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RS4Rings said: No, Just look at me, What you see is the results of smoking it from 15 till my early 30's

poster child!

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.

I would upgrade to crack. It's just not as fun when you are allowed to do something.

*sigh*
Triple post
(I'm having issues---really, I don't need anyone to tell me either! LOL).

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.

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.

Nope~ Not interested. I like my mind the way it functions au naturel!

moonbeam said:
If they weren't grandfathered in, tobacco and alcohol would never be legalized today. And for good reason.

Because the government has to ban anything fun?

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.

in all seriousness, never did and never will (unless I am under chemo treatment, then that's different).

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.

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.

The fed will not go after medical marijuana users as long as it is legal in the state. Legal in Colorado now. Just a state away. Roadtrip!

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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.

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?

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.

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.