Post by LonelyForsaken on Apr 25, 2015 3:28:48 GMT -5
Oooops! This should have gone into Fight the System.
I’m a medical marijuana advocate. And in all honesty it is also my proffered recreational drug. I don’t drink alcohol. I’m not an alcoholic, I just never liked the drunken “high” all that much because it is depressing and the hangovers are debilitating. I’m also a diabetic and alcohol is suicide for me. I’m not inclined to make inebriation of any kind a habit but from personal experience I find marijuana helps me in many ways. It is the best antidepressant I know of and it is a miracle drug for pain of many kinds.
My history of use is sporadic and widely varied. I’ve seldom used it in a way that anyone would call abusive. In an oil (tincture) it is a miracle for joint pain and a relaxing massage oil. These oils are high in CBD and low in THC so they don’t get you “high” but are effective on pain and other ailments. Smoking or vaporizing the plant with high concentrations of THC does get you “high.” This form of use is effective against; depression, insomnia, eating disorders, and pain (that is just what I know of).
I nearly lost my right foot in a forklift accident. For 11 days after the accident it was almost a certainty that I would need to use a prosthetic if I ever wanted to learn to walk again. It was a great doctor that saved my leg for me and no, marijuana played no part in that. Today I have limited range of motion in that ankle and it is painful. I love hiking and backpacking but it can be an extremely painful activity for me. Marijuana helps immensely with this.
I do not advocate dangerous activities (like driving) while under the influence of THC but if given the choice between an alcohol impaired driver or a THC impaired driver I’ll take my chances with the THC driver.
These are some of my personal beliefs and experiences concerning marijuana. I have seen much more in the way of marijuana miracles with experiences of other people (especially in cancer patients). I use the word miracle often in its reference but I want to note that as with any drug it has its dangers too. Anything can be abused and any drug can be dangerous. THC is a psychoactive drug and everyone is different. I do not believe it is for everyone but I have yet to see any negative effects with the use of CBDs.
I have been very depressed lately and it is getting bad but I can’t do much about it. They want to give me antidepressants that don’t work near as well and have side effects I refuse to suffer when I know this treatment works so well for me. The problem is that I need to find a job. I’m very hopeful about one in particular right this moment. Just the prospect has done a lot to lift my spirits but I don’t dare use marijuana because it is government funded and I have to pass a drug test. What worries me is that I am very empathetic. I enjoy the hell out of helping people but I can’t work in a hospital because witnessing suffering hurts me too much. I get very depressed about it when I can’t help. The interviewer warned me that this could be a problem with this job. So, I’m forced to tough it out. It’s not healthy.
With that said, what I want to address here is the unreasonable attitudes of this drug I see everywhere. The federal government classifies it as a schedule one narcotic (the most dangerous and addictive). Here is a list of schedule ones as defined by the US DEA;
• Heroin (diacetylmorphine)
• LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)
• Marijuana (cannabis, THC)
• Mescaline (Peyote)
• MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or “ecstasy”)
• GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid)
• Ecstasy (MDMA or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
• Psilocybin
• Methaqualone (Quaalude)
• Khat (Cathinone)
• Bath Salts (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDPV)
Bath salts? Really? This is actually the first time I’ve looked up this list and I find that surprising. I’ll assume it is some specifically dangerous salt and move on as that is not my concern in this write. I’ll have to look that one up later though.
Of all the drugs in this list I must admit that my personal experience is limited to marijuana and Psilocybin. My use of psilocybin is very limited, maybe a half dozen times over all my years. I take drugs seriously and Psilocybin is a lot like being drunk on alcohol. I don’t care much for its effects. The only appealing part is that everything is funny but to a rather scary degree. I do stupid very well on Psilocybin. The reason I post this list is because I have seen the results of the use of almost all the drugs in this list and there is no way, IMO, that marijuana should be considered a schedule one drug but because it is an S1 its use and research are greatly hampered. People who desperately need it are denied its use because of this stigma attached to it.
