Community | August 26, 2010 | 101 comments

When your cure is illegal, you're forced to make the choice to "Live Free or Die"

ShonaBanda
LIVE FREE OR DIE PROMO!! For those who have been waiting to meet me, here I am! A very short clip of a bit of what I've been through, and how I look...(just last week), and more education. Please help me to make this as viral as possible, lets help those who need to make that choice to "Live Free or Die"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQrT0sDxyc
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101 comments // When your cure is illegal, you're forced to make the choice to "Live Free or Die" // Video

  • Introspective
  • Ken_Clegg
  • EmperorThan
    • +3
      EmperorThan  
    • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I USED TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO FLOWER OF LIFE BOULDER!!! It's at Broadway and Quince! It was right above a good Chinese place to eat and right by O! Pizza.

    • 1 year ago
  • franklinpeanut
  • JustinKander
    • +6
      JustinKander  
    • Ayipis, it is sad to see how misguided you are about cannabis. I agree that some people abuse it, but most people actually use it for the right reasons. I have so many friends who smoke, but are very successful people, myself included. Why is that so hard to believe? Basically all adults drink alcohol, and that is so god damn bad for you, and the effects are so much stronger than cannabis.

      And forget about recreational use. This stuff CURES CANCER. It cures other diseases too, like Shona's Crohn's. That is huge, and to resist it merely because you are misguided about its recreational use is on the level of Nazism. Do the research, change your mind, and change your avatar!

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • -5
      ayipis  
    • JustinKander:

      marley smoked that shit like crazy..but he died of what?? there is NO RIGHT REASON to smoke marijuana..of course now..not UNLESS YOU ARE SICK..other than that..all you are doing is ..escaping reality..same thing with alcohol..same thing with any other drug..when you use it other than WHAT ITS INTENDED USE..then sir..you are abusing it..

      now you cry about nazism..may i remind you that smoking weed also cause paranoia..(ahem ahem) if you need to smoke it.smoke it but please dont advocate it to be legalized because all you are doing is exposing this to a lot of people.KIDS....most of the medical marijuana dispensary customers i seen and know are NOT EVEN SICK...they are abusing it and they are abusing the system that provides FOR THE SICK....

      next time you do your research think of it from a standpoint of someone who cares about other people..i am not worried because LIFE AND TIME will change your mind ..and what is wrong with my avatar?? you got something against minorities??

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • +2
      c3bhm  
    • ayipis:

      I want to re-acknowledge you've got some very solid sponsoring-thoughts/ideas in what you're saying. (See my first post, again, if you like.)

      As for cancer, Healing (the FULL process of healing, holistically - which is a process that modern medicine is only really even BEGINNING to understand) requires not just the right medicine (whether it's plant-based or pharmaceutical) but the right *attitude*. So just because someone is taking the medicine, doesn't mean it's going to heal them if their soul isn't committed to healing via their attitude. If you look at Marley's later life, one can see that a huge chunk of his heart was burnt out - he'd already lived several lifetime's worth of lives w/ all his fame and touring - so it's certainly possible that while he was almost certainly not suicidal, he could have been READY TO GO deep down. Millions of cancer sufferers have been like this - deep down their soul is actually ready to Go. Being ready to go is likely what sponsored the cancer *in the first place*. (Medicine IS that complex!)
      But a lot of people with cancer have souls that are fighting for Life, inch by inch, tooth and claw. (Like say a young mom *with kids* who SIMPLY CAN NOT DIE.) Those attitudes will likely be able to mesh with the plant-spirit-medicine and defeat the cancer.
      The relationship that our brain's receptor sites have with THC is woven into the fabric of our very Being. It's ultra complex, down to our most detailed brain chemistry. So it's Powerfully integrated into our deepest perceptions of ourselves and the world around us. Because it's so integrated into our 'souls' like that, it actually has the potential to heal major illnesses. Seems kind of like 'magic' at this point, but that's only because our science hasn't caught up yet. The bottom line is that cannabis puts energy into our bodies on a *spiritual* level, and the ramifications of that are mind-boggling. Once the laws get more mature, our society is going to spend the next 50 years exploring the beauties of this potential. Scientists, spiritual leaders, etc.

      As for paranoia, marijuana is not a party drug that guarantees a particular payoff or outcome, like ecstasy or speed. It will reflect what's going on in a persons full Being, which includes all 7 'chakra-consciousnesses', which includes the core chakra of the Heart, which means ALL of your deepest feelings/emotions. When that hornet's nest is stirred up by a big toke of strong weed, look out! A lot of people who've got some stresses, fears, and insecurities inside that aren't getting dealt with through stuff like counselling, meditation, yoga, etc. then MAJOR anxieties and paranoias can come out. There are so many modern/Western stressed-out and repressed people (heck, that's the average American) who try pot and have that reaction and then decide that they don't like. That's SUCH a tragedy because the plant is giving them the gift of seeing and feeling into their deeper selves. It's not a guaranteed "fun" high. It can be a panic-attack-inducing anxiety 'high'. Many many people are so spiritually and emotionally undeveloped that they don't want to look at or feel what's going on deep inside. It's scary and when they start to really acknowledge some of those feelings, big changes in life often result (job quitting, break-ups, etc.) Most people want to remain comfortable in their status-quo, even if it's a cold and dysfunctional kind of comfort. Those folks often prefer and groove with alcohol. (Yeeeesh.)

