Posted on 12/19/2014 4:39:22 PM PST by steve86
OK, but what I’m talking is a THC-infused food product, not a pill.
I think I had a few tokes about three times as a teenager in the 70s and didn’t note any pain alleviating effect, but then I wasn’t in any pain LOL.
The other night two 500 mg acetaminophen and two 220 mg naproxen had not the slightest analgesic effect. Fortunately, the pain is gone now.
So I want to have a couple of 10 mg doses of the edible product on hand for the future.
I can't speak with any experience for people with PTSD, but I can from 40+ years of observation, say that I have seen many younger people who use grass regularly also allow themselves to be in situations and environments where violence is a far more frequent occurrence.
Just my personal observations.
The other night two 500 mg acetaminophen and two 220 mg naproxen had not the slightest analgesic effect. Fortunately, the pain is gone now.
That sounds bad.
When I had a root canal, oxycodone knocked me out. Maybe that’s why I don’t think of a root canal as an horrific experience, lol.
Well, be careful with those edibles. Heard stories where too much of it did not end well for the one taking it.
Uh, no. I’m sure they’re are contradiction effects in some people just as in all drugs, like some people ‘speed’ on Lorazapam.
I can’t attest to PTSD aspect of the article, but I can say it’s great for OTSD ‘ongoing traumatic stress disorder’, and it’s pretty conclusive to me that it doesn’t cause violence in adults at least. But like I said, contradiction aside.
Yes, thanks, no more than half the recommended edible dose (which is 10mg) for me the first time. No desire to make one problem into two problems.
BTW, the state director who used a THC brownie for relief from knee surgery pain had an oxycodone Rx, but “didn’t want to get addicted to that stuff”. According to her, the brownie worked well and put her to sleep and she didn’t feel high.
No, you've just been taken in by Soros' propaganda. /s
Well.... ... .. You got me there! Thank God loves all us sinners!
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The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Crime: Evidence from State Panel Data, 1990-2006
Results did not indicate a crime exacerbating effect of MML on any of the Part I offenses. Alternatively, state MML may be correlated with a reduction in homicide and assault rates, net of other covariates.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092816
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You’re full of crap. I, personally, am looking at MJ for pain relief. (Haven’t done it) As I’m researching it, I find (over and over) the question, “what marijuana can I use for pain relief that will not get me high?”
THAT is what people are looking for.
When I speak to people who did get pain relief from MJ they all speak of a hellish month or two when they were trying to adjust. They hated it.
There are MANY people who have had no relief from what modern medicine has to offer who turn to marijuana as a last resort. This is becoming common.
“Well.... Some things are bad for people. Who the hell cares?
You really did nail it with this statement.
My friend was prescribed Prozac for PMS. Within three days, my happy friend (who became unreasonably irritable right before her period) was suicidal. And I mean, slashing her wrists in front of her husband, screaming, throwing glasses, out-of-her-mind suicidal.
That was 20 years ago. Since then, she’s gone in for help with mild depression and the doctors hear her story of PROZAC and say, “Well, we know that SSRI’s won’t work for you. Let’s stay our of that area and try something else.”
So why is that the reaction to an anti-depressant, but not to marijuana? Why is is reasonable for a doctor to say, ‘this obviously doesn’t work for you so we’ll try something else’ when it comes to anything man-made, but if that’s the reaction to marijuana... let’s freak the hell out?
Some medicines need to be empirically tested.
Doctors know better today about SSRI medications than they used to. To write a script for 30 days worth of Prozac and say “see me next month” is now known to be asking for trouble. The doctor and druggist and medication label now all scream at you to get back to the doctor ASAP if you have certain side effects.
One beneficial thing about legalizing MJ would be to bring its quality control issues out into the sunlight. You can get standardized herbs from A to Z at your local health food store, because they don’t have to go sneaking around. But clandestine “pot” might vary wildly in potency.
10's of thousands.
It would benefit from being treated like any medicine.
Vets with PTSD should speak up and talk about how pot helps them function.
they’rrrrrre toooo melllllllow, maaaaaaan
’ I, personally, am looking at MJ for pain relief. (Havent done it) As Im researching it, I find (over and over) the question, what marijuana can I use for pain relief that will not get me high? ‘
I will probably end up purchasing a heavy Indica hybrid like “Purple Bubba Kush”. It is sometimes in stock at the closest retail store. Grand Daddy Purple looks interesting but doesn’t appear to be available around here. I am not concerned if some euphoria occurs —within reason — but certainly want to avoid the paranoia and dysphoria that can occur (usually more so with Sativas from my understanding.) Also, as another poster mentioned, very important to start with a modest edible dose (~ 5 mg).
http://www.medicalmarijuanastrains.com/tag/pain-relief/
All medications are empirically tested as part of the FDA approval process. I'm sure you knew that.
Regarding SSRIs, I had several go-arounds with those and although they did provide therapeutic relief, the first and second week were kind of dicey (ask my wife).
Now on an SNRI which, for me, did not cause onset side-effects. Cessation may be another matter.
Because - HIPPIES! That's why.
WE would benefit. This study mot withstanding, most guys with PTSD have two choices, Hard Liquor and ongoing drunkenness, or pot.
Few with a bad case can make it with neither...unless they are a junkie.
Or are foolish enough to get addicted to benzodiazepines.
that's a dead end street5 right there and no more insidious or addictive class of drugs have ever been known to man.
Quit a bad addiction cold turkey, you die.
Valium, lorazepam etc.
Nay, pot is the least harmful and brings genuine relief to myself and 10's of thousands of others. Probably much more.
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