Cannabis

[Opivo]

Moji= Willie Nelson??? Lol

 

[Unilo]

OK you Pot heads, fill me in......Why does it make you feel better and does it help with pain and how long does it last?

I smoked it 2 maybe 3 times 35 years ago, did not like it all that much. Only time I liked it was during sex once, so went for that again, not so good.......

Never did much for pain for me. Made me sleep like a log and kept my appetite up. I'm a red head though, so pain works different for me. The generalized euphoria was most beneficial next to sleep. To be blunt I didn't give a shit about how I felt and was more social. I think our inability to perceive normal social interaction is one of our worst symptoms and pot used with the right people is the best therapy in my opinion. I also found it made me focus on the little things, like sunlight in the palm trees and the amazing shit in a tide pool. Fear and rage ain't shit when you have the munchies and a few hours to play like a child in the great outdoors. Don't believe me? Smoke a joint and take a hike. You will never appreciate nature more and will find you develop new perspective on who you are and what you want to become.
So ends my existential hippy tirade...

 

[Elina]

It helps my pain. It helps stop me from lashing out. It makes me more of a pacifist. It helps with the anxiety. It helps me sleep. It helps make me remember to eat. I am sure there are more benefits that I can't think of at the moment.<---- Oh yea, it DOESN'T help with my already sucky memory. I am not a weed snob. I buy decent mid grade stuff. An oz lasts me about 3-4 weeks. I am not looking to spend 240 per 1/4 or whatever outrageous price it is going for these days. I don't need to smoke the shit that will have me looking stroked out and slurring for hours on end. What I get works well for me. It just keeps the edge off. Like the op though I really hate having to depend on someone for it.
I wonder how anonymous this really is

 

[Ozezi]

There is a saying we have which is 'You're not smoking your fathers pot anymore'.
Back in the 60's, and even when I was a kid in the late 70's early 80's, all we ever bought was leaf and tip, that stuff is thrown out most of the time now. Back then, the 'Head's' or dried buds were mostly used for hashish, nowadays that is all that is sold.

As Paruz said, there are two main families, Sativa and Indica. Sativa is a happy high, no munchies, you can work comfortably, and Indica is the couch locked sleep inducing strain.

If you go to some of the 'seed' sites, you can buy genetically modified seeds which will guarantee autoflowering and guarantee to be the female.
You will also be able to guarantee what traits you want. i.e. buying a sativa is generally not a good idea if you have appetite issues due to chemotherapy, etc. On the opposite side of the coin, a person with anorexia would be suited to an 'indica' to bring on munchies.

With PTSD yes, some of the other side effects of the chemicals induced are counteractive, but take a look at what we take with regards to prescription medication.
In the mornings, I take one tablet for anxiety, one for depression, one for neurological pain, one heavy duty slow release pain killer, one fast release pain killer, one fibre, one natural laxative due to all the other shit in my system, a multivitamin due to not really being hungry after all those tablets.

Now, when I was vaporizing pot, I had a daytime and nighttime pot. I was down to the just the antidepressant which I was going to be off soon and the multivitamin. How good is that.
People also said I was addicted to pot, well aren't we all addicted to the medications we are on????

I would rather deal with a couple of slurred words, and a poorer memory and someone that could have a laugh, than be a boring, high strung, person who dull and boring.

 

[Dafir]

^Yea no truer words have been said on the matter.

 

[Numep]

Now I have only been on medications like this for seven years. Before that I hardly took a pain tablet. Panadeine Forte used to knock me on my arse now it's like candy and only takes the edge off. But seven years of taking medications, surely it has to f*ck with my kidneys and liver, and I don't want to wait on the donor list. I would rather take a natural herb and keep to myself.

Even our Prime Minister said on national television, 'how can a natural herb be classed as a dangerous drug'.

 

[Lemu]

Even our Prime Minister said on national television, 'how can a natural herb be classed as a dangerous drug'.

Cough cough cocaine, cough, opiates, cough hemlock, cough cough belladonna.

Whew. Sorry there.

 

[Elacud]

I'm in AZ and get mine through a dispensary but not for PTSD. I have to say I've tried several of their creative names with different amounts of THC etc. both sativa and indica strains. I haven't found one yet that is good as you can find through connections. IMHO medical marijuana is ho hum and not worth the price but it is better than nothing. Leave it to the govt. to get involved to screw up a good thing. Although I have to say I can go from rage and anger episodes to serenity pretty quick after a few hits.