      I'm with you about how TONS of people are abusing the medical marijuana system to just get high safe from the law when they don't actually use it as a genuine medicine. Half of me doesn't blame them because they are simply outfoxing the ridiculous marijuana laws that are still on the books. But half of me wishes the system was far more strict. I think it should AT LEAST be like getting a driver's license or a concealed weapons permit. There should be mandatory education/tests/interviews. (Not just by some doctor who tosses out licenses left and right, at the drop of the right key-phrase buzzwords, at $99 a pop.) THAT SAID, I would want the list of conditions for getting a medical license to be GREATLY expanded. The current list of 'legitimate' reasons is way too old-school and narrow-minded.

      Sorry for the flak on here about your avatar. That seems lame. But on open-forum internet sites, that's pretty much par for the course (for now).

    • 1 year ago
  • Ken_Clegg
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      Ken_Clegg  
    • c3bhm:

      you ought to post @ A420Nation .com, it's becoming a conglomeration of advocacy groups and mmj/legalization websites. they are getting a lot of good technical and biological input, but nothing this organic from a spiritual/energy perspective. And I agree !00% on the tighter restrictions for patients but at the same time broaden requirements for ailments, there are benefits that modern science and western populations have not even acknowledged yet. I login over there as GodBud, holler at me if you see online.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
  • shoppingkharma
    • +1
      shoppingkharma  
    • ayipis:

      So are you saying that there is nothing at all wrong with Alcohol and Prescription drugs; why not outlaw food? it's addictive too. Some people feel that there should a law for everything and I don't feel these people understand what our country what actually founded on (hello "freedom"?) There are many prescription drugs that are on the market that also cause paranoia.

      Bob Marley died of Melanoma which is basically skin cancer; he did not die of pot. In fact there have been 0 deaths by pot since the beginning of time. Caffeine also causes paranoia; should we also outlaw that? I personally feel that we should own our own bodies when we are adults; end this costly drug war and regulate and tax all drugs. This would create extra money for rehab and or education. I don't feel that our bodies should be a property of the state or gov't. Cannabis has been legal for medicinal use and recreational use for over 10,000 years. Why is it all of a sudden a dangerous drug even though you never hear about people going home and beating their spouses or children after smoking a bong hit?

    • 1 year ago
  • ShonaBanda
    • +5
      ShonaBanda  
    • Oh, yeah, and for those who need to know, this method does not get you high... only better, I still smoked for pain and nausea during entire process (I still have my regimen) The oil shown is a red oil. When the oil is red, the CBDs, CBN, CBGs,ect are in higher amounts, while the THC which will cause the "head high" is very low. This method is perfect for anyone who wants to try it. Some, who have never consumed the plant, may feel something within the first week, so if that is the case I would suggest start with one a night for seven days to build your tolerance and get a feel of how if will effect you before you start your 3x a day regimen.

    • 1 year ago
  • ShonaBanda
    • +4
      ShonaBanda  
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    • http://alexneedshelp.com

      I thought this should only be used for the "sick" until I moved to Boulder and started to work on a daily basis with patients at a dispensary.
      You would not believe the benefits this has on so many people! Certain strains can do certain things, I can suggest one for Depression, anxiety, PTSD, Autism, Pain, Sleep, and for those who may need I can even suggest you with clarity and energy. I used to wait tables and could hold up to 8 orders in my head at once... I had a million things going on. I am now normal..LOL, I can now focus and complete tasks, I cant hold 8 orders in my head any longer... just being able to focus has helped me tremendously in my adult life. This plant truly can help your mind to expand, and think outside the box as well which is why artists and musicians are known to love it.
      It is miraculous on repairing neurons in the brain... this is amazing, check out this site...
      alexneedshelp.com

      @BlackRaiser yes in my research I have found it is what is used in the holy anointing oil that was used in Biblical times, I had to research that aspect because when you mix this with lotion or put it on topically it will take pain away instantaneously, it works on arthritis, bruises, burns, bites, and so much more!

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
  • hunzedog
  • ShonaBanda
    • +3
      ShonaBanda  
    • ayipis:

      One of the many gripes that I might have with you is your ignorance on this subject. The fact that you put up irresponsible teens on a vid makes no diff to me. If you give a teen liquor, they can do this and much more. Anything can be used or abused. The fact that there is a true and legitamate reason for this plant, is world changing. This is a medication and should be looked at as such... lets just keep that in mind first and foremost. At the same time... I believe it should be legalized completly. Teens can get ahold of liqour or cannabis without a parents permission, it is up to that parent to prepare for that day, teach thier children to behave responsibly for when peer pressure hits. The adults of society need to accept the responsibity to raise thier children properly, if you are teaching your child that this plant is evil, I will point my finger in neglagence! As adults, parents, and voters of this crazy world I emplore you to be honest and forthright with our youth, be responsible, but don't let this youth conform to the lies that ayipis has believed from "reefer maddness". Stand up! Speak up! IF THE TRUTH WON'T WORK.... WHAT WILL?

    • 1 year ago
  • shoppingkharma
    • 0
      shoppingkharma  
    • ayipis:

      I know it's safer to relax after a very stressful day at work; how is that harming anyone? It's much better than finishing a 6 pack of beer; at least you don't stink or get that huge beer gut. I can't wait until it's legal; I know it will would help bring World Peace.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • -9
      ayipis  
    • if you think about it..the reason why this "cure' is demonized is because its being abused by an overwhelming amount of people WHO ARE NOT SICK..pretty much messing up a good thing for the truly sick.

      honestly...ask yourself....are you sick??? do you smoke this to cure an illness??do you smoke this because of some ancient ritual or some benevolent ceremony??

