Medical marijuana

[Bluecane]

Does anyone have experience using medical marijuana for anxiety and panic disorder?

[fauxartist]

Knowing the benefits for cancer patients, I have no problem with it, But that said, being in recovery there is a product that gives the relief to those of us who don't get high, called CBD isolate. Its an oil extracted from the plant minus the THC which gets you high. I don't know much other than what I have read about CBD and it's actually sounding very positive. Not only for treating pain, nausea from chemo for cancer, but depression and anxiety. Also being an herbalist, I've always known the benefits from medical marijuana, but could not use it because it gets you high. CBD does not get you high. Lets hope it lives up to what it claims. It's all natural.

[Want2BHappy3 in reply to fauxartist]

I've never done any illegal drugs, because of my anxiety. I'd be willing to try it but I'm confused about the laws the state approves it, the federal government doesn't? how does that work? They should both be on the same page either it is or it isn't can anybody tell me how that works?

[fauxartist in reply to Want2BHappy3]

CBD is derived from cannabis...but it does not have THC which is what makes marijuana illegal in some states. CBD is legal because it is not a drug that gets you high, it's a chemical that helps with anxiety, depression, effects of chemo, etc. These medical marijuana dispensaries have concentrated forms of extracts that have THC which is then used in a form of Vaping....but that is considered without a medical marijuana card illegal.

[Want2BHappy3 in reply to fauxartist]

Thank you so much for that information and seems I have a lot to learn since I do suffer from anxiety and if I get a marijuana card then I can have it legally?

[fauxartist in reply to Want2BHappy3]

The CBD is not an illegal drug, or requires a medical card...here's a website you can get more info, I'm not promoting any one particular company, it's just some info for you:

hempture.ie/about/

[Want2BHappy3 in reply to fauxartist]

Thank you for the link Happy Easter🐰

[Ab2009 in reply to fauxartist]

Thank you for this information!

I did some search and now ordered Hemp Oil organic from Amazon, .... never tried anything like that but willing to try for my anxiety x

[gerg]

I tried alcohol, it worked great for a few hours then it made everything much worse.

My program requires a clear mind, but that is tough to keep with the anxiety and depression alone. Rational thought would be much less rational if I did those type of drugs.

[old-soul]

This is something I have a great deal of knowledge about, truth be told, but very rarely share about given that due to various Federal and State laws that still hold this plant as a Schedule 1 substance and a felony for even the most minute amount depending on which state in which you reside. There are in fact people serving life in prison with no possibility of parole today for POT due to these draconian drug laws.

The fact that a state may legalize cannabis, (commonly referred to by the Latino name "Marijuana" by law-makers) does NOT change the fact that it is still ALWAYS considered illegal by Federal law, PERIOD.

That the same Federal government that states it is a Schedule 1 substance, meaning it not only have NO medical use, but also poses a threat to society as we know it, also holds a patent on it as medicine. I'm not sure when the Federal government went into the business of holding patents on medicine, but sure enough, the fact remains.

Also, it should be noted that the ONLY argument that went before congress as a basis to condemn this plant as a scourge that threatened the future of America was that, "Latinos give it to white women, and it causes white women to desire sexual relations with the Latino." There was a profound fear of this "racial mixing," causing what was then termed, "an unwanted 3rd race." The fact that lawmakers ceased to call it by it's European name, "cannabis," and started using the Hispanic word, "marihuana," (which they didn't even spell correctly at the time), was entirely racial.

So, as it stands right now, according to Federal law, even CBD oils and tinctures are a violation of Federal law. Anyone in the United States that has a license to use cannabinoids in ANY form is also, according to Federal law, now stripped of their 2nd Amendment rights, and further, employers can still fire any employee using ANY FORM of cannabis medically, because it is still considered illegal by Federal law, PERIOD.

Doctors want to perform several surgeries on me including (but not limited to) work on both hands for severe carpal tunnel, both shoulders for severe rotator cuff injuries I have had for almost 40 years, more laser surgeries for my glaucoma, as well as removing most if not all of my large intestine leaving me with a colostomy that will very likely be irreversible, because they are bound by law to tell me this is a safer alternative to use of cannabis. Wow.

I have the option of using extremely high doses of Motrin as well as powerful opiates, which would destroy my liver in a very short time, as well as making cognitive reasoning and function difficult, but am told, "not to drive until I have adjusted to the opiates being in my system around the clock." I have at times used these opiates and other drugs, but very much prefer not to, and have never had any difficulty in deciding to take them or not take them, in spite of having a pretty profound allergy to alcohol. In spite of what may choose to believe, I have never, *EVER* displayed any such allergic reactions to anything else. 'Nuff said.

