Marijuana better than pharmaceuticals at treating chronic pain, improving mood

Turn your frown upside down.

MJ FOR BIPOLAR

I know from repeated experience that Marijuana is overwhelmingly effective against my various conditions, which shall go nameless. My doctor agrees and has twice said he would write me a prescription. But thank you Federal Government, which would happily take away my meager career if I came up “dirty” for pot. I would be penniless because I need a certain medication. So instead I sometimes suffer the curses of the damned, and nearly every day is no picnic. There, I confessed. I am embarrassed. I am not trying to get sympathy. I just want people to hear it from the horse’s mouth.

Kids, just say no ............ to crack .....

and yes to dat green sticky icky mon.

Yes, amazing, duh.

wait so your telling me that they are doing the same tests they did back in the 30's and 40's again but this time they aren't falsifying the information...

we all know MJ cures and fixes everything with no negative side effects, i guess we're just waiting for them to admit it...

and the best part... my long haired neighbour doesn't ask for a prescription when i need medication lol

And it doesn't dry you out like many manmade drugs, either! Nor does MJ have have all those nasty side effects!

how many times do you see stoned guy commits crime on news? stoned guy giggled at teletubbies is more accurate

Most man-made medicines are based on those organic medicinals used by healers for centuries. ie. native American's use of willow bark/aspirin for pain!
Why, oh, why must we still treat this medicinal "weed" as an addictive narcotic?
It helps cancer victims fight back with an appetite, it helps glaucoma, it helps chronic pain..please free the weed for medicinal purposes, please!

As someone who daily lives with Chronic Pain I will say that I agree with this statement. You want to say that the smoke is bad for my lungs-so are the cigarettes I am addicted to. However when I have had the chance to choose smoke over pain pills I would choose smoke. The pills can have longer lasting side effects on your body than the weed. If your taking pain killers for a long term complication your liver will eventually begin to feel the side effects. I know there have been weeks that I have had to stop taking pain pills just because of a pain in my side due to taking them regularly. However if I wanted to smoke for 6 months straight I would not have the same issue.

I think it is something you discuss with your doctor and see if it will help you out. If you have never tried this as a way to kill pain then honestly I wont take your opinion seriously. I live daily with pain and know that for me it works when I am able to use it. I may have to go over state lines to do this but I think the hour trip is worth the long lasting effects of the drug in the long run. I would rather feel the relaxation I get from this then the sleepy doped up affects of the pain pills.

One other thing is the side effects of the pain pills- I have two young kids and I cant take them during the day and take care of them at the same time because I want to do nothing but sleep. I can function after smoking though because it doesnt but me in a comatose state of mind. I am able to be pain free and enjoy the things most people take for granite in every day life.

There is little doubt that "ORGANIC" Marijuana is better for you than MOST man made medicines for treating certain things. There are FAR better ways of ingesting Marijuana for Medicinal purposes than smoking it. Smoking ANYTHING is VERY bad for your Health.

duh. I've had no medical training and no chemistry classes and I can tell u marijuana is MUCH better