    • 1 year ago
  • toastyguy11
    • +2
      toastyguy11  
    • ayipis:

      Isn't that true about every prescription drug? People are going to abuse something whether it's legal or not, but cannabis can help so many people, has negligable side effects, and unlike most prescription drugs, is impossible to overdose on.

    • 1 year ago
  • SativaShaman
    • +2
      SativaShaman  
    • ayipis:

      hey, uninformed dipwad, have you any idea how far reaching this is? It's got the possibility of reversing organ oxidative damage, HIV, multiple forms of neurological disorders, depression just being one, causes autophagy in tumors, scrubs "spots" clean in lungs, liver, spine, brain,etc. just to name a few things. It's something EVERYONE can benefit from, EVERYONE!! I've watched it work on multiple people with varying ailments, for anyone to say otherwise, is simply uninformed and ignorant to the truth(sadly, most likely religious and therefore easily manipulated). On controls(no overwhelming condition where death is almost certain) over 50, it revitalized them immensely, increased concentration, cognitive ability, reasoning, logic and all around increased the value of lives lived by them. As sad as it is, no matter what facts are shown, most people won't wake up. Because their conditions improved without the help of doctors the healthcare system is looking into the people that've been medicating this way, not very happy at what's being done without the aid of their drugs. All have stopped their pain meds, and have an improved quality of life not experienced by the public. Now, sit on that and marinate for a min. before you start spilling the ignorance that is your brain goo all over the internet. Thanks

    • 1 year ago
  • shoppingkharma
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      shoppingkharma  
    • ayipis:

      Thankfully I am still alive nearly 8 years later. I have recurrent Advanced Ovarian Cancer and because of this plant I am still alive. It helps me a lot with appetite (I'm skin and bones), dehydration, and most of all pain. Being eaten alive with cancer hurts like hell. Thanks to this plant I have a quality of life and I often wonder if it's the gov't's fault that there are 580,000 deaths from cancer each year. Perhaps this plant should be legalized in all other states for the sick and dying. It's better than my other option of morphine. I now have a quality of life.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • -8
      ayipis  
    • anyways.. what are the medical marijuana dispensaries for?? i mean correct me if i am wrong but cant you get marijuana from these places to "cure" an illness??

    • 1 year ago
  • Ken_Clegg
    • 0
      Ken_Clegg  
    • ayipis:

      fking-A dipwad!! correct you IF you are wrong?!! you have been corrected over and over and over now because you ARE wrong, you have been wrong all along. what part of "I am wrong" don't you understand? But I understand you and your kind better now, you insist on being wrong and then just go into complete denial about the correct truth. But don't worry, they have psycho-therapy for that and probably a whole host of psychotropic pharmaceutical pills with you name on them. good luck

    • 1 year ago
  • BlackRaiser
    • +6
      BlackRaiser  
    • Just for the record, there are religious examples of hemp oil use, for those of you looking for a more spiritual basis. In the Old Testament, the "oil of anointment" was a mixture of cannabis oil and other herbs, poured on the head of a newly appointed king. The name "Christos" actually means, "Anointed one." Notice that the oil was used as a shampoo, not ingested. Stories of Sampson's strength due to his hair and reports that Alexander the Great "washed his hair" before dying to pass the deep chasm, suggest the medicinal properties of hemp oil. Native American Indians are now allowed to use otherwise illegal herbs in their religious rites. But the hypocritical politicians today who claim to be true followers of the Anointed one have forbidden the oil of anointment -- in order to serve their shameful mafias. By outlawing the key sacrament of their so-called bible religion, they have turned Christos into a common criminal.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • -6
      ayipis  
    • BlackRaiser:

      i know a lot of people who does not use hump as beauty products..they use marijuana to get away from reality for a few hours...nothing benevolent..nothing heroic..nothing uplifting..nothing but just smoking it like dope

    • 1 year ago
  • BlackRaiser
    • +2
      BlackRaiser  
    • ayipis:

      @ayipis - In the same way, alcohol is abused by many people and their lives are ruined. Doctors, however, found that small quantities of wine are medicinally good for the heart. Why do you worry about other people getting away from reality or not being heroic? Be responsible for your own life and make the best of it.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
  • JustinKander
    • +4
      JustinKander  
    • Everybody here, vote up this video! If this can become popular enough, then knowledge of this medicine will spread like wildfire. Cannabis extracts are the real deal, anybody who looks into it will find the truth. C3bhm, thanks for checking out my links, and I encourage others to do so as well. This is real, and people are suffering because of cannabis suppression!

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • +1
      c3bhm  
    • JustinKander:

      I have the strong sense that if this were to 'go viral' enough, somebody could maybe start a Facebook petition to get Shona a visit on Oprah. SERIOUSLY. She's got the right kind of vibe - a totally transparent and trustworthy authenticity. There are alot of cannabis-culture 'hippy-stoner' types out there pushing weed as healing (and god bless'm), but Shona has something special that I think would totally resonate with an Oprah audience.
      People petitioned successfully to get Betty White on Saturday Night Live, and the Zack Anner movement was awesome. Let's do it for Shona! (I don't have the technical savvy to do it myself.)

