So my weed days are done. Who can relate.

[Mdrock98]

Gavin Newsom isn't the person prescribing weed, brother. It's up to what the doctors are comfortable with getting behind.

Sure, states want the tax revenue and y'all can correct me if I'm wrong, but medicinal patients don't pay the same as recreational users.

In Oregon, the last time I was there, the state tax for rec users was 25% and zero for patients with a recommendation. Doctors have been prescribing weed far longer than it's been legal recreationally.

My man, I'm talking scientific research that is proven. The only well documented, proven data on conditions that marijuana can medically treat is very few. The rest is hypothetical bullshit. Stop trying to deny the facts. For people to swear it helps their "depression" is utterly bullshit with no scientific backup.

 

[Mdrock98]

I have known many more people who have destroyed their lives with alcohol. I haven't heard anyone suggest that this country should return to prohibition. It has never made much sense to me, but I grew marajuana for 40 years. I never felt I was fucking up anyones life who wasn't already fucked for any number of reasons. Any drug can be abused. Imo marajuana is one of the less destructive choices one can make to unwind.

That's the oldest point in the book. "It's no better than alcohol" no shit Sherlock.. I'm talking about the specific scientific evidence supporting it medicinal properties that people believe.

 

[Mdrock98]

Gavin Newsom isn't the person prescribing weed, brother. It's up to what the doctors are comfortable with getting behind.

Sure, states want the tax revenue and y'all can correct me if I'm wrong, but medicinal patients don't pay the same as recreational users.

In Oregon, the last time I was there, the state tax for rec users was 25% and zero for patients with a recommendation. Doctors have been prescribing weed far longer than it's been legal recreationally.

No actually, insurance does not cover it at all. I'm in PA. It's taxed out the ass to profit dispensaries.

 

[MadBret]

No actually, insurance does not cover it at all. I'm in PA. It's taxed out the ass to profit dispensaries.

My man, I'm talking scientific research that is proven. The only well documented, proven data on conditions that marijuana can medically treat is very few. The rest is hypothetical bullshit. Stop trying to deny the facts. For people to swear it helps their "depression" is utterly bullshit with no scientific backup.

I don't know about anyone getting weed covered by their insurance provider.

Up until more recent times, the federal government wasn't trying to use cannabis to treat patients for much of anything.

People use pot to treat a wide range of problems where I'm from. Maybe the fact that you're in PA and I'm in CA gives me a different perspective. We've had medical marijuana legal here since 1996. Before that, people have been self medicating here for a lot longer.

There most certainly is a long list of ailments that weed can and does help. Sure, some doctors and patients are full of shit, but the vast majority of people I know would rather smoke some ganja than get addicted to Percocets or worse.

Weed isn't the best pain killer or necessarily a great anti-anxiety drug for everyone, but it definitely works well for some people. For me, the gummy bears with the cbc does nothing for me, but other folks swear by it. I have a high tolerance myself, so I assume that plays a roll in the gummies not doing shit for me.

When you see zombies, stumbling around the streets, high as fuck from shit like oxycodone, hydrocodone, meth etc., in my opinion, I'd rather have those folks try to smoke some chronic to help themselves, than go down those other roads and end up a really different person than who they were to begin with.

And don't get me wrong. Weed can be abused. Too much of just about anything can be bad for you. In moderation, smoking some bud to help chill out generally has low side effects and none that last past a few hours.

Whether you believe it or not, patients have been getting doctor recommended weed therapy for the past 25 years here. Just because the federal government wasn't closely monitoring all patients, doesn't mean doctors weren't prescribing and documenting the effects that marijuana had and in many cases, proving a lot of the old reefer madness bullshit, to be totally wrong.

 

[Big_paul]

That's the oldest point in the book. "It's no better than alcohol" no shit Sherlock.. I'm talking about the specific scientific evidence supporting it medicinal properties that people believe.

Marajuana does have some medicinal properties.I can't think of any medical use of alcohol. It's no different than any other drug. It can be used or abused, but should the use be criminally prosecuted, or should that be left up to each person to make that decision?

What is your opinion on the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs? Should there be a total prohibition? I see no difference between the use of peds and marajuana.