A propaganda campaign was started around 1930 and “Reefer Madness” pretty much clinched its stigma socially. Why? Money. The “feds” where ably to increase their budgets by battling a relatively easy and safely assaulted industry. People high on THC generally don’t take risks or shoot law informant personnel. The textile industry was involved too. Cotton had become a huge industry and felt threatened by hemp (very low in THC, almost non-existent even). There have been other rumors but I can’t vouch for the truth of those.
"WEED 2" is a comprehensive program by Dr. Sanjay Gupta that covers many aspects of this war though it is much bigger than all that is addressed in this program. Some of it is heart wrenching. Especially the part about Charlotte Figi.
Watching this show is what has prompted me to take the time to write this. I know we have made some headway in the legalization recently but we are far from removing the stigma and false attitudes still associated with marijuana, especially on the federal level. It’s time the federal government step off and let science and the medical industry do what needs to be done. We desperately need to allow the research to be done. It’s time the truth be known. I’m sick of the focus of this so called “war on drugs” being primarily focused on marijuana. Our tax dollars would be better spent on all the other schedule ones and others like cocaine (an S2) that aren’t considered as dangerous as marijuana. That is bullshit if I ever smelled it. I’ve used cocaine. The only thing more addictive, that I know of, is tobacco and I have never used anything I consider more dangerous than cocaine. Not even codeine or dilate (Dilaudid?). It was something they gave me when I almost lost my leg. In street speak you might say; “Good shit man!” It’s very addictive, I had to kick it, but it wasn’t as hard as kicking cocaine. Cocaine is the fast track to the destruction of everything we call a life, IMO. I have seen that one claim many lives. BTW, I have never had any trouble kicking marijuana.
Charlotte Figi is just one example. There are many more. Many of the people that would benefit are considered unfit or unable to work or be productive citizens in our society. Marijuana could change that, but, oh wait, they can’t pass the drug test and many end up completely reliant on government health care or become a financial burden on their family. All because of the bullshit and lies. Sigh!
There is too much evidence that contradicts their arguments yet they hold steadfast while people suffer. Just who is this BS making rich anyway? Who would lose their funding if it was dropped to a schedule 2 or 3? Drop the propaganda and let the doctors decide.
I’m a medical marijuana advocate. And in all honesty it is also my proffered recreational drug. I don’t drink alcohol. I’m not an alcoholic, I just never liked the drunken “high” all that much because it is depressing and the hangovers are debilitating. I’m also a diabetic and alcohol is suicide for me. I’m not inclined to make inebriation of any kind a habit but from personal experience I find marijuana helps me in many ways. It is the best antidepressant I know of and it is a miracle drug for pain of many kinds.
My history of use is sporadic and widely varied. I’ve seldom used it in a way that anyone would call abusive. In an oil (tincture) it is a miracle for joint pain and a relaxing massage oil. These oils are high in CBD and low in THC so they don’t get you “high” but are effective on pain and other ailments. Smoking or vaporizing the plant with high concentrations of THC does get you “high.” This form of use is effective against; depression, insomnia, eating disorders, and pain (that is just what I know of).
I nearly lost my right foot in a forklift accident. For 11 days after the accident it was almost a certainty that I would need to use a prosthetic if I ever wanted to learn to walk again. It was a great doctor that saved my leg for me and no, marijuana played no part in that. Today I have limited range of motion in that ankle and it is painful. I love hiking and backpacking but it can be an extremely painful activity for me. Marijuana helps immensely with this.
I do not advocate dangerous activities (like driving) while under the influence of THC but if given the choice between an alcohol impaired driver or a THC impaired driver I’ll take my chances with the THC driver.
These are some of my personal beliefs and experiences concerning marijuana. I have seen much more in the way of marijuana miracles with experiences of other people (especially in cancer patients). I use the word miracle often in its reference but I want to note that as with any drug it has its dangers too. Anything can be abused and any drug can be dangerous. THC is a psychoactive drug and everyone is different. I do not believe it is for everyone but I have yet to see any negative effects with the use of CBDs.