    • 1 year ago
  • hunzedog
    • +2
      hunzedog  
    • c3bhm:

      there used to be a website called >current< that would put stories like this on tv.stuff like this that is really important and people talk alot about..i wonder what happened to that website ?

    • 1 year ago
  • remanns
  • BlackRaiser
    • +2
      BlackRaiser  
    • When infirm governments tell people "when and what to breathe" just to gratify illegal cartels, they have already lost their freedom, dignity, and power of reason (excuse me for breathing)...

    • 1 year ago
  • albey77
  • vixxxen618
  • s_peak
    • +8
      s_peak  
    • Nature has already solved most of our problems, we just have to listen and drop our arrogance. We need to realize that plants and animals have something to teach us... and as we force them into extinction, we do the same to ourselves.

    • 1 year ago
  • Atalanda_Cameron
  • c3bhm
  • ShaneSamson
    • +7
      ShaneSamson  
    • Woah. What's with all the negative votes on this thread? More people are in the negatives than positives.

      (I wonder if I'll get voted down for noticing it? ha.)

    • 1 year ago
  • vixxxen618
  • jswiz
  • KSirys
  • JustinKander
    • +5
      JustinKander  
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    • Everybody here remember that Shona is only one person in this movement of oil. Her story is powerful, and there are so many others working to make this a reality. You can learn about others from these links
      http://phoenixtears.ca
      http://phoenixtears.us
      http://thehealthcure.nl
      http://ronniesmithforsheriff.com

      Also search "David Triplett", "Sean AIDS Hemp Oil", "Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Cure", and "Hemp Oil Testimonials" on YouTube. Plenty of information about this!

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
  • SativaShaman
    • 0
      SativaShaman  
    • JustinKander:

      Albeit, Simpson's a good person for dropping knowledge on everyone, but he got greedy. He claimed to "Give" his medication, free of charge, yet when I send someone to him, he springs a $1700 cost, which she was completely unprepared for. I have, however, helped many find something completely amazing in their lives, when you mix the oil into a tincture, it has almost immediate bio-availability. Virtually nothing is lost to digestion. It's been helping to restore organ function in those who've had severe damage(through oxidation or outside detritus), removed spots on brain, lung, bone, spinal cord, brain stem and breast. It truely is miraculous. It's also improved vitality in everyone ingesting. Restoring vital organ function seems to be the key to retaining youth. IT's improved neurological functionality, emotional disfunction, etc. in everyone in the experiment. Hope I've helped shed a little light on the wonders of this and can part the blinds of ignorance and shine that glimmer of hope into the valley of emptiness.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
  • Ches_Actkinson
    • +5
      Ches_Actkinson  
    • This is the stuff that the government and big pharma want to suppress. Marijuana is a miracle plant that has the potential to help and cure millions of individuals. Maybe one day people will realize that marijuana has been used medicinally for thousands of years, and that we should all be free to use this plant and benefit from its use.

    • 1 year ago
  • ezrierin
    • +3
      ezrierin  
    • I am going to toss this out there. A little chum for any sharks maybe. Why do I have to be diseased to use a medication that improves my happiness?
      Here, let me pull my pants down (figuratively). I LOVE having sex on pot! It totally enhances the experience for me. I do not have to smoke pot to enjoy sex, but it makes it better most of the time!
      If a medication makes someone happier, does it not fall into the category of antidepressant artificial happy pills that are handed out like candy? Most depression patients can just as easily plunk along off their meds, they just will not be as happy. Pot makes me happy! So what is the difference? Why should I be a 7 on the happy scale when I can be at 9.5?
      I want my pot! And a condom.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • +6
      c3bhm  
    • ezrierin:

      Well, my take on that is that IF you are making a truly genuine effort to get your mind, body, and heart as healthy as you reasonably can (through clean diet, exercise, yoga, good cries, occasional primal screams, meditation, plenty of walking, honest and authentic interactions with friends/family, right livelihood, etc.) AND THEN you use marijuana to enhance a healthy and vibrant you,...well hey...right on.

      BUT, most people aren't doing that AT ALL. They are neglecting themselves by being unhealthy and lazy (which our society encourages and enables) AND THEN using weed to achieve the high that they should be acquiring naturally.
      Most people's lives are crappy and lame and shameful, so they use nicotine and caffeine and pleasure-eating to cope, and then drugs and alcohol to artificially achieve 'payoff' highs that make their lives bearable.
      It's cheating. Marijuana is an incredibly powerful tool that can be abused very easily. So many people have dysfunctional relationships, unhealthy bodies, jobs they hate, etc. and in order to actually feel good about any of it, they use drugs. Marijuana can be used that way, and that's a terrible abuse of the plant-'spirit' that it is.

      So it depends on who you are and how you live. If you're making a sincere 'spiritual warriors' effort in this world, and marijuana enhances the natural highs that you're already achieving w/o it, then that's fantastic. If you depend on it for highs, that's an indicator that you need to do much more Work on your life and on your soul.

      Happiness can be acquired naturally, by most people. If a person needs marijuana to feel happy, that's a serious problem, unless they are seriously ill.
      The bottom line is finding a balance between living a life in the real-world, which is crazy and stressful and doesn't often even ALLOW natural highs (which then almost REQUIRES marijuana, as a supplement/medicine) vs. continual self-improvement to achieve natural highs and not need or want marijuana at all anymore.
      Most people will fall somewhere in-between, so occasionally using weed, with an intentional and respectful spirit, is a 'middle way' that Buddha'd likely be proud of.

