420 Use and Health

[texasmade]

Durban Poison, Silver Haze, OG Kush, Lemon Kush. These have been the ones I've used lately. I prefer Sativa, Sativa Dominant or 50/505 hybrids over Indica. I used to smoke blunts until I got A nice little glass pipe from a friend. Now my main method of consumption is Herb Tea.

[Crow]

I'm enjoying some Blue Dream. Its 80% Sativa / 20% Indica. The effects are uplifting, and very functional (perfect for daytime use). A great source of medicine.

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Here's an interesting article I found on NORML:

Pot For Pain: The Verdict Is In

Cannabis inhalation and the administration of cannabinoids are both
associated with “significant analgesic effects” in the treatment of chronic
non-cancer pain, according to a systemic review of
randomized controlled trials to be published in the British Journal of
Clinical Pharmacology.


Investigators from the University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children,
conducted a literature review regarding the efficacy of cannabinoids in the
treatment of chronic
pain, including neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and
mixed chronic pain. Eighteen randomized controlled trials published between 2003
and 2010 involving a total of 766 participants met inclusion criteria. Four of
the trials assessed inhaled cannabis, while other studies assessed the analgesic
properties of either plant-derived cannabinoids or synthetic cannabinoids.


“Overall the quality of trials was excellent,” authors wrote.
“Fifteen of the eighteen trials that met inclusion criteria demonstrated a
significant analgesic effect of cannabinoid as compared to placebo, several
reported significant improvements in sleep. There were no serious adverse
effects.”

Researchers noted that all four trials involving inhaled cannabis “found a
positive effect with no serious adverse side effects.” They added: “Of
special importance is the fact that two of the trials examining smoked cannabis
demonstrated a significant analgesic effect in HIV neuropathy, a type of pain
that has been notoriously resistant to other treatments normally used for
neuropathic pain. In the trial examining cannabis based medicines in rheumatoid
arthritis a significant reduction in disease activity was also noted,
this is consistent with pre-clinical work demonstrating that cannabinoids are
anti-inflammatory.”

Investigators concluded, “[C]annabinoids are a modestly effective and safe treatment option for chronic non-cancer (predominantly neuropathic) pain. Given the prevalence of chronic pain, its impact on function and the paucity of effective therapeutic interventions, additional treatment options are urgently needed. More large-scale trials of longer duration reporting on pain and level of function are required.”

[sgreger1]

Just got a half of some pineapple-Thai

[jagmanss]

U.S Marshal... Your all Busted

[captncaveman]

I get medicated all day every day. As for strains, unless you are getting it from a real good grower or a decent dispensary you will be smoking bunk. Its funny how you go to a dealer because you are out and you friend that grows doesn't have anything ready for harvest and the dealers are like "I gots the purple mountain tiger twist motherf#cker" or something stupid and its just shit. If i'm very desperate i will get my shit from a dealer.

Preferred methods: I make Canna caps (get your weed, grind it to a powder bake it in oven for 20 minutes @ 220 F then pack them in gel caps) I will take one on my way to work. Note Canna caps potency depends on the strain if you got some serious dank i would avoid this for work. You will be really ****ed!
Noon: I will smoke a joint after lunch.
Afternoon: Iolite or a bowl of bubble
Evening: a couple joints then enjoy my night

I also use Sativex THC spray. Just the spray alone will not get me high (Due to the high amount of CBD). Though for others they get wrecked. Its good to keep my THC levels up keeps me relaxed.

As for strains I just don't care. It has to get me stone. My brother and I have been growing Super silver haze for some time good stuff, the cheese and cheese strains are awesome. If i just want to sit and jam and relax some cheese hits the spot.

[sgreger1]

I get medicated all day every day. As for strains, unless you are getting it from a real good grower or a decent dispensary you will be smoking bunk. Its funny how you go to a dealer because you are out and you friend that grows doesn't have anything ready for harvest and the dealers are like "I gots the purple mountain tiger twist motherf#cker" or something stupid and its just shit. If i'm very desperate i will get my shit from a dealer.

Preferred methods: I make Canna caps (get your weed, grind it to a powder bake it in oven for 20 minutes @ 220 F then pack them in gel caps) I will take one on my way to work. Note Canna caps potency depends on the strain if you got some serious dank i would avoid this for work. You will be really ****ed!
Noon: I will smoke a joint after lunch.
Afternoon: Iolite or a bowl of bubble
Evening: a couple joints then enjoy my night

I also use Sativex THC spray. Just the spray alone will not get me high (Due to the high amount of CBD). Though for others they get wrecked. Its good to keep my THC levels up keeps me relaxed.

As for strains I just don't care. It has to get me stone. My brother and I have been growing Super silver haze for some time good stuff, the cheese and cheese strains are awesome. If i just want to sit and jam and relax some cheese hits the spot.

Wait do you guys have open access to Sativex? I have never seen it sold here at any of the dispensaries, I wonder if it's illegal in the US? It looks cool, does the spray really work? Is it just like tincture in a spray bottle or something?




EDIT: Just looked it up:

The under-the-tongue spray, approved only in Canada, is one of several emerging alternatives to smoking pot for medical relief. The new pharmaceuticals, some of which may not enter the U.S. market for years, may alter the public debate about medical marijuana.

Sigh.. That figures. You know what though, if you have a C card and can legally posses, cultivate, and purchase MJ, than I don't see why I wouldn't be able to order some of this online or something. Is there some trade law against that? Just like how people with prescriptions can order pharmaceuticals online by faxing the place their prescription to keep on file.

Do you know anything about this, is this something openly available over there or is it by prescription only? Is it difficult to come by?

[captncaveman]

it has a DIN (Drug Identification Number) number so anyone in Canada can get from a general Physician no specialist visit required. It has to be prescribed but you can get it for really anything from depression to sleeping disorders. I have a med card and a grow license. My work place wasn't thrilled about it so i got the spray and they were cool. Not only did i get the spray i got a promotion LOL good stuff.

Soon there will be a new thread about us open cannabis users and the murders we have committed because come on, we are crazy mothers with an apatite for destruction.

[sgreger1]

i My work place wasn't thrilled about it so i got the spray and they were cool. Not only did i get the spray i got a promotion LOL good stuff

What strange land do you hail from traveler?

Here it's equally as easy to get a med/grow card but employers are still not accepting. EVERY SINGLE JOB almost has a drug test policy, any good job over minimum wage or like $10 an hour anyways. Some people have good gigs but almost no big corporation allows it even if your a cancer patient, though they would NEVER be stupid enough to selectively enforce a drug test on an employee because they have cancer, because if they fired that employee it would be begging for a lawsuit the size of texas. But generally they still say on paper that it's a 0 tolerance policy at almost every employer.

[captncaveman]

What strange land do you hail from traveler?

Here it's equally as easy to get a med/grow card but employers are still not accepting. EVERY SINGLE JOB almost has a drug test policy, any good job over minimum wage or like $10 an hour anyways. Some people have good gigs but almost no big corporation allows it even if your a cancer patient, though they would NEVER be stupid enough to selectively enforce a drug test on an employee because they have cancer, because if they fired that employee it would be begging for a lawsuit the size of texas. But generally they still say on paper that it's a 0 tolerance policy at almost every employer.

Yes sir 0 tolerance here as well. But it is prescribed medication they can't do shit about that. They can accept what they want i really don't care if they don't accept the fact i use cannabis for medicine. I have the right to use prescribed medication anywhere i want. Can't get fired for that. If they decide to fire me then a lawsuit with rape them.

I work for a US company, they were all pissed off about this, i even failed 5 drug tests for them. I had to get alot of paper work from my Doctor explaining to them that yes i use cannabis, yes i need it, yes this is the only thing that really works, and yes this will not affect my job.

I got moved to Operations Manager LOL Crazy shit man.

[Crow]

As for strains, unless you are getting it from a real good grower or a decent dispensary you will be smoking bunk. Its funny how you go to a dealer because you are out and you friend that grows doesn't have anything ready for harvest and the dealers are like "I gots the purple mountain tiger twist motherf#cker" or something stupid and its just shit. If i'm very desperate i will get my shit from a dealer.

Every dispensary I've visited here has had nothing but good stuff. There's definitely no "bunk" here in WA, only fine medicine.

Sigh.. That figures. You know what though, if you have a C card and can legally posses, cultivate, and purchase MJ, than I don't see why I wouldn't be able to order some of this online or something. Is there some trade law against that? Just like how people with prescriptions can order pharmaceuticals online by faxing the place their prescription to keep on file.

Do you know anything about this, is this something openly available over there or is it by prescription only? Is it difficult to come by?

I've seen Sativex being sold in dispensaries, and I've tried it. Its effective, but not worth the cost in my opinion. There are sprays available that are made with better medicine. Raw, natural medicine. The only reason why the Sativex stuff is hard to come by is because the Federal government refuses to acknowledge the medicinal benefits of cannabis. You can get it here, if you look hard enough (it must be trickling down from BC).

