Marijuana.

[DirtMechanic]

Nope.

 

[La Garden]

Late to the topic. In Louisiana the law is crazy making it both the first state to make it legal if ordered by an MD but no functioning way to grow the crop, so illegal.
My exp is both positive and negative.
First off I did not need for myself, but a family member with chronic pain. I will no go into how or where I grew it, but the stuff grew better then every other vegetable I was growing. Which I started to hate. That is beside the point.
Smoking was out of the question so small amounts in chocolate chip cookies. It worked great pain relif for several hours, except in short order developed an allergy. Swelling lips, short of breath, rash the whole 9 yards. Good thing I keep benadryl on hand.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Late to the topic. In Louisiana the law is crazy making it both the first state to make it legal if ordered by an MD but no functioning way to grow the crop, so illegal.
My exp is both positive and negative.
First off I did not need for myself, but a family member with chronic pain. I will no go into how or where I grew it, but the stuff grew better then every other vegetable I was growing. Which I started to hate. That is beside the point.
Smoking was out of the question so small amounts in chocolate chip cookies. It worked great pain relif for several hours, except in short order developed an allergy. Swelling lips, short of breath, rash the whole 9 yards. Good thing I keep benadryl on hand.

By the propaganda I should think it was a perfect cure for all the ills of humanity. I notice a large advertising expenditure on CBD oil, whatever that is, and in my mind I see a sales effort for vegetable or canola oil since it is sold as an oil with no mental influence.

 

[La Garden]

CBD is only good for seizure control, the parents with these children went all out made it a national issue. THC has more uses, but research is like you stated, no where near the current levels of hype. Cancer research is the works, with both good and bad results. The problem with funding research in this area is no return on money spent. Limited funds so many long years before anyone knows for sure the value of the plant outside a group of young adults at a music show.

Research shows synthetic compounds of marijuana may help stop cancer cell growth

DERRY TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. – Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine believe they may have found a way to use compounds of cannabis to batt...

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Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine believe they may have found a way to use compounds of cannabis to battle colon cancer. The year and a half long study shows some synthetic compounds were able to slow or stop the growth of the cancer

 

[Durgan]

This was in Quora. A heart wrenching article that Aficionados don't want to hear.

I smoked marijuana for 4 years, all day, everyday(well, almost) and finally decided to stop smoking, 2 weeks ago. Let me correct that statement, trying to quit.

1) Addiction

I never realized I was addicted to it until I decided to quit.

In these 4 years there have been times like holidays which I spent with my parents or travelling as long as a month or two and I never craved for it during such times. It made me believe what I read over the internet about marijuana not being addictive. I knew I'll be smoking again once I was back to college after the holidays. I never faced any issues, no withdrawal symptoms !

A couple of weeks back, a friend of mine shared with me his experience of quitting and it was awful ! I thought I'll give it a shot and try quit.

The first 4-5 days were not an issue, but I kept reminding myself that I was never going to smoke. Then it began, I started getting anxious, and there were times that nose alone was not enough for the amount of air I needed. Insomnia, nausea, severe headaches, muscular cramps and loss of appetite are minor issues to me right now. What is really troubling me is all these emotions that I feel are trying to come out. I often end up crying for no reason, I have already broken my lamp, tore two books, my room is a mess as of now as I end up throwing stuff around. I feel very, very vulnerable. Anything I try to eat, I end up throwing up, which is why I am on complete liquid diet, except that diet is just plain water. My body is rejecting almost everything else.

Hey, I might be an exception, but I can safely conclude that I did get addicted.

2) Health

A little change of diet had significant effects on my weight, one month I weigh 150 pounds, the next 200 pounds and the next 170 pounds. This is to just give you an idea, it was a lot worse.

Everyone in my family has great hair, shiny black, thick and very very dense. For me, its in the past now. The lustre is gone, over 40% of my hair does not exist now and if we ever meet, please do not pull my hair, I will lose all the hair you can get hold off.

I don't think I even need to mention the loss in stamina. I played football in my high school and college freshman year. I could hardly run half a mile without dropping dead.