      I just really have a problem with people who use it to compensate for the fact that they are not DOING THE WORK in their lives to become healthier and happier souls. Like people who continually allow themselves to not get enough sleep because they can get away with it via triple venti lattes. Or some of the men who use Viagra when they could get erections naturally if they'd just have the discipline to hit the gym regularly and get their own testosterone flowing.
      It's the spirit behind the use of it, and that's an 'honor system' inside yourself. If you cheat, just like the cliche says, you're really just cheating yourself. Weed requires a degree of spiritual discipline, because of this.

    • 1 year ago
  • ezrierin
    • +3
      ezrierin  
    • c3bhm:

      OMG! You must be the luckiest guy on the planet. All that time AND MONEY to primal scream and do yoga and get fit! WOW, like I can see anyone after their 16 hour day just bouncing up to the gym and getting worked to get it up without Viagra.
      Dude, you have a lot of belief and pure luck, not anything like the rest of us poor fat overworked underpaid, unemployed, parents, or grandparents, beat up, hungry, desirous, lonely and unloved.
      I think I and the rest of us deserve our mini vacation now. Fire it up! Our reasons are not any less legitimate then yours. But peace anyway! Still like your stuff about freedom with pot.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • +1
      c3bhm  
    • ezrierin:

      Yeah, that's pretty fair of you to say.
      Then again, I quit a job that gave me tons of money, benefits, security, because it was Wrong for my soul. I no longer own my own home. I have no 'retirement plan' now.
      I have done hard hard spiritual work that has resisted the flow of the mainstream consumer lifestyle, and in a lot of ways I've had my ass kicked by life in this crazy society because of it.
      But I wouldn't change a thing. I'm ME now. I thought I was ME before, but I was deluded as a coping mechanism to enable me to continue to live the empty life that I was living. I'd say that MOST people in this society are living in delusion like that. Which is why most users of alcohol and marijuana are actually ABUSING it.

      So, now I'm able to Be much much healthier than before because I made hard choices to re-align my priorities in life. That's what I was trying to get across: you can allow yourself to flow along with a dysfunctional society (but acquire some degree of 'security' by doing so), but you're cheating your soul. Your 'highs' in life, natural, sexual, spiritual, drugged, are not going to be anywhere near as high as if you get your body, mind, and soul really healthy first. You can cheat to get there with drugs, using them like a short-cut, but it's relatively empty compared to taking the path of the spiritual warrior and earning your highs naturally. Once there, the highs of marijuana are all the more beautiful. (It's like watching your favorite movie in a cramped airplane seat, with a baby crying next to you and you're feeling hungry and tired and sore VS. watching your favorite movie in HD w/ surround sound w/ good food and friends with you.)

      I hope I don't sound too 'holier than thou' but our society's lifestyle is absolutely sick and abusive, so if you contribute to it by being a part of it - and then compensate for it by using drugs like weed to get high - then you're just enabling the crippling of your heart and soul. You may feel 'normal' and you can look around to see that you're surrounded by millions of other 'normal' sufferers, but it's so much better to do the hard work and change your life and lifestyle to something healthier. It's very hard to do, but worth it. It takes time. There is pain and lots of tears involved. It's scary. It's vulnerable. It's REAL LIFE, w/o the buffer that our earth-killing society provides the mainstream. Kinda like being Na'vi Jake rather than wheelchair-bound-human Jake. 'Pandora' is HERE, if you EARN it. For the fear and pain that comes with Pandora, 'Eywa' has provided us the beautiful shamanistic plant-spirit medicine of Cannabis.

    • 1 year ago
  • ezrierin
  • c3bhm
  • c3bhm
    • +5
      c3bhm  
    • For those who would like to experiment with and explore 'herbal' healing, I recommend eating it rather than smoking/vaping it. (And as far as smoking goes: stop. Get a vaporizer.)

      1/3 cup canola oil
      1/8 ounce herb (if it's bud - or 1/4 ounce if it's trim)
      1 box of Ghiradelli's double-chocolate brownie mix (has no hydrogenated oils or corn syrups)

      GENTLY simmer the oil, with ground/scissored herb stirred around in it, for about 10 minutes. No little frying bubbles at all - that'd be too hot. Strain the oil through a coffee filter or cheesecloth or a loose-tea-'infuser'. If you don't strain it, the brownies will have a strong and distinctive flavor/smell to them.

      Then just make your brownies by simply following the recipe. Don't bake at over 350F because temps over that can break down the herbal potency.

      It's that easy. (And have your stove's fan on, because the aroma - though lovely - can fill the house.)

      Try a 1"x1" square, first. Ease into it. It'll kick in, if on an empty stomach, in about 30 minutes. It'll start peaking in about 45 mins to an hour, and usually lasts about an hour or 2, then slowly trails off. DON'T make the ultra common mistake, that gazillions of people have made, of eating a piece on a non-empty stomach, waiting an hour, 'not feeling anything' so then having a 2nd piece, then having it all catch up later and now you're sweating and nauseated and lying down in a dark room cursing the plant. Until you get familiar with that specific batch, do it on an EMPTY stomach, and always wait AT LEAST AN HOUR before having a 2nd piece. Overdosing is probably the single largest and most common reason why so many people's healing potential w/ edible 'herb' gets totally derailed because they get scared off. An overdose of it, when you're not 'ready' deep inside, can be emotionally and spiritually traumatic. It's not to be f'd with. Think of it as something to be respected, like mushrooms or peyote or ayahuasca. Seriously.