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Having a sniff of Toque Peppermint, and a puff of GDP (Grand Daddy Purple).

[captncaveman]

"Raw, natural medicine"

Sativex is just an extract from Sativa. So it is made from raw natural medicine. There are plenty of better options. I only pay $20 for a bottle so its not bad. There are some shitty dispensaries here, well they call them compassion clubs since its still illegal here to operate a dispensary. Nothing but robbery. Dried (so god damn dry it will crumble into dust in your hands) bunk ass buds being sold at premium prices. Its sad since we have some awesome growers in Canada and some awesome genetics as well. But what can you do, its easy to trick someone in their late 40's that never used weed to buy this shit, its pathetic though since that person is probably dieing of cancer.

[Crow]

"Raw, natural medicine"

Sativex is just an extract from Sativa. So it is made from raw natural medicine. There are plenty of better options. I only pay $20 for a bottle so its not bad. There are some shitty dispensaries here, well they call them compassion clubs since its still illegal here to operate a dispensary. Nothing but robbery. Dried (so god damn dry it will crumble into dust in your hands) bunk ass buds being sold at premium prices. Its sad since we have some awesome growers in Canada and some awesome genetics as well. But what can you do, its easy to trick someone in their late 40's that never used weed to buy this shit, its pathetic though since that person is probably dieing of cancer.

I'm glad to hear its working out for you. Yeah, I know its an extract, its basically a 'patented' extract. By raw, I was also referring to the way some of the other medicines are extracted (e.g. plant glycerin, alcohol, etc.)

How long does it take for you to use up the bottle?

-- Also, I'm sorry to hear that things are shitty in Canada when it comes to safe, secure access to quality medicine. I hope you guys get some real medical cannabis soon!

U.S Marshal... Your all Busted

Quick, everyone! Flush your pre-PACT portions!

[captncaveman]

I'm glad to hear its working out for you. Yeah, I know its an extract, its basically a 'patented' extract. By raw, I was also referring to the way some of the other medicines are extracted (e.g. plant glycerin, alcohol, etc.)

How long does it take for you to use up the bottle?

-- Also, I'm sorry to hear that things are shitty in Canada when it comes to safe, secure access to quality medicine. I hope you guys get some real medical cannabis soon!



Quick, everyone! Flush your pre-PACT portions!

Don't get me wrong we got good shit up here. But if you have to rely on the compassion clubs you are f'd. There are illegal dispensaries that in most places the pigs don't give two shits about, till the conservative cross carrying nut jobs make a big deal of it. Then they just move shop. In Vancouver its even more relaxed now. This is why the best idea is to run your own grow.

http://www.urbangrower.com/ decent website. It pushes advanced nutrients obviously since it is sponsored by them. I have been using their techniques for a while and i been getting decent harvests. Mind you i get decent genetics as well though. My father in-law has been growing since the early 70's I get all my clones/seeds from him. He knows his shit.

Also growing is big business here. We can appoint a legal grower. There are pro growers that moved from the black market to what i call the Grey market. Basically they will ship your weed through the mail (yes mail), the rest goes to them. The excess will go to legal bud brokers. In return they sell the bud to illegal dispensaries LOL or it enters the black market. So if i was prescribed 5 grams a day i could have 30 plants growing at one time. Due to better genetics and growing techniques i can harvest a lot more then i can consume. I then can legally sell my bud to the brokers.

But sharing my medicine with others that have a card is illegal, providing medicine to the people who can't afford it is illegal, providing my bud to clubs that get garbage is illegal. Its a ****ed system.

[Crow]

But sharing my medicine with others that have a card is illegal, providing medicine to the people who can't afford it is illegal, providing my bud to clubs that get garbage is illegal. Its a ****ed system.

Yeah, it sounds fu*ky to me. You should be able to donate your extra meds.

Pack your bags and get your ass down here! We'll treat you right in WA.

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For today's wake-and-bake, I'm enjoying some AK-48 x PPP (Pure Power Plant ). Both strains are sourced from the "Nirvana Seed Company". A great cross-strain, a good morning smoke.

[truthwolf1]

If medical mj ever becomes a option I will be looking to get a prescription for insomnia, muscle/joint aches. Probably would only use once a week and only if needed. Tried something called "Moonshadow" from a friend and within less then a hour I was ready for bed and felt so much clearer in the morning then if I had used Advil Pm or Benadryl.