I started stammering and often found myself at loss of words. It got harder for me to convert ideas into actions, or thoughts into words.

Retention or access to previously learnt things got harder.

Now, imagine a 24 year old with the above mentioned issues with dark circles.

Around 24, one is supposed to be at the prime of his/her health ( if no other medical issues). Do you think I am ?

On July 1st , 2014, the day I decided to quit, I weighed 219 pounds.
On July 14th, 2014, the date I am writing this, I weigh 193 pounds.

3) Education and Career

I was not the smartest kid in my program, but I was in the top 15 in a class of 120 students in the freshman year.

I managed to finish my program with the rest of the class, but I was in the bottom 3. The other two were my friends who smoked as well.

I started my own company, we made web based products. A senior helped me get projects(based partly on our lies and the presentation), I failed to meet the deadline for each one them and 7 months later, when I ran out of resources, I had to shut it down.

Unemployed for the past 6 months.

( I know there are people who have made it big with this habit, you must know a lot of them. But, guess who you don't know about, a lot of them who failed.)

4) Relationships

I preferred smoking up and watching movies or playing PC games or listen to Floyd, Creed, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Godsmack, Metallica with occasional 311 and techno. It was the best feeling in the world, everything else was just secondary.

My girlfriend dumped me, lost complete contact with any friend who was not a part of my smoking circle, the teachers hated me( I was sloppy and late, always).

In March of 2014, my grandma passed away. We were very close, indeed she home schooled me for the first 3-4 years of my life, we often travelled together and it is safe to say that most of my pre adult life, I had spent with her. While she was being cremated, I smoked up a joint and was listening to Empty Spaces and Fat old sun. I did not cry, I did not feel a thing. And today when I am writing this, I am ashamed of myself. She loved me more than anyone will ever do, she deserved those tears.

(Now I am crying, I really miss her today.)

I did not even say goodbye to her, I did not even say goodbye. I'll have to live with this for the rest of my life.

---------------

PS :- Lets for a moment assume that I was an exception and 95% of the people go through their life without anything going wary. But trust me, you don't want to end up among us 5%. All the peace, the numbness, the happiness, the music, the artistic feeling is not worth it. All this can be done without weed.

Please, keep off the grass.

 

[Giri]

Here in Andalusia, Spain, marijuana has been de-criminalised, with some caveats.
I can grow it in my garden out of sight of the public, for my own use. I can smoke it on private property.
Anything outside these conditions is illegal.
Although I´ve had no noticeable negative effects in 45 years I do not recommend it since people vary in their reaction and their purpose.
I can buy seeds at my local garden centre, both feminised automatics and full term, and special marijuana compost.
Durban Poison, AK47, White Widow and Mango have done well for me so far.
I find it a lovely, fascinating plant to grow, and a great aid to anything creative.

 

[PaulBones]

A lot of people don’t realize how personal and variable cannabis use really is.

That said, for anyone in the UK looking into the legal medical route, it’s actually become more accessible recently. Clinics like Mamedica are getting a lot of attention, they focus on prescribing cannabis for specific conditions, with proper oversight. Definitely a more controlled and less risky option than trying to self-manage with street sources or homegrows, especially if you’re dealing with chronic issues.

Still not perfect, but better than a few years ago.

 

[Walapini-Kid]

Al

This was in Quora. A heart wrenching article that Aficionados don't want to hear.

I smoked marijuana for 4 years, all day, everyday(well, almost) and finally decided to stop smoking, 2 weeks ago. Let me correct that statement, trying to quit.

1) Addiction

I never realized I was addicted to it until I decided to quit.

In these 4 years there have been times like holidays which I spent with my parents or travelling as long as a month or two and I never craved for it during such times. It made me believe what I read over the internet about marijuana not being addictive. I knew I'll be smoking again once I was back to college after the holidays. I never faced any issues, no withdrawal symptoms !

A couple of weeks back, a friend of mine shared with me his experience of quitting and it was awful ! I thought I'll give it a shot and try quit.