      So now that you've got it in your system, don't just sit home and watch cartoons. Go take a walk in the forest, or along a river or lake. Stretch. Self-massage. Breathe deeply. Drink plenty of water.
      ***Don't drive. It messes with judgment, and until you're ultra familiar with it, cars are just too easily deadly.***

      If the munchies kick in later, avoid refined sugars. I've found that a young coconut (the water inside and the jelly/'meat') is THE S%&T!

      Explore - enjoy - heal - evolve.

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
  • c3bhm
    • +2
      c3bhm  
    • mik661:

      When a person has been so sick for so long, either in the body or in the heart/spirit (usually both), the "high" of marijuana isn't really the giggly silly fun high that most healthy people get and associate with weed.
      When a person is Healing with it, it's more of a relief, which then feels 'high' compared to that godawful state of ongoing fear and pain. It's like a return to baseline/normal, which can feel like heaven when one has been living in that hellish state for a long time.

      I'm saying this because I want to get more accurate and clarify and not oversimplifed, like most of the mainstream sensibilities about marijuana are. I don't want there to be a sense that weed simply makes a person 'high'. There's a huge spectrum of effects that it has, depending on where the Being who is using it is coming from deep inside.

      It's important to note that a lot of people who are grounded and physically healthy and emotionally centered will try marijuana and merely feel tired or nothing much at all. That's super common. Those are folks who don't need the 'medicine', so they shouldn't be using it. It's a medicine, not a party drug. People get high off medicine like Vicodin all the time, but it's a creepy abuse of something not meant to be used for those purposes. Same goes for marijuana, 90% of the time.

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
    • 0
      mik661  
    • c3bhm:

      Its great for the flu best thing ever. Works good for HIV drugs and cancer treatment. Still wonder how much of that is physical effects and how much emotional/psychological.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • +3
      c3bhm  
    • mik661:

      Well, more and more science is proving that the link between 'physical' and 'emotional/psychological' is totally huge and totally real. The full paradigm of what Healing is incorporates both. To separate the concepts seems to be more and more of an artificial inaccuracy, though our minds are super conditioned to want to break it all down to 1's and 0's...like a black and white road-map...and that's not going to reflect how the beautiful mysteries of life really work.

      Modern western medicine mostly focuses on addressing the actual cells and molecules, and eastern incorporates the heart/soul/attitude/feelings/etc. Marijuana covers BOTH bases, which is what makes it SO cool and gives it so much potential.

      It's flawed in a lot of ways, but most of the core message of the documentary "What the BLEEP do We Know?!?" gets into much of this in a cool/easy/fun way. I recommend it. It's here:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSk51Lp-vHU

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
    • +2
      mik661  
    • c3bhm:

      Look at the role of antidepressants. The latest study that showed how in almost all cases a placebo is just as effectiver or even more so than the actual drug has results so powerful that doctors begged the author not to publish. They were afraid that the public would lose all confidence in the drugs and they would lose their effectiveness.

    • 1 year ago
  • ScottyT
  • existentialist
  • c3bhm
    • +4
      c3bhm  
    • existentialist:

      Yeah. Marijuana goes in the vaporizer, which then left a residue/film of THC oil on the glass, which she scrapes off, puts into a pill capsule, and eats.
      The direct reference, if you want to double-check, is in the text just below the youtube video, if watched on the youtube site itself.

    • 1 year ago
  • ezrierin
    • 0
      ezrierin  
    • existentialist:

      It is fairly logical to assume that barring any tampering beyond her example with the oil, she is taken a huge dose of marijuana derivatives, particularly THC.
      Or to put it simply, concentrated THC DUDE!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • existentialist
  • c3bhm
    • +4
      c3bhm  
    • existentialist:

      I think maybe she was intentionally 'vague' so that the video would get more exposure. There are a lot of people and websites out there that WILL NOT post or view stuff that openly advocates breaking the law (especially when it comes to using illegal drugs, which is SUCH a touchy no-no for alot of our mainstream). She IS advocating it, but not OPENLY. And besides, there's no missing what she's saying, so she can ride the line between getting her message across but without getting herself censored.

    • 1 year ago
  • dozegotcha
  • mysticalweave
    • +3
      mysticalweave  
    • This is something I find very hard to talk about but a few years ago I was diagnosed with Central Pain Syndrome. It was like a death sentence, there was nothing the doctors could do besides high doses of narcotics dillaudid and methadone which just knocked me out. Central Pain Syndrome for me means I can't leave the house because fluorescent light, stress, touching everything makes me burn. My skin burns as if hot oil has raised blisters all over. A year ago January I almost killed myself because I couldn't handle the pain anymore. I have never used marijuana recreation-ally but people kept suggesting it and finally I used it. With Marijuana as medicine I can get dressed, I can be touched. It is the first medication that I haven't actually felt worse from. This is a real medicine and one my doctors can't legally talk about. How many more people could be helped. I know I am just one person but there are so many who need this valuable medicine.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • 0
      c3bhm  
    • mysticalweave:

      Right on. Thank you for sharing that.
      If you are smoking or vaping, I highly recommend COOKING. Personally, I feel the 'healing' effects more, somehow, when it comes into my body through food. Just simmer the plant material in some canola oil for about 15 minutes, then strain, then make some healthy brownies or something.

