Wow... You're not very good at reading, are you. I never claimed that MJ was going to be good to treat the pain from shingles. Oh, and by the way... Due to the sort of "affliction" that shingles is, normal pain medications don't work all that well on many people. One rather effective treatment is with certain anti-depressants. But I suppose that you'd be against that too, since you don't think that anti-depressants should work on "pain." As you stated, I also said I do NOT use MJ, but then, I also do not use narcotic pain killers that I have Rxs for. I also said that there are documented cases of people who hace killed themselves because they couldn't deal with the pain. I also said that I've had tow of the most painful conditions a man can experience. I said that in order to present my "bone fides" on pain, if you will.
My point is a simple one... That when a person is in chronic pain, they should be able to use what ever it is that gives them the most relief.
By the way... If you ever suffered a torsion of the testicle, you wouldn't be joking about it. Imagine a blacksmith with your testicle on an anvil, and with every heartbeat, he brings his hammer down on your testicle. It's not just painful. If it's not reversed rather quickly, your testicle will become gangrenous.
Mark
"Torsion and the Gangrenous Testicles" would be an ever better name for a band.
I do not care what people take for their pain or their illness. I really don't.
Just two things. One, be willing to accept the consequences for your actions (ie., don't come cryin' later that you were arrested, or that you were ripped off by some overseas pharmacy or clinic, or that you were injured by the medicine, etc).
Two, do not ask me to condone, support, sympathize, or vote for the legalization of, your drug of choice.
I do not object to people taking any FDA approved medicine in the dosages prescribed by their licensed doctor and obtained through a licensed pharmacy. Whatever made you think I did?