The first 4-5 days were not an issue, but I kept reminding myself that I was never going to smoke. Then it began, I started getting anxious, and there were times that nose alone was not enough for the amount of air I needed. Insomnia, nausea, severe headaches, muscular cramps and loss of appetite are minor issues to me right now. What is really troubling me is all these emotions that I feel are trying to come out. I often end up crying for no reason, I have already broken my lamp, tore two books, my room is a mess as of now as I end up throwing stuff around. I feel very, very vulnerable. Anything I try to eat, I end up throwing up, which is why I am on complete liquid diet, except that diet is just plain water. My body is rejecting almost everything else.

Hey, I might be an exception, but I can safely conclude that I did get addicted.

2) Health

A little change of diet had significant effects on my weight, one month I weigh 150 pounds, the next 200 pounds and the next 170 pounds. This is to just give you an idea, it was a lot worse.

Everyone in my family has great hair, shiny black, thick and very very dense. For me, its in the past now. The lustre is gone, over 40% of my hair does not exist now and if we ever meet, please do not pull my hair, I will lose all the hair you can get hold off.

I don't think I even need to mention the loss in stamina. I played football in my high school and college freshman year. I could hardly run half a mile without dropping dead.

I started stammering and often found myself at loss of words. It got harder for me to convert ideas into actions, or thoughts into words.

Retention or access to previously learnt things got harder.

Now, imagine a 24 year old with the above mentioned issues with dark circles.

Around 24, one is supposed to be at the prime of his/her health ( if no other medical issues). Do you think I am ?

On July 1st , 2014, the day I decided to quit, I weighed 219 pounds.
On July 14th, 2014, the date I am writing this, I weigh 193 pounds.

3) Education and Career

I was not the smartest kid in my program, but I was in the top 15 in a class of 120 students in the freshman year.

I managed to finish my program with the rest of the class, but I was in the bottom 3. The other two were my friends who smoked as well.

I started my own company, we made web based products. A senior helped me get projects(based partly on our lies and the presentation), I failed to meet the deadline for each one them and 7 months later, when I ran out of resources, I had to shut it down.

Unemployed for the past 6 months.

( I know there are people who have made it big with this habit, you must know a lot of them. But, guess who you don't know about, a lot of them who failed.)

4) Relationships

I preferred smoking up and watching movies or playing PC games or listen to Floyd, Creed, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Godsmack, Metallica with occasional 311 and techno. It was the best feeling in the world, everything else was just secondary.

My girlfriend dumped me, lost complete contact with any friend who was not a part of my smoking circle, the teachers hated me( I was sloppy and late, always).

In March of 2014, my grandma passed away. We were very close, indeed she home schooled me for the first 3-4 years of my life, we often travelled together and it is safe to say that most of my pre adult life, I had spent with her. While she was being cremated, I smoked up a joint and was listening to Empty Spaces and Fat old sun. I did not cry, I did not feel a thing. And today when I am writing this, I am ashamed of myself. She loved me more than anyone will ever do, she deserved those tears.

(Now I am crying, I really miss her today.)

I did not even say goodbye to her, I did not even say goodbye. I'll have to live with this for the rest of my life.

---------------

PS :- Lets for a moment assume that I was an exception and 95% of the people go through their life without anything going wary. But trust me, you don't want to end up among us 5%. All the peace, the numbness, the happiness, the music, the artistic feeling is not worth it. All this can be done without weed.

Please, keep off the grass.

All I can say is I have smoked cannabis since 1974 and have NEVER heard of anything remotely like this described experience, which I very much doubt is real. (unless you believe, if it's on the internet it must be true) I have heard of a few people perhaps 5% of those who try cannabis have an unpleasant experience and therefore do not partake.

