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Originally Posted by DaFace
You're both correct and incorrect. It doesn't relieve the pain, but it makes you care about the pain far less.
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It absolutely does relieve pain. When activated, the CB1 receptor provides pain relief, and cannabis also acts as an allosteric modulator of the mu and kappa opioid receptors, both of which provide analgesia.
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Originally Posted by patteeu
No offense, but however you want to characterize it's effect, it's far less successful at providing comfort than prescription pain meds.
Anyone who finds marijuana effective at relieving their pain (or making them care about it enough less that it isn't an issue), hasn't experienced real pain.
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No offense, but you don't know what you're talking about here.
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