 

[aguyfromwinnipeg]

I’ve smoked for 25+ years. I got to a point where it affected me different, was no longer able to smoke all day. Later, with kids in the house, I had to go outside which didn’t seem worth the chore sometimes so I slowed even more. I ate gummies for a few years which generally hit me hard and I used to hate back when I smoked lots. (I’ve found a comfortable amount that I now enjoy) I smoked a joint last night for the first time in a year and to be honest it felt more natural like it did 10-15 years ago. Maybe my body was done with it for a bit. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

All in all I love weed and was kinda sad it affected me different in my old(er) age. (I’m in my 40s)

 

[Mdrock98]

Marajuana does have some medicinal properties.I can't think of any medical use of alcohol. It's no different than any other drug. It can be used or abused, but should the use be criminally prosecuted, or should that be left up to each person to make that decision?

What is your opinion on the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs? Should there be a total prohibition? I see no difference between the use of peds and marajuana.

This is comedy. There is vast history for medical uses of alcohol ranging from the Bible, to ancient China, and Egypt. Of course, anything abused can kill, even water. Your argument for peds, is irrelevant, because they are widely used even to this day for medical purposes... testosterone, var, masterone. My point is, is that people are led to believe that weed is some miracle medicine, when it's really not. The government will profit off of it, knowing damn well the addiction properties of the drug. Smoke heavy for a month, quit, and tell me you don't get withdrawals ranging from night sweats, to insomnia, to appetite suppression.

Save me the hippie bullshit.

 

[CompoundLifts31]

I stopped smoking a couple years ago. Weed started giving me seizures at too high of doses and even at lower doses it would give me bad anxiety and side effects. I used to smoke a TON of weed when I was younger. Me and my crew were some of the first people in our state doing dabs/wax (we were making it on our own) and we were fucking BLOWN all day errday. It was bad.

I'm so glad I am done with that shit. My mental health has improved, my diet has improved, motivation has gone up. Overall life is just a lot better without weed. I think a lot of people can benefit from weed, but I think weed nowadays is WAY too fucking strong. For everyone to be running around smoking fat joints with 20% THC bud or doing dabs/vape pens with fucking 90%+ THC wax; I personally am just confident that doing that is NOT good for the vast majority of people out there.

A lot of people use weed like they use anti-depressants: to mask their pain. They use it as a way to make life be more bearable, less painful, and thus a little more comfortable. HOWEVER, just like with anti-depressants. This is demotivating. When something about your life sucks and you are unhappy about it, that is MOTIVATION to make a fucking change!! I see people on antidepressants or benzos the same as I see on weed, they are just coasting through life, not very happy with things, but not really unhappy enough to make a change for the better.

Weed has it's place. I think that place should be carefully prescribed and monitored by a medical professional that specializes in weed and psychedelics--whether the person is using it for mental support or for physical pain.

There are a lot of good things too, in places where weed is legalized, opioid prescriptions dropped significantly. That is a HUGE benefit during the fucking opioid epidemic that big pharma PURPOSEFULLY CAUSED in America!

Then I also definitely think it has a place as a recreational substance. I think smoking a little bit and going for a hike or bike ride is amazing! Or taking a small hit and watching a funny show/movie. But I don't think people should wake and bake or be high all the time--weed is addictive and people become physically dependent on it. When they stop they get restless, their appetite goes away, they get anxious and can't sleep.

Okay, I'm done blabbering now. Weed can be good, but like most things, we have seriously fucked it up. We've made it into this grotesque plant that is way more potent than it ever should have been, just to cater to the top .01% of potheads out there, while normal people need bud that is high in terpenes and CBD and maybe like 4-7% THC. People are misusing and abusing it just like everything else they get their hands on. A lot of people are perfectly find with this, but a lot of people fool themselves into thinking it is benefitting their life when really it is holding them back.

Didn't read the whole thing, but FUCK YES

To if something in your life is bothering you, change it. Don't mask the problem. It'll never go away.

 

[Mdrock98]

Didn't read the whole thing, but FUCK YES

To if something in your life is bothering you, change it. Don't mask the problem. It'll never go away.

Bro. Who said u was aloud to chime in [emoji848][emoji6][emoji1787]

 

[CompoundLifts31]

Bro. Who said u was aloud to chime in [emoji848][emoji6][emoji1787]

I am learning these things right now!! You, of all people, know that.

