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by mebizzle 210 days ago
>(easy legal CBD/hemp, as long as there aren’t other things in there)

Your ignorance shows in spades. The arbitrary ban on THC and its analogues prevent chronic pain patients like me (a criminally underserved market) from becoming addicted to the big pharma system. The "other things in there" argument is the same as razorblades in candy, sanctimony to portray dissent as degeneracy.
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tablets 210 days ago
In my experience it is also the other things in there which helps with the pain relief. Doctors in my country talk about the entourage effect and mixing strains as they reckon it's not just the THC which is helping.

I can imagine people in the future looking at us like idiots as they use cannabinoids in the same way we use paracetamol.

From personal experience suffering from chronic pain cannabis is absolutely transformative. The difference between a life spiralling to nothing just about surviving on opioids compared to effective pain relief from cannabis and being able to work and be productive again.

One of the tragedies of the 20th and hopefully not the 21st century. So many people in so much unnecessary pain.

Looking at history I could quite easily come to the conclusion... ...due to racism.

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theshackleford 210 days ago
> From personal experience suffering from chronic pain cannabis is absolutely transformative.

Like all drugs, it’s sad it doesn’t work this way for everyone. I had to transition from cannabis to opiates and lyrica. I wish this was not the case.

They suspect it’s due to the source of the pain (spinal cord injury) and the cannabis is “exciting” my nerves in the wrong way, as it actually increases my pain; or at least my perception of it.

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Shocka1 209 days ago
Selling it as a pain reliever I can't buy into personally based off my anecdotal experience. I've had chronic pericarditis for more than a decade now and THC amplifies mine as well, as I tend to focus more on the pain. I think it's a very subjective thing, depending on many factors; strain, type of pain, person, etc.
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theshackleford 208 days ago
> I've had chronic pericarditis for more than a decade now and THC amplifies mine as well, as I tend to focus more on the pain.

This is a very apt description. It’s like it narrows my entire focus into the pain and it seems to become more…in focus.

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sharts 210 days ago
THC is for getting high.
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harles 210 days ago
> The arbitrary ban on THC

You clearly haven’t read either the original law or this one.

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