Federal marijuana bill would legalize some cannabis strains

[sd4chiefs]

Just the pot that does not get you high.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/28/health...html?hpt=hp_t1

A bill being introduced Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives could be Cox's ticket home. The three-page bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act -- the federal law that criminalizes marijuana -- to exempt plants with an extremely low percentage of THC, the chemical that makes users high.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by lcarus

We should all get laid and/or high. So he's right on that one.

If i get high i'm not getting laid. Just doesn't work that way for me.

Drunk and horny
High and comatose

[Nzoner]

Originally Posted by lcarus

Marijuana dependence is 2nd to alcohol? Bull ****ing shit. Just the term "marijuana dependence" is laughable. Especially considering the absurd amount of people who are dependent on opioid painkillers and benzos in this country. And those are actual addictions. But it's totally ok for doctors nationwide to prescribe those like candy.

My mrs has rheumatoid arthritis and I once asked her doctor about her trying medicinal marijuana and he was opposed to even that but he loves dishing out the prescriptions for her.She is also addicted to diet coke which as far as I've read has been proven to irritate the joints in the body and so I asked him if he could maybe mention to her that 6-8 diet cokes a day could be a bit much and he told me that everyone has an addiction and it could be worse.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

My mrs has rheumatoid arthritis and I once asked her doctor about her trying medicinal marijuana and he was opposed to even that but he loves dishing out the prescriptions for her.She is also addicted to diet coke which as far as I've read has been proven to irritate the joints in the body and so I asked him if he could maybe mention to her that 6-8 diet cokes a day could be a bit much and he told me that everyone has an addiction and it could be worse.

Doctors are full of shit, they follow the money.

They don't know nearly as much as they think they do

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

My mrs has rheumatoid arthritis and I once asked her doctor about her trying medicinal marijuana and he was opposed to even that but he loves dishing out the prescriptions for her.She is also addicted to diet coke which as far as I've read has been proven to irritate the joints in the body and so I asked him if he could maybe mention to her that 6-8 diet cokes a day could be a bit much and he told me that everyone has an addiction and it could be worse.

Yeah I'm not against opiates for pain relief. There are people who benefit from them and don't abuse them. But the chance for abuse, addiction,and other health complications from taking them is far far greater than that of marijuana. As someone who has PLENTY of experience with marijuana and pills in his past, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that stopping heavy marijuana use abruptly had no effect on me at all other than "gee I'd like a joint right now". Stopping painkillers abruptly sent my mind and body into a shock and I felt like I had nothing to live for. Night and day.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

My mrs has rheumatoid arthritis and I once asked her doctor about her trying medicinal marijuana and he was opposed to even that but he loves dishing out the prescriptions for her.She is also addicted to diet coke which as far as I've read has been proven to irritate the joints in the body and so I asked him if he could maybe mention to her that 6-8 diet cokes a day could be a bit much and he told me that everyone has an addiction and it could be worse.

As a person that just got diagnosed with 2 different kinds of arthritis, i hope things change quickly.

hope your wife finds relief

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

As a person that just got diagnosed with 2 different kinds of arthritis, i hope things change quickly.

hope your wife finds relief

If you get the good painkillers I suggest only taking them when you really really need it. It's easy to get trapped by them.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by lcarus

If you get the good painkillers I suggest only taking them when you really really need it. It's easy to get trapped by them.

20 years of being in pain every second of every day leads me to pick differently

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

20 years of being in pain every second of every day leads me to pick differently

Oh shit. I didn't know it was that extreme for you. That's a bummer. In that case, dope yourself up early and often. Being in pain every waking second is no way to live.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by lcarus

Oh shit. I didn't know it was that extreme for you. That's a bummer. In that case, dope yourself up early and often. Being in pain every waking second is no way to live.

Chronic/permanent nerve damage in the back going on year 20

+ now *apparently 2 types of arthritis

= i don't see it getting any better


*i say apparently because i have learned not to trust doctors at all

[Nzoner]

Originally Posted by lcarus

Oh shit. I didn't know it was that extreme for you. That's a bummer. In that case, dope yourself up early and often. Being in pain every waking second is no way to live.

I will give it to my mrs she's a trooper when it comes to the pain but what pisses me off is she refuses to even give weed a try because "it's illegal" and I say no what's illegal is that you have a weekly pill box big enough to house a damn hamster.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

It would be good for the environment, and the economy.

It wouldn't be good for the corn lobby, the soybean lobby, or the oil lobby.

I think you get the picture.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by lcarus

I just can't believe the amount of opoids and benzos that are prescribed in this country and marijuana is still a hot button issue. It's absurd.

You know how much money the big pharma companies are spending to lobby against legalization?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by lcarus

Yeah I'm not against opiates for pain relief.

I am.

Opiates oftentimes are overkill, like using a nail gun to close a paper cut.

Other times, they simply don't work.

My wife has a chronic pain disorder and has literally tried everything. The doctors and drug companies continue to push Lyrica for her particular issue, even though it potentially causes severe depression (as it did in my wife's case) that has led to ****ing suicide.

No, can't smoke a joint. But can LEGALLY prescribe a drug that makes people kill themselves.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

I will give it to my mrs she's a trooper when it comes to the pain but what pisses me off is she refuses to even give weed a try because "it's illegal" and I say no what's illegal is that you have a weekly pill box big enough to house a damn hamster.

Sounds like my wife. She's given up a lot of her meds in favor of natural treatments but she still won't smoke, not until it's legal.

[Nzoner]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You know how much money the big pharma companies are spending to lobby against legalization?

Including all expense paid week vacations to doctors