Posted by bleauberry on May 12, 2009, at 5:36:20
In reply to Little more, posted by shasling on May 11, 2009, at 22:24:31
In my opinion pot is the best all around medicinal herb on the planet. Insomnia, depression, anxiety, nervousness, boredome, apathy, mania, muscle wasting, nausea, low appetite...whatever is needed, it does it and does it fast.
The trick though is very low controlled doses. If the user gets high, the dose was too high. When the dose is too high it can result in psychotic-like, delusional-like, and paranoia-like responses.
I would think that since technology can get meds to absorb in controlled precise doses through the skin (such as Ensam or Evoclin (Clindamycin foam), surely they can construct a deliver device for marijuana that gives a specific dose. I mean, maybe just as a rough example, the prescription includes a kind of pipe, and the pot comes in preformed pill shapes that are inserted in the pipe, and each pill is manufactured to be exactly like every other.
They've noticed all these good things with pot and yet hunt for ways to duplicate it in the lab synthetically? I don't understand that kind of humanistic egotism, economics, greed, and negligence.
By the way, I have tried pure pharmaceutical THC prescribed by my doctor. It is crap. Nothing at all like marijuana. Good for munchies and sleep, yes. For mood it is very depressing lethargic stuff. While everyone assumes it is THC in pot with all the goodness, I am here to say, it is not. It is more likely an orchestra of several different mechanisms, of which THC is a minor player having effects primarily on appetite and sleep.
For sure someone will get a lot more high with pot that has a higher THC content. But, I believe that is because the other unidentified mechanisms in the plant are also higher. It is not just THC. I know instinctively without a doubt.
The evils of pot and its bad name come from two things:
1. It is illegal which causes criminal behavior and greed.
2. It is used to get high.Unlike alcohol or prescription medicines of all kinds, I have never seen in a newspaper cases of car accidents, murders, rages, or cancers caused by pot. If anything, it tends to make someone more safe and more peaceful.
As a medicine in low controlled doses, I have never known a better substance for psychiatric uses of nearly any pscyhiatric condition.
I haven't smoked in over 3 years. I live in a state where it is medically legal with a doctor's prescription to grow it for medical use under specific conditions. However, there is not a single doctor that prescribes it in this state. Even if they did, it is still illegal by Federal law.
It amazes me how with the assumed high intelligence of the human race we come up with the most stupid laws, stupid research, and stupid approaches to some things. Such as medicianl marijuana.
All said here is purely personal opinion. I was a longtime user of pot, an abuser at times, and a heavy researcher of it. I know how this herb behaves and what it does.
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