Let's follow the money, shall we? Big pharma and other medical interests hold many patents on all sorts of anti-depressants, pain medications, other psych meds, surgical procedures, implants, devices etc etc etc. How much money would they stand to loose if they allowed these, "Anti pot" laws to be retracted? THC is the component that makes people high, and the high created by that particular, naturally occurring compound is described as, "a euphoric effect." Well, goodness gracious, isn't "euphoric" synonymous with, "HAPPY?" Hmmm.... depressed people that become more happy. Yeah, we need to put a stop to that!

Whatever. Prohibition works about as well with drugs as it worked with alcohol. Cannabis ("pot," "weed," "marijuana") is about as difficult to grow as any common garden vegetable, yet anything decent costs upwards of $400 per ounce, and is still considered a felony in many States, and no matter what is still 100% illegal because of Federal law, regardless of ANY AND ALL State laws. Really? The Emperor Wears No Clothes, ladies and gentlemen.

Do your own research. This is something I have been very familiar with for many many years, and I'm not going to try to pack it all into one post. Look at it this way. People that said that Lee Harvey Oswald could not have assassinated Kennedy back in the late 60's all ended up either dead, or institutionalized FOR LIFE, and pumped full of heavy psychotropic drugs (that are safe and effective), given electro-shock therapy, and surgical modifications to the frontal lobe regions of their brains, (Frontal lobotomies - also recognized as safe and effective), AGAINST THEIR WILL. Today, we know that these poor people were actually 100% correct. Pure hell on earth. Talk about April Fools. I don't know about anyone else, but it makes me a little leery of just automatically believing what our "illustrious leaders" say.

It has long been established that when people are forced to call the truth a lie, and a lie a truth, and are subjected to heavy long-term gas-lighting, they are very commonly mis-diagnosed as being schizophrenic, and subjected to horribly in-appropriate forced treatments. It is also well known in some circles that the mere mention of that awful disorder will often earn people the assumed diagnoses. Isn't that rich?

I suffer from chronic pain, glaucoma, irritable bowel syndrome, and several other medical conditions I really don't feel I should be forced to divulge publicly in order to make my point. These conditions have proven to be very readily and safely helped by the use of cannabis, however, the only drugs afforded me legally are things like Fentanyl, Dilaudid, Percocet, Vicodin, extremely high doses of Motrin, Flexeril and other narcotics, because organizations like the Federal Drug Administration has deemed these as much safer (or at least more profitable) alternatives to a simple plant. I wonder why there's so much heroin around these days? Oh, right, to save the World Bank from collapsing. {sigh}

Buyer beware.

Given my options, I currently use no drug therapies, relying solely on diet, mild exercise, and deep meditation in order to keep myself as healthy as possible for as long as possible. If I could grow a few plants and treat myself in the way that I know to be good for me, I would. Diverticulosis and irritable bowel attacks alone are particularly awful, but unfortunately, there are people that insist on the right to control the choices I have about what to put into my body, and will put me in prison if I try to do otherwise.

What's funny is, I don't wish to force medicine on anyone, nor to limit their medical treatment in any way, yet there are those that want to INFLICT their opinions on me as LAW.

I truly hope that people will wake up and start thinking for themselves. Modern medicine is a business, and corporate law demands that any publicly traded company has a responsibility ONLY to the corporate share-holders, NOT to the customer/end-user/patient. The ONLY responsibility where the patient is concerned is to ensure the medical liability of any product does not exceed the potential for profit to the companies' investors. Anything that interrupts the rise in the stock value is in fact a violation of Trade Law.

Again, buyer beware, especially where drugs, as well as irreversible treatments like zapping the heck out of your frontal lobe with high-powered magnetic radiation to cause "controlled, permanent brain injury" are concerned. To me, this sounds so suspiciously like a less invasive form of a frontal lobotomy, that my every instinct tells me that this could possibly be a very poor choice indeed. I guess we'll know in another decade or so, because this new fangled procedure DOES in fact cause irreversible changes, so the research WILL show itself over time.

If a person tries pot and then decides that they would rather treat their condition with laboratory chemical concoctions, permanent modifications to their brain, or other medical/surgical means, that that is no trouble. Stop using pot and it completely clears out of the system in a few weeks with no intervention needed, and no permanent changes to the persons physiology.

Until the last century, this simple plant was not so feared and hated, then people such as Richard M. Nixon decided they knew better, and we bought it. In the mid and late 80's the "Coalition for a Drug Free America" even spent tons of tax-payer money to run television ads that warned kids that, "the new pot is so strong, it is a dangerous as heroin." Oh, yeah. Sure. Heroin wasn't so prevalent back then, and most only knew of it because of the stories they heard of how awful it was back in the late 60's and early 70's, so it seemed like a great scare-tactic I guess. Now that heroin is flooding into this country again, I think it's a bit more obvious what I farce that was.

Kids aren't stupid. Lie to them once and get caught, and they will question everything you say from that point forward. I caught so many lies coming from the adults around me by 1976 it's no wonder I do my own research today.

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire