"Michelle" > wrote in message
...
> On Friday, July 11, 2014 9:20:17 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> wrote:
>
>> > Found it yesterday. I'm surprised it's already almost four years old -
>> > it was clearly not a cheap underground publication!
>> > "Aunt Sandy's Medical Marijuana Cookbook: Comfort Food for Mind and
>> > Body"
>> Many years ago, I used to smoke marijuana (but I never inhaled heheh).
>> I also cooked it in food for a different effect. It's been about 35
>> years now since I quit using it but I do remember the effects and how
>> it makes you feel.
>> Honestly...I see absolutely NO medical reason to use marijuana.
>> Seriously. It gets you high and will give you the muchies later on.
>> It might increase your appetite and make you happy but that's about
>> it.
>> People that claim that it's for pain medication? I don't see that.
>> Not at all. To me, if you want to deaden your pain, alcohol would
>> work better and it's legal.
>> I've used pot in the past, I don't have any problem with it being
>> legal. It should be. Just as alcohol is legal, so should pot be.
>> But this medical reason for legalizing it sounds like a phoney excuse
>> to me.
>>
>> G.
>
> Medical studies have proven marijuana's effectiveness at combating
> nausea from chemotherapy, along with pain reduction. So while you
> may think it "sounds phony", actual medical professionals disagree.
>
> Fortunately, facts exist whether you "believe in" them or not.

and unfortunately, those facts are being exploited by just plain stoners.

On Friday, July 11, 2014 4:26:41 PM UTC-5, Pico Rico wrote:
> "Michelle" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Friday, July 11, 2014 9:20:17 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> >> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> > Found it yesterday. I'm surprised it's already almost four years old -
>
> >> > it was clearly not a cheap underground publication!
>
> >> > "Aunt Sandy's Medical Marijuana Cookbook: Comfort Food for Mind and
>
> >> > Body"
>
> >> Many years ago, I used to smoke marijuana (but I never inhaled heheh).
>
> >> I also cooked it in food for a different effect. It's been about 35
>
> >> years now since I quit using it but I do remember the effects and how
>
> >> it makes you feel.
>
> >> Honestly...I see absolutely NO medical reason to use marijuana.
>
> >> Seriously. It gets you high and will give you the muchies later on.
>
> >> It might increase your appetite and make you happy but that's about
>
> >> it.
>
> >> People that claim that it's for pain medication? I don't see that.
>
> >> Not at all. To me, if you want to deaden your pain, alcohol would
>
> >> work better and it's legal.
>
> >> I've used pot in the past, I don't have any problem with it being
>
> >> legal. It should be. Just as alcohol is legal, so should pot be.
>
> >> But this medical reason for legalizