need and takes away one less thing we have to worry about. You hang in there Doc , Peace!