Posted by bleauberry on September 28, 2009, at 17:59:30
In reply to does anyone here smoke marijuana medicinally?, posted by sam K on September 25, 2009, at 23:57:16
I used to smoke medicinally. I quit 3 years ago.
I feel pot is one of the best meds on the planet. But, disclaimer, it must be used in miniscule doses and treated just like pill would be. In other words, if you get a buzz from it, you smoked too much. That goes beyond the point of medicinal.
So as a medicine it works awesome for a wide variety of ailments, but it requires strict willpower and control to not abuse it. Longterm usage of buzz-power smoking usually results in strange forms of anxiety, psychosis, paranoidism, and sensitivities to many things. Longterm chronic overusage can often result in depression, apathy (same as the ssri blunted effect), and memory impairment.
Feeling down and need a quick lift? Pot will do it in minutes. Feeling too nervous and need to calm down? Pot will do it. Feeling bored and need motivation to go do your project? Pot will do it. Feel wired and just want to unwind? Pot will do it. Too skinny and want to gain weight? Pot will make you hungry. Feeling nauseated? Pot will make you hungry. Feeling chronic pain? Pot will numb it. Need a friend during cancer treatment? Pot will do it. Feeling insomnia and need a good sleep? Pot will do it.
I swear, it will do just about whatever you need it to do, on demand, within minutes. But it has to be treated with the utmost respect. If you got a buzz, you did too much.
The reason I stopped was because it was too risky. One can evade the law for only so long. It is very expensive. Sooner or later the seller is going to jail. The buyer is at risk as well. When buying from a seller, the quality and characteristics of the medicine will vary dramatically from one purchase to the next, which makes it hard when you are depending on consistency. Growing can yield amazing results for an undetermined amount of time but almost always ends up in handcuffs. Infrared guns can look right through walls. The odor of growing plants is almost impossible to hide even with the best technological gadgets. Electric companies report unusual increases in electricity usage.
In my State medicinal pot is legal. The problem is there isn't a single doctor that prescribes it. Even if they were to, State law requires it to be prescribed only for a few specific ailments. Psychiatric illness is not on that short list.
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