While I do not advocate for it's use, I can't believe fabricating stories to promote fear in people is a responsible way to encourage others not to try using cannabis.
Just my 2cents... From 50+ years experience

 

[gary350]

I grew 1 weed plant 47 years ago. I fertilized plant well and threw all my compost around the plant also. Urine turns to ammonia = nitrogen I peed on the plant many times every day. When plant has about 20 limbs cut of the ends, each end will grow 2 tops like a Y shape. Now 20 tops become 40 tops. Cut tops off again it grows back 80 tops. Trim again you get 160 tops. Trim again now plant has 320 tops. Trim again now plant has 640 tops. Near harvest time leaves turn sticky and very dark green color. 8 days after plant grows flower tops is maximum THC. Pull plants up by the roots, hang plants up side down in a hot attic. All the liquid & tar in the stems gravity flow into the leaves. When leaves are mostly dry time to harvest leaves. All my hippy friends side it was the best weed they ever smoked it took a while for the whole group of us to smoke 1 lb. of weed. Weed makes every thing funny but it always took me 3 days to be able to think straight again. I don't like the feeling of being retarded for 3 days. I was taking Engineering classes in college I had to stopped smoking weed or flunk out of school. That was 46 years ago I never smoked it again.

 

[Meadowlark]

The study found people who used cannabis chronically had significantly reduced vascular function. Those who consumed edibles had more degradation than those who smoked weed

New study finds cannabis edibles raise risk of premature heart disease

The study found people who used cannabis chronically - including in edible form - had significantly reduced vascular function.

www.usatoday.com

 

[gary350]

The study found people who used cannabis chronically had significantly reduced vascular function. Those who consumed edibles had more degradation than those who smoked weed

New study finds cannabis edibles raise risk of premature heart disease

The study found people who used cannabis chronically - including in edible form - had significantly reduced vascular function.

www.usatoday.com

I can't remember the class I took is college where we learned how studies are really done.

You survey 100,000. people to try a new product. 99,000. said they do not like this produce. 10,000. say they like the new product. You trash the 99,000. surveys now the company can claim, 10,000. people were surveyed they all like the new product.

NEVER trust any survey Rich people are greedy they never have enough money.

 

[roadrunner]

We humans are always on the look out for some magical "pill" to fix what ails us. The fact is that exercise remains the best medicine. However, there is no money in that and people don't want to hear this anyway, because it requires work. So there will always be a magical "pill" that is claimed to be the cure-all.

Years ago, I remember the study that said red wine was practically a medicine for the cardiovascular system. So many people were happy to hear that and all of the propagandists news anchors were selling this every night on the news.

Always follow the money and there is a lot of money in Mary Jane.

We're such suckers.

 

[Meadowlark]

I can't remember the class I took is college where we learned how studies are really done.

If you had read the reference, you would have seen this was NOT a survey.

Rather it was a scientific medical analysis by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, who analyzed the cardiovascular health of 55 people who consumed cannabis at least three times a week for at least a year.

They found vascular function was reduced by about half when compared with those who did not consume cannabis regularly.

 

[gary350]

We humans are always on the look out for some magical "pill" to fix what ails us. The fact is that exercise remains the best medicine. However, there is no money in that and people don't want to hear this anyway, because it requires work. So there will always be a magical "pill" that is claimed to be the cure-all.

Years ago, I remember the study that said red wine was practically a medicine for the cardiovascular system. So many people were happy to hear that and all of the propagandists news anchors were selling this every night on the news.

Always follow the money and there is a lot of money in Mary Jane.

We're such suckers.

If someone would create a place where you hike or ride a bicycle a certain number of miles to reach a location where you receive an hour of great sex 1000s of people would be there every day. People need a good reason to exercise.

I like to ride my bicycle 20 miles along the river to enjoy the, out doors, birds, squirrels, rabbits, other animals, water fall. I poke along 10 mph easy ride and get wet at the water fall.

 

[roadrunner]

Speaking of riding a bike....I've been riding a bike as my primary form of transportation since the mid-80's; I even had nearly a 50-mile roundtrip commute to work at one point and have done several self-supported cycling tours on a bike.

However, as much as I'm an advocate for cycling, I'm don't recommend for maintaining life-long health, although it's a tool, along with running, that should be in the tool box.

If there was one activity that I think is good for maintaining life-long health, I'd recommend Strength training.

Here's a very good and uplifting example provided by the daughter of two 80+ y/o parents. She shows just how this training improved their lives in just a short 5-months.