    • 1 year ago
  • ezrierin
    • +2
      ezrierin  
    • There are certain THC receptors in our brains which have no other function then to allow THC to stimulate them and make you high. One could dismiss this anatomy as an anomaly left over from some evolutionary stage, such as the appendix and male nipples. However, that would empirically seem to be an oversimplification. Given the quantitative proof that marijuana has a verifiable positive effect on many a physiological process in humans, it is only logical to put THC and perhaps many other marijuana derived substances into the category of human nutrition. Simply put, we need certain substances such as Vitamin A, B, C, and element THC, to be fully functional and healthy.
      I think the most telling effect on the human species is marijuana’s ability to regulate the person, the family, cultural, and societal behavior toward peaceful behavior.
      The “mellow out” effect of marijuana on the vast majority of people has to be considered as a very relevant attributed need of human beings and the viability of society.
      If we are without the proper nutrition of marijuana in our diets, are we not more prone to conflict and social unrest?
      Vitamin K deficiently can cause tissue bleeding. Vitamin THC deficiently (a term I only use for ease of understanding), causes humans to act in a more irrational, non-cooperative, sociopathic and violent way.
      I mean let’s make this simple. Does anyone really believe the world would still be so violent and greedy if we all got high on a regular bases? I think not.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
  • ezrierin
  • notyourbabiesdaddy
    • +2
      notyourbabiesdaddy  
    • ezrierin:

      I'm with you but , THC isn't needed like basic vitamins , amino acids , things we need . THC is a treatment for various health problems . Don't make pot the holly grail of health and maybe it will be valued more by people who know it 's a real medicine. I am a patient and was surprised at how specific the strains were compared to when i smoked (17 years ago) it's very effective with some medical conditions and it's just weed to people that just enjoy it . I think it should be compared to aspirin in terms of it's benefits , if white willow bark (aspirin ) were discovered today it would be a prescription drug that covered several types of ailments and conditions . It's not going to get added to the school lunch program as part of balanced meal but it should be available as treatment for anything that is eased from a safer drug than anything i can think of .

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • 0
      c3bhm  
    • notyourbabiesdaddy:

      I'm mostly with you on that, but there are some fine and fuzzy lines here...

      The cannabinoid receptors in our brains love the cannabinoids from the THC in weed, but a healthy/happy person's brain manufactures its own cannabinoids. It's not like we can ONLY get them from marijuana.
      But for those of us who aren't healthy happy Na`vi living in a Gaian ecosystem-paradise like Pandora, most of us suffer from our unhealthy lifestyles and our brains aren't manufacturing enough of our own cannabinoids.
      So marijuana IS kinda/sorta like a vitamin-supplement we can use as medicine for our deficiencies.

      Like, if you don't get enough Vitamin C you'll get sick with scurvy - if you don't get enough 'vitamin' Cannabinoid (from your own brain chemistry, or from the THC in weed) you'll get angry/depressed/dispirited/etc., which will likely manifest itself in some form of physical ailment down the road.

      So do we NEED marijuana? Technically: NO WAY. But do most people pretty much need it in this crazy/sick modern society: HEYLL YEAH.

    • 1 year ago
  • ozoneocean
    • -2
      ozoneocean  
    • Personally, I'd like to see a proper large scale randomized, peer reviewed, double blind trial.
      But I do have a friend who's dieing of the same condition, all the same scars... I'll suggest this to her. I honestly don't have much faith in this, but she hasn't got that many options left.

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • -1
      c3bhm  
    • ozoneocean:

      Me too, BUT it's a mistake to not leave room for the 'mystical'. Science and testing are only half the picture in this puzzling world. If we rely too heavily on only what we can 'prove', we can easily miss the boat on energies and cosmic 'mechanisms' that are totally real yet not yet quantifiable or measurable.

    • 1 year ago
  • XelaZav
  • ThresholdBroken
  • notyourbabiesdaddy
  • JustinKander
    • +6
      JustinKander  
    • Ayipis that is the weirdest avatar I have ever seen, and you are also grossly misinformed about the nature of cannabis. It is an infinitely safe substance that also cures disease, yet people focus on false and negative stereotypes about it "making people stupid", which obviously is not true because its us stoners who discovered the cure for cancer.

      And how can you deny testimony such as this? You've seen a woman come back from a terminal disease from this, but that doesn't matter simply because of where it comes from.

    • 1 year ago
  • hunzedog
  • c3bhm
    • -2
      c3bhm  
    • Yeah, marijuana can ABSOLUTELY be abused by having a casual/recreational relationship to it. There are a million couch-locked 'stoners' out there who are wasting away in their souls.
      BUT - when used intentionally, as a genuine medicine - heck as a *sacrament* - it is an unbelievably powerful and beautiful little piece of Gaia/God/Source.

      If you're getting your full chakra Being detox'd and aligned (through yoga, pilates, MMA, hiking, Dancing, tantric sex, fasts, cleanses, hikes, etc.) SMALL amounts of THC can actually be experienced as a 'plant-spirit'. There's profound healing power, in a mystical 'shamanistic' way, that's available in it. It's 50% going into it w/ a clean and sensitive physical being, and the other 50% is the right emotional/spiritual attitude/vision for how you use and respond to it.

