cannabis as an Alternative medicine

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Schaduwridder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Also pot isn't medine its pot, people smoke it to get high

I smoke pot almost every night, and when I have pain it makes the pain worse

Only benefit pot has is if you have a degenerative nerve disease or suffer from seizures it can help

so out of everyone smoking its like .0001% of people benefitting, rest are suffering from its side effects and it is ruining many people

pot can be very bad

CBD is a medicine. THC is a recreational drug. Hope this helps.

Also: Getting mixed messages here Mario. I’m about to go to my job in about 30 mins. WHY WONT YOU LOVE ME?

[Mead]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This article just came out: Does CBD Really Do Anything? (TLDR: Yes for epilepsy, the jury is still out about almost everything else.)



So, I'm no psychiatrist, or psychologist, or even a first year psych major, but I happen to know a lot about bipolar. What you describe does not sound like bipolar to me, because pot is not a replacement for Lithium. It might help some, but it's far from a cure (subjectively I think it does help, but I haven't seen any research published that answers the question one way or the other.)

I'm not saying that anything you said is false, just that maybe whoever diagnosed her got it wrong (psychiatrists don't make accurate diagnoses 100% of the time). Maybe she was taking drugs she didn't need as a result and then weed cured the real issue that the doctors failed to diagnose, allowing her to ditch the drugs and their side effects (which weren't really solving her problem anyway because she wasn't really bipolar).

Don't get me wrong, I <3 weed; all I'm saying is, it doesn't cure bipolar, and it's not exactly super rare for psychiatrists to misdiagnose someone. But it's great that whatever her issue is your girlfriend found a solution for it in pot.

Not all patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder are on lithium, or one specific medication to treat it. There are also plenty of medications with off label uses. You're out of your league here bud.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Mead [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not all patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder are on lithium, or one specific medication to treat it. There are also plenty of medications with off label uses. You're out of your league here bud.

Oh totally, I never meant to suggest that they were, I just used Lithium as an example because it's the most common drug associated with Bipolar.

But that doesn't change my point: pot will not let a manic person get sleep, unless they smoke so much that they pass out (at which point they won't get good sleep). It won't make your speech slow down, or make you not want to max out your credit cards, or remove the fiery fiery passion that accompanies bipolar mania (or even hypomania).

It similarly won't cure depression either. Again, I'm not saying it can't help with bipolar symptoms ... though I'm not saying it can either. What I've seen suggests it can help, but I defer to science and there's not enough published research on the topic to say one way or the other.

I'm just saying if you can drop all your meds and live symptom-free just by smoking pot, you probably (again, I'm not a psychiatrist) didn't have bipolar. It seems much more likely to me that the guy's girlfriend got a bad diagnosis, since there's ample evidence that happens fairly often. The brain is a hard thing to diagnose, and there are plenty of other conditions with overlapping symptoms: even ADHD can be misdiagnosed as bipolar (or vice versa).

[mickmoranis]

hey guys, if kavanaugh gets appointed you will NEVER SEE FEDERAL LEGALIZATION OF WEED LOL

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[Schaduwridder]

the cbd vs pot argument is a big joke

you literally cant buy charlottes web anywhere ( charlottes web is pot that has almost no thc and very high cbd )

The only way to get cbd is hemp extracts that you have to vape ( taste disgusting )

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Schaduwridder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the cbd vs pot argument is a big joke

you literally cant buy charlottes web anywhere ( charlottes web is pot that has almost no thc and very high cbd )

The only way to get cbd is hemp extracts that you have to vape ( taste disgusting )

There’s sublingual extracts, too. Like .5 ml under the tongue for a minute or so once or twice a day did magical things for my depression and anxiety, with some long term effects after I stopped. I don’t think I’ve backslid as far as I was before I did CBD last year.

Goldenleaf brand Dreamsicle or something, tasted like orange.. creamsicle. There was a strawberry one too that was equally good. Lil hempy flavor but still really tasty and fucking expensive ($80 per 15 ml). One of those bottles were a month of relatively non-traumatic interaction with the public, so I found it extremely worth it for my retail job.

[mickmoranis]

yeah cbd is available in the deep south lol

[Schaduwridder]

cbd is available everywhere

but all the legalization was pushed with emphasis on THC free pot yet when it was passed no one grew / sold it.

[Jlpstrtkng]

Originally Posted by Schaduwridder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

cbd is available everywhere

but all the legalization was pushed with emphasis on THC free pot yet when it was passed no one grew / sold it.

Because people want to get high. We voted for CBD pot because in states like Florida where I live the pharmacy industry had such a hold on politics that we would do anything to take a step in that right direction. We now have medical marijuana here but the hoops to jump through are very expensive to get your card. Maybe one day it will finally be federally legal. I think if democracy counts for anything in this country and they look around and see over half the country has legalized it then we just may see it in our lifetime. I wouldnt get your hopes up however big pharma is a $225B industry yearly. That’s a lot of political say so

[Baler]

Originally Posted by Schaduwridder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

cbd is available everywhere

but all the legalization was pushed with emphasis on THC free pot yet when it was passed no one grew / sold it.

it's straight up like poser weed. shit is ridiculous.
I have zero reasons why anyone would buy some plant material to burn that doesn't cause euphoria.
Might as well scrape the lawn mower.