I've never experienced a pain that was alleviated by pot. In some cases, pot makes it far worse: severe toothaches, for instance. Getting stoned while having a toothache, or most types of headache, is like stubbing your toes on a couch and then getting a charlie horse in your foot.
While I've never experienced the pain described in this article, my experience with pot and other types of pain leads me to believe this story is BS.
**While I've never experienced the pain described in this article, my experience with pot and other types of pain leads me to believe this story is BS.**
My reaction to pot that I smoked in high school was the same as yours, but I have a good friend who is disabled and in a lot of pain who swears by it.
I think people just react differently to it.
That's very interesting. I'm not doubting you, and I'm not even really skeptical, I just find it interesting how different people have different reactions to the same thing. I have smoked lots and lots of pot (that's not bragging, nor am I proud; just the way it is) and the single only time I've had anything adverse happen - aside from the occasional bout of paranoia - is once when I made the mistake of smoking while on antibiotics - amoxicillin, I think. Made me very, very sick.
On the whole, I think it should be legalized across the board and sold as alcohol is.