#148731 - 03/19/09 01:49 PM
PAIN & MARIJUANA
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hotwheels
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Registered: 03/19/09
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Loc: California
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This is my first time on this thread so bear with me! I am inquiring if anybody has received any relief from pain using marijuana (edible or vaporizer) so you dont inhale all those chemicals that come with smoking it! I ask because I am really getting tired of feeling like a guinea pig, experimenting with different meds the MD's prescribe. I have to be able to function because I work and try to maintan and active life! Its been 18 years since my sci, and at first I was getting tons of diferent meds! After a real bad experience, I stopped cold turkey and went thru withdrawals (didnt know it at the time) bad. So now I only get the meds if I am haing a bad day!!!!!which is most of the time but I just try and bite the bullet and ride it out!! In case it helps, I am a t-12, L-1 incomplete fracture
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#148971 - 03/22/09 10:35 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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Lola
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i think most of the marijuana users here smoke it...but the brownies are yummy, lol... they do help with pain, spasms and it makes me have the best sleep ever! even though i'm an occasional user, i rather smoke it, though.
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#148974 - 03/22/09 11:42 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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flicka
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Edible is great if you manage the dosage right. That's the key, otherwise you'll end up so relaxed & pain-free that you'll get nothing productive accomplished.
A friend of mine swears by his Volcano(?) vaporizer. The tabacco stores in our area sell bongs & vaporizers, you might want to check out any in your area to see what's available.
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#149014 - 03/23/09 10:58 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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flicka
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Did y'all see where the new Attorney General has told his officers NOT to go after pot sellers/users unless they are in violation of BOTH state and federal laws? 
It will be interesting to see if Holder's stance will make a difference for a local guy who is being sentenced today in Federal court. He's facing something like 100 years. The case has been interesting to me from the beginning because his dispensary was a target of the sheriff's dept. I'd love to be privy to the inner workings of the case. IMO our sheriff dept should not have been involved in raiding & arresting, but that hasn't appeared to be the case.
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#149018 - 03/23/09 11:50 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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Lola
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I think there are 13 states that have laws allowing medicinal pot - wish I lived in one of them. 
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#149024 - 03/23/09 02:09 PM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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flicka
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A federal judge in Los Angeles this morning postponed the sentencing of a man who emerged as a key figure in the national debate over medical marijuana, saying he wanted additional information about a reported change in the Justice Department’s policy regarding such prosecutions.
U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu asked prosecutors for a written response from the Justice Department about its position on medical marijuana prosecutions in light of recent comments from Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Holder said last week that the Justice Department under President Obama had no plans to prosecute dispensary owners who operated within their state's law.
Wu said he did not believe that any change in policy would affect the conviction of Charles Lynch, 47. But the judge said he wanted to consider any new information about the policy before imposing sentence.
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#154052 - 06/19/09 02:35 PM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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cbal-craig
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I use a vaporizer because there is no smoke and all you breath in is the THC. My pain doctor said that was the safest way to use Marijuana along with eating it but as Flicka said it is hard to dose.
Edited by cbal-craig (06/19/09 02:36 PM)
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#154061 - 06/19/09 05:12 PM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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soda
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don't talk about cw's pot use!
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#154426 - 06/25/09 05:24 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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Robbo96b
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I wish the side affect didn't screw me up so much or I would do it too. Can't afford the dang stuff here in Cali anyway, even the club weed with all the wacky names is way too dang expensive. And way way too powerful. I used to use it to detox off opiate pain meds to avoid upping the dosage. But it affects us all differently I guess.
Good luck, and if it quits working for you, in other words, starts making it too hard to take care of yourself and your business. Then I hope you can stop.
It was a long strange and mostly fun trip, but everything changes.
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#157321 - 07/18/09 12:46 PM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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AzGary
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I relied on pot to relieve my pain for decades.
I have not used it regularly in a decade, occassional use, maybe once a year or so..depending.
I mainly smoked it, made brownies for sure, they can be extremely potent, it will take some trai/error to find out how much pot you need in your brownie mix or you'll be too loaded to do anything!
I don't miss smoking pot, I've learned to handle "most" of my pain, no all, at times I'll use a tylenol or tylenol PM, they take away most of the pain, enough to get a decent nights sleep.
Pain is difficult and each person must understand that continual use of "pain relievers/drugs]is a never ending battle...
Use ONLY what you "need", not what you "want"...
Neurogenic pain, especially in lower extremeties is a life long battle, either learn to not let it control you...or it will!
Yes, it's easier said than done, but drugs of any kinds are insidious and you'll just want more..and more...etc..etc...etc
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#157442 - 07/22/09 11:15 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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notyourbutterfly
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Use ONLY what you "need", not what you "want"...
Neurogenic pain, especially in lower extremeties is a life long battle, either learn to not let it control you...or it will!
Well said. I am at the beginning of this, only been suffering for 2 years, but I have found that it is very hard to always take charge of my pain. So often I am just so tired and worn down that the pain wins. My hope is that someday I will have the upper hand
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#157578 - 07/23/09 08:52 PM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
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Lola
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Well said. I am at the beginning of this, only been suffering for 2 years, but I have found that it is very hard to always take charge of my pain. So often I am just so tired and worn down that the pain wins. My hope is that someday I will have the upper hand
do you take neurontin or other med to treat your nerve pain?
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#157589 - 07/24/09 12:19 AM
Re: PAIN & MARIJUANA
[Re: Lola]
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notyourbutterfly
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I take tomamax and I take psyc meds that they say help - personally I think they just keep me on this side of crazy. lol.
I use to be the type to turn up my nose at any pain medication, now I take it regularly and have my back up and a back up to the back up. <sigh> I know I'm preaching to the choir, sorry.
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