      As more states legalize medical usage of it, and more people get guidance as to how to use it 'intentionally' (rather than clumsily and recreationally), it WILL change the course of modern medicine. Soon-ish! It doesn't just address our bodies on a molecular level, like artificial pharmaceuticals do. It actually 'relates' with us on a quantum scale - and you can primarily experience that 'dance' in the kundalini, which is our core Life energy.

      I know this all sounds super 'hippy-dippy' but I'm an ex-cop and quite rational/skeptical/judgmental.
      Shona is the Real Deal, and is at the tip of the spear of the medical marijuana movement, and spiritual healing in general.

    • 1 year ago
  • hunzedog
  • Joe_Medina
    • -1
      Joe_Medina  
    • c3bhm:

      So what do the couch locked stoners have to do with you particularly? Why do you care what they do? What impact does it have on your life particularly officer!?

    • 1 year ago
  • c3bhm
    • -2
      c3bhm  
    • Joe_Medina:

      Well, I have come to believe that each of us is on a beautiful (and sometimes challenging/painful) 'Path' in this life experience, and in my experience marijuana can very very easily be 'abused' as an 'escapist' tool when it's used casually and recreationally. Rather than facilitating soulful progress along 'The Path', it can be used to detach and buffer the soul from itself. When used in quantity, and without respect, it can put a person in a fog that is not promoting any genuine blossoming of their inner soul.

      I believe that it's far far better to achieve a natural 'high' by getting clean and healthy, physically and emotionally or spiritually. Too many people are using marijuana as a short-cut/'cheat' to acquiring that. So when the weed-fearing mainstream looks at the cannabis community, as they consider how they are going to vote in the various near-future legalization votes that are happening in a lot of states in the U.S., they primarily see folks who are 'misusing' it recreationally and casually - and those users usually look like slacker stoner 'victims'. That just fuels the whole 'drugs-are-bad' / gateway-drug argument. This puts a really bad taste in the mouth of the mainstream when it comes to them voting to make it more available legal...they don't want their children 'couch-locked' and 'Spicoli'd'. This is a TRAGIC misunderstanding because there is so much beautiful medicinal/spiritual potential in the plant/drug.
      The 'bad side' of the drug, when misused, could easily tank our potential for embracing the 'good side' of it.

      If we were all already living in a free, healthy, equality-based world, then I'd say that if a soul wants to veg-out and get repeatedly stoned, then go for it, but these marijuana related issues are extremely dicey in our laws right now. The struggle to make it available for medicinal/spiritual use is teetering on a knife's edge, so the 'movement' needs as much legitimate and 'intentional' usage/energy as possible.
      Shona is now a huge piece of that positive direction.

      This society needs SO MUCH healing, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. So it's critical that cannabis become available, WITH GUIDANCE, to the mainstream. Slacker-stoners give it a bad name and could easily impede that. It's kind of like how our society now equates the 9-11 attacks w/ muslims in general. Our mainstream is quite juvenile in how judgmental it is. If it has any excuse to think badly of something that is 'Other' they'll reject it rather than open up to it. So slacker-stoners are to the medical marijuana movement as the 9-11 hijackers are to Islam. (ha - I'm being pretty loose playful with that, but overall it's quite true!)

      Thanks.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • -17
      ayipis  
    • DOPE is not a cure its an escape..if its a cure at all then bob marley would still be alive and well...

      its a temporary escape from pain and not to mention a good excuse for healthy young teenagers to smoke dope

    • 1 year ago
  • Omnomynous
  • EdJoyProductions
  • cztheday
  • ThresholdBroken
  • ozoneocean
    • 0
      ozoneocean  
    • ayipis:

      You didn't even watch the vid you dick.
      She's said that smoking did nothing.

      In the vid she talks about making some sort of oil from cannabis and taking it in pill form for her Crones disease..

    • 1 year ago
  • Omnomynous
    • 0
      Omnomynous  
    • Omnomynous:

      Not only that either her, or his girlfriend needs her teeth fixed (was that crack you've been smoking) those two are about disgusting, at least they could change the profile pic.

    • 1 year ago
  • keithponder
  • ayipis
    • -7
      ayipis  
    • Omnomynous:

      and that is based on what??? me telling you what the truth is behind marijuana??

      honestly...do you think marijuana cure anything?? it does not however i agree it takes the pain away..which is good for people who are in pain??

      here is another question..are you sick?? so why do you smoke dope??

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • -7
      ayipis  
    • ozoneocean:

      well if you would read all of those who commented..they praise this DOPE like its cures everything..so honestly, ask all those dope smokers if they understood what they saw on that video..

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
  • ayipis
  • vixxxen618
  • wellhunggimp
  • EdJoyProductions
  • noxidereus
  • noxidereus
    • 0
      noxidereus  
    • ayipis:

      Why do you do anything that you enjoy? Is it because you are on your death bed? Why do you post here? Are you sick? Why do you have an obviously racist, hateful avatar? Trying to get all your hate out in your last days? Why do you attack other people for doing something that you obviously don't understand? Why not just choose your own path and swallow your bile instead of spewing it all over everyone else? Is it because it's fun for you? Is it an escape from reality for you -- the reality that you are stuck being you? Is that what ails you?

    • 1 year ago
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