Marijuana isn’t the cash cow that it was touted to be

[trekrok]

I think MJ definitely has medicinal value for some people. I think it would be hard to dispute that a lot of people get benefit from it during cancer treatments, especially. And I'm sure that some get other relief from it.

That said I also think the huge majority of 'medical' users are using it recreationally whether they admit it or not. I don't particularly care. It doesn't float my boat, but if it floats yours so be it.

The issues swirling around pot use and production are far worse because of the govs involvement in it imo.

Is this a talking point for anyone at the fed level these days? I haven't heard anything recently, but I try to not pay too much attention.

 

[wolfman1]

In either case, adults don't need the state telling them what they can own, grow or consume. Whether for fun or for medicine it's no one's business but their own.

The bottom line.

 

[okcBob]

I know 0.0 that have been helped by medical marijuana. Now, the only people I’ve known to get it are either anxious or depressed -so they’re lying. But now they got legal weed, and they’re even more anxious or more depressed but also high. I’ve even heard that marijuana cures cancer…cancer, the thing Bob freakin’ Marley died from.

It’s the best antiemetic there is. Well known for successfully treating chemo related nausea.

 

[OKRuss]

It’s the best antiemetic there is. Well known for successfully treating chemo related nausea.

Is it better or worse than Dronabinol(marinol)? I would think that not really being able to control the THC levels might make MMJ worse. Not trolling either - good friend is a partial quadriplegic and his doctor wouldn't prescribe Marinol to control his shakes so he went to medical MJ and it helped immensely for that purpose.

 

[Walks With Horses]

It’s the best antiemetic there is. Well known for successfully treating chemo related nausea.

And I believe that, that doesn’t make it a cure for cancer. Again, the only people I know that use it medically just got an easy doctor’s note for anxiety or depression.

My late step father passed from cancer, he used it recreationally (since he passed in 2013) and it helped with his appetite but clearly didn’t cure anything as I’ve heard it be claimed.

 

[Walks With Horses]

You heard weed cures cancer? Who the hell have you been listening to?

One of my good friends' father had cancer a few years ago. He lost a load of weight, nausea was terrible, medical MJ relieved that and allowed him to eat, and allowed him to be a little more comfortable. So that worked.

For my dad it didn't really help.

In either case, adults don't need the state telling them what they can own, grow or consume. Whether for fun or for medicine it's no one's business but their own.

Idiot stoners said it all the time in my age group (36). The funny part of it is not one of them knew Bob Marley died of cancer but listened to his music and wore clothes with his image, several of them didn’t even know he was dead. Idiots are gonna idiot

 

[okcBob]

And I believe that, that doesn’t make it a cure for cancer. Again, the only people I know that use it medically just got an easy doctor’s note for anxiety or depression.

My late step father passed from cancer, he used it recreationally (since he passed in 2013) and it helped with his appetite but clearly didn’t cure anything as I’ve heard it be claimed.

I never said it cured anything, including cancer.
My response was to your post saying you know nobody that was “helped” by medical weed.
So, it “helps” people with nausea was my answer.
And you just now said it “helped” your stepfather.

 

[okcBob]

Is it better or worse than Dronabinol(marinol)? I would think that not really being able to control the THC levels might make MMJ worse. Not trolling either - good friend is a partial quadriplegic and his doctor wouldn't prescribe Marinol to control his shakes so he went to medical MJ and it helped immensely for that purpose.

Don’t know which is better. But if the patient has intractable vomiting, he won’t be able to keep any meds down, including marinol. So, the inhaled route of administration would be better than the oral route.

Add: compazine & Thorazine suppositories would be the other option, but not as much fun as the weed

 

[Walks With Horses]

I never said it cured anything, including cancer.
My response was to your post saying you know nobody that was “helped” by medical weed.
So, it “helps” people with nausea was my answer.
And you just now said it “helped” your stepfather.

Wasn’t disagreeing. I definitely got caught in a weird spot on it medically helping my stepdad since it was well before it was medically legal, so I kind of disregard that case. I should say “the people I personally that are now legal users.” They all smoke just as much as they did before, and probably pay even more for it than before, but can’t get arrested so that’s a bonus I suppose.

 

[Claybuster]

Different things are effective for different people. I'm not for prohibiting anything that can make someone's life better no matter how they want to use it. Whether that's to alleviate chemo side effects, glaucoma, or take the edge off so they can relax, just like I use bourbon after a long week. You do you, I'll do me. If we as a society would focus on making life better for all of us collectively, rather than getting all up in each other's business, that would be great. The whole medicinal purposes only is a farce. Just like gun free zones, it only limits the law abiding citizens. I've never used it, but I might, if I didn't have other licenses that I had to worry about being jeopardized because it's still illegal under federal law. If those impediments were removed, who knows, an edible might replace Jim Beam.