So we're subbing out homemade wine for weed?!?

 

[Mdrock98]

I am learning these things right now!! You, of all people, know that.

So we're subbing out homemade wine for weed?!?

You already know... haha... come up bro.. we shall drink and be merry! Lol

 

[Cashton]

My consumption has wained since I was a teenager and in college, but I'm still a regular, daily consumer. I just consume less in a sitting now. It reduces the anxiety from my aspergers and ADHD, which in turn allows me to actually get shit done. Too much is counter productive, but so was too much Ritalin, and weed doesn't make me grind my teeth for six hours.

Like anything, dosage is the difference between medicine and poison.

Same! My consumption has reduced drastically though, 2 months ago or even last month maybe I was going though an oz every 8 days between my girlfriend and I, we’ve had the same ounce this month for 15 days and still have over a quarter left!

I don’t take any of those crazy medications they used to prescribe be though, made me not feel like the same person and for sure wasn’t doing me any favours.

edit: I don’t know that I believe the diagnosis either, they did it when I was super little...

 

[canadian mutant]

Weed saves my life on Deca/Tren. Legal nationwide where I’m from

 

[MindlessWork]

Same! My consumption has reduced drastically though, 2 months ago or even last month maybe I was going though an oz every 8 days between my girlfriend and I, we’ve had the same ounce this month for 15 days and still have over a quarter left!

I don’t take any of those crazy medications they used to prescribe be though, made me not feel like the same person and for sure wasn’t doing me any favours.

edit: I don’t know that I believe the diagnosis either, they did it when I was super little...

I used to be put on anti-d's when I was little as well but they made me into a zombie. Weed helped me so much better thus became a big user by time I started college.

 

[Cashton]

I used to be put on anti-d's when I was little as well but they made me into a zombie. Weed helped me so much better thus became a big user by time I started college.

That’s what I’m saying man, my girlfriend and I would go though a few ounces a month, I think this month will be the first an ounce will last us almost the whole month, I’ve also cut back on smoking drastically too because of it, 1 pack a week right now between the 2 of us.

 

[MindlessWork]

That’s what I’m saying man, my girlfriend and I would go though a few ounces a month, I think this month will be the first an ounce will last us almost the whole month, I’ve also cut back on smoking drastically too because of it, 1 pack a week right now between the 2 of us.

Nice. So weed works (in moderation of course). Great you kicked the ciggies...better for you!

Yes weed kept me nice and stable mentally thru college and my depressive episodes have waned as I learned to avoid the triggers.

 

[Cashton]

Nice. So weed works (in moderation of course). Great you kicked the ciggies...better for you!

Yeah I’m trying to stop completely but down to 1 or 2 a day, and I don’t actually “smoke them” I put a little with my weed lol.

 

[Big_paul]

Your argument for peds, is irrelevant, because they are widely used even to this day for medical purposes... testosterone, var, masterone. My point is, is that people are led to believe that weed is some miracle medicine, when it's really not

My point is that the decision to use peds or marajuana should be left up to the individual as it is to use alcohol.

I'm not going to argue whether or not there are legitimate medical uses for anabolic steroids or marajuana. I don't care, that doesn't concern me. I just feel both should be legal w/o a prescription.

 

[Cashton]

My point is that the decision to use peds or marajuana should be left up to the individual as it is to use alcohol.

I'm not going to argue whether or not there are legitimate medical uses for anabolic steroids or marajuana. I don't care, that doesn't concern me. I just feel both should be legal.

In Canada weed is legal, while steroids aren’t exactly legal, the cops won’t even take them from you unless you’re selling them, though a good portion of our law enforcement surely juices.

 

[Cashton]

Your addicted, and you justified your excuses. There is no evidence.

I sir, do not want to be addicted to anything.

I will always be ahead of the game because I do not smoke. There is actually very few specific medical uses it is used for.. one is enhancing cancer patients appetite after chemo.. not much else after that. In can induce psychosis and schizophrenia.

It’s also used in a number is seizure disorders and some nerve disorders where the patients can’t even fucking move properly without smoking a joint, now tell us some more about your medical background so you can keep telling us how it has no medical uses? Would love to hear it