IOU said: would you smoke it? or try it for the first time?
I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain????
That said, I don't necessarily have an issue w/ marijuana. I have yet to see someone who's used marijuana become violent (like w/ alcohol or other psychotropic drugs), and rarely drive faster than 20 MPH(again alcohol and other drugs). I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes/tobacco and alcohol.
MarilynKay said: IOU said: would you smoke it? or try it for the first time?
I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain????
That said, I don't necessarily have an issue w/ marijuana. I have yet to see someone who's used marijuana become violent (like w/ alcohol or other psychotropic drugs), and rarely drive faster than 20 MPH(again alcohol and other drugs). I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes/tobacco and alcohol.
as someone who suffers from chronic back pain... I have never smoked dope since I have pain in pain with my back I dont recall having any pain relif when I did smoke it back 20+ years ago but then again.. it is a memory loss drug so...
I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain????
That said, I don't necessarily have an issue w/ marijuana. I have yet to see someone who's used marijuana become violent (like w/ alcohol or other psychotropic drugs), and rarely drive faster than 20 MPH(again alcohol and other drugs). I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes/tobacco and alcohol.
No. Been there, done that, and I eventually realized that I don't like the myopic state it puts my brain in. It doesn't get me "high", it gets me "different", and it's really not all that exciting.
I think I originally tried it (at 15) looking for an enhanced state of mind, or a portal to something a bit more than mundane, day-to-day life. Maybe a mixture of that and a feeling that I belonged to a group that was getting away with something. For maybe seven years it was a big focus of my life. Scoring it. Smoking it. I hit about 23 and one day wondered why. Being unable to answer that question, and realizing that it had never really done anything for me bit make my brain slow down, my eyelids droop, and the corners of my mouth turn up in a dumb smile, I stopped.
Don't miss it. I like my mind better when it's uninhibited. I have nothing against it...pot is probably one of those things that's fine in moderation. I could never again be one of those people who've made it a lifestyle.
RS4Rings
Back in Rehab
posted: Nov. 9, 2009 @ 7:07p
MarilynKay said: If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies" My mom use to have me go into the other room to smoke a joint between courses at her house so I would eat more. Nice Jewish mom
I've never tried it, and I don't know if I would even if it was legal. I don't even drink very much anymore - since I lost weight I became, quite literally a lightweight, and it just makes me sleepy/groggy, and I usually have too much stuff I want to get done to waste a night staggering around in a stupor.
That being said, if it was legal I would definitely look into some way of making money off it, either through production or distribution.
Sanjoelo said: I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain????
That said, I don't necessarily have an issue w/ marijuana. I have yet to see someone who's used marijuana become violent (like w/ alcohol or other psychotropic drugs), and rarely drive faster than 20 MPH(again alcohol and other drugs). I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes/tobacco and alcohol. look....I did not realize it posted 3 times! I'm not perfect damn you!
MarilynKay said: Sanjoelo said: I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain????
That said, I don't necessarily have an issue w/ marijuana. I have yet to see someone who's used marijuana become violent (like w/ alcohol or other psychotropic drugs), and rarely drive faster than 20 MPH(again alcohol and other drugs). I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes/tobacco and alcohol. look....I did not realize it posted 3 times! I'm not perfect damn you!We just thought it was short-term memory loss.
MarilynKay said: Sanjoelo said: I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain????
That said, I don't necessarily have an issue w/ marijuana. I have yet to see someone who's used marijuana become violent (like w/ alcohol or other psychotropic drugs), and rarely drive faster than 20 MPH(again alcohol and other drugs). I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes/tobacco and alcohol. look....I did not realize it posted 3 times! I'm not perfect damn you!We just thought it was short-term memory loss.
MarilynKay said: I have a question, and perhaps someone who partakes of the ocassional medicinal inhalation(s) can answer it: Montana recognizes and legalized medicinal marijuana. As a work comp adjuster we sometimes see medical marijuana used for chronic back pain. If it's true that marijuana causes "the munchies", and makes a person less likely to be active---how is sitting on the couch, eating Twinkies, Cheez Doodles and Ho-Hos, gaining weight and getting deconditioned going to be helpful to chronic low back pain???
I spent my late teens smoking, alot actually, so I know the effects it had on me. Now ~20 years later, I have chronic back pain due to bulging disks, impinged nerves and so on. I wish I could legally take the edge off the pain with pot rather than the legal narcotics I'm currently taking. I cannot take enough meds to be pain free, only hope to make it tollerable. As for the munchies and stoner laziness, I would be much more active person if I could move without stabbing/burning/throbbing pain.
