[pekk]

If I am trying to get relief for pain and insomnia, why would I begin with the assumption that I am looking for a strain of THC at all? Why not get medical advice on how to treat the pain/insomnia/underlying conditions?

[tsotha]

People usually go to the weed doctor after they've exhausted other avenues. For one thing, if you have insurance it's going to be a lot cheaper to take standard pharma products than weed.

[jlgreco]

Because weed is safe enough to treat as an over-the-counter remedy? Because many people in this country find medical care to be inaccessible?

[angersock]

Because that advice is likely parroting what a pharma sales rep told the doctor over a sales dinner?

[pekk]

It is strange to pretend that the only valid drug to use for pain or insomnia is THC. What does that have to do with pharma sales reps?