I have been very depressed lately and it is getting bad but I can’t do much about it. They want to give me antidepressants that don’t work near as well and have side effects I refuse to suffer when I know this treatment works so well for me. The problem is that I need to find a job. I’m very hopeful about one in particular right this moment. Just the prospect has done a lot to lift my spirits but I don’t dare use marijuana because it is government funded and I have to pass a drug test. What worries me is that I am very empathetic. I enjoy the hell out of helping people but I can’t work in a hospital because witnessing suffering hurts me too much. I get very depressed about it when I can’t help. The interviewer warned me that this could be a problem with this job. So, I’m forced to tough it out. It’s not healthy.
With that said, what I want to address here is the unreasonable attitudes of this drug I see everywhere. The federal government classifies it as a schedule one narcotic (the most dangerous and addictive). Here is a list of schedule ones as defined by the US DEA;
• Heroin (diacetylmorphine)
• LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)
• Marijuana (cannabis, THC)
• Mescaline (Peyote)
• MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or “ecstasy”)
• GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid)
• Ecstasy (MDMA or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
• Psilocybin
• Methaqualone (Quaalude)
• Khat (Cathinone)
• Bath Salts (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDPV)
Bath salts? Really? This is actually the first time I’ve looked up this list and I find that surprising. I’ll assume it is some specifically dangerous salt and move on as that is not my concern in this write. I’ll have to look that one up later though.
Of all the drugs in this list I must admit that my personal experience is limited to marijuana and Psilocybin. My use of psilocybin is very limited, maybe a half dozen times over all my years. I take drugs seriously and Psilocybin is a lot like being drunk on alcohol. I don’t care much for its effects. The only appealing part is that everything is funny but to a rather scary degree. I do stupid very well on Psilocybin. The reason I post this list is because I have seen the results of the use of almost all the drugs in this list and there is no way, IMO, that marijuana should be considered a schedule one drug but because it is an S1 its use and research are greatly hampered. People who desperately need it are denied its use because of this stigma attached to it.
A propaganda campaign was started around 1930 and “Reefer Madness” pretty much clinched its stigma socially. Why? Money. The “feds” where ably to increase their budgets by battling a relatively easy and safely assaulted industry. People high on THC generally don’t take risks or shoot law informant personnel. The textile industry was involved too. Cotton had become a huge industry and felt threatened by hemp (very low in THC, almost non-existent even). There have been other rumors but I can’t vouch for the truth of those.
"WEED 2" is a comprehensive program by Dr. Sanjay Gupta that covers many aspects of this war though it is much bigger than all that is addressed in this program. Some of it is heart wrenching. Especially the part about Charlotte Figi.
Watching this show is what has prompted me to take the time to write this. I know we have made some headway in the legalization recently but we are far from removing the stigma and false attitudes still associated with marijuana, especially on the federal level. It’s time the federal government step off and let science and the medical industry do what needs to be done. We desperately need to allow the research to be done. It’s time the truth be known. I’m sick of the focus of this so called “war on drugs” being primarily focused on marijuana. Our tax dollars would be better spent on all the other schedule ones and others like cocaine (an S2) that aren’t considered as dangerous as marijuana. That is bullshit if I ever smelled it. I’ve used cocaine. The only thing more addictive, that I know of, is tobacco and I have never used anything I consider more dangerous than cocaine. Not even codeine or dilate (Dilaudid?). It was something they gave me when I almost lost my leg. In street speak you might say; “Good shit man!” It’s very addictive, I had to kick it, but it wasn’t as hard as kicking cocaine. Cocaine is the fast track to the destruction of everything we call a life, IMO. I have seen that one claim many lives. BTW, I have never had any trouble kicking marijuana.
Charlotte Figi is just one example. There are many more. Many of the people that would benefit are considered unfit or unable to work or be productive citizens in our society. Marijuana could change that, but, oh wait, they can’t pass the drug test and many end up completely reliant on government health care or become a financial burden on their family. All because of the bullshit and lies. Sigh!
There is too much evidence that contradicts their arguments yet they hold steadfast while people suffer. Just who is this BS making rich anyway? Who would lose their funding if it was dropped to a schedule 2 or 3? Drop the propaganda and let the doctors decide.