DaMomma
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 9, 2009 @ 10:02p
Nope, not even for a million bucks! Makes me paranoid!
IOU said: would you smoke it? or try it for the first time? I havent used since the mid 80's and miss it. Stopped because of drug testing at my workplace.When I retire, I am buying a bong and a quarter bag.
I don't smoke it, but I worked for a medical marijuana dispensary here in California for a little while this past summer. You can immediately tell the stoners from the people who actually need it for pain reduction. It is like anything else, it makes you sick when you are well, and well when you are sick. I heard story after story from patients who were on tons of legal prescription narcotics, and who simply couldn't function, who were experiencing organ problems, who probably wouldn't have had a good quality of life or a very long life on the drugs they were taking. Marijuana took the place of those drugs, made the pain bearable, and made most of those people functioning members of society again. Is it ideal? It is like any other drug, it is right in some circumstances, and it should be up to a doctor to help decide if it is right for the patient. I do think if a doctor says it is right for you, you should be able to get it, just like any other prescription drug.
Sanjoelo said: No. Been there, done that, and I eventually realized that I don't like the myopic state it puts my brain in. It doesn't get me "high", it gets me "different", and it's really not all that exciting.
I think I originally tried it (at 15) looking for an enhanced state of mind, or a portal to something a bit more than mundane, day-to-day life. Maybe a mixture of that and a feeling that I belonged to a group that was getting away with something. For maybe seven years it was a big focus of my life. Scoring it. Smoking it. I hit about 23 and one day wondered why. Being unable to answer that question, and realizing that it had never really done anything for me bit make my brain slow down, my eyelids droop, and the corners of my mouth turn up in a dumb smile, I stopped.
Don't miss it. I like my mind better when it's uninhibited. I have nothing against it...pot is probably one of those things that's fine in moderation. I could never again be one of those people who've made it a lifestyle.
Can I cook with it instead of smoking it? I stopped smoking dope, cigarettes and cigars way back and don't want to start all that again, but some nice mellow brownies... mmmm. No different to alcohol IMO.
I know a guy... Serious clinical depression issues. Was on some strong drugs, and they did the job. But he lost his job and insurance, couldn't afford the drugs. Went back to self medicating with pot, and it works just as well, at a lesser cost.
I'm all for legalization. Wouldn't hit it myself, I had a dream back in college that I tried smoking pot and it left me stupid for a few days afterwards. It wasn't for me. What a weird dream.
Why isn't it in pill or liquid form if it's being used for medicinal purposes? What's up with smoking it? (Yes, yes, I know, it's an issue with the pharmaceutical industry.) Would having it available in a different form, strictly as a medication, change your answer?
buffalobreath said: Why isn't it in pill or liquid form if it's being used for medicinal purposes? What's up with smoking it? (Yes, yes, I know, it's an issue with the pharmaceutical industry.) Would having it available in a different form, strictly as a medication, change your answer?
actually they have all that nowadays at the legal shops... pills teas food lolipops etc
So what if it's legal, still doesn't prevent employers from requiring drug test and insurance company from raising the rate on those who do inhale it.
I really don't care either way, however, I would try it if I'm in chronic pain or on cancer treatment if other method fails.
nrsmimi
Ancient Member
posted: Nov. 10, 2009 @ 4:04p
buffalobreath said: Why isn't it in pill or liquid form if it's being used for medicinal purposes? What's up with smoking it? (Yes, yes, I know, it's an issue with the pharmaceutical industry.) Would having it available in a different form, strictly as a medication, change your answer?
It IS available in pill form, under the name of Marinol. However, the dosages tend to be too strong for many and it takes longer before it works. Inhalation works quickly and the dosing is more customized for the user. For those of us who truly use it for pain, we don't want so much that we are zombies, just enough to take the edge off the pain.
Marijuana is a dumb plant and has never "made" anyone do anything. I just love how we as human beings conveniently deflect the responsibility for our own weaknesses onto inanimate things. No, pot is not a "gateway drug" that "makes" you end up homeless and destitute, at some point the concious decision is taken to do the harder drugs and the individual is responsible for that, not anyone else and certainly not a dumb plant. The plant is not responsible for someone's lack of self-control. <Insert inanimate object> doesn't kill people, people kill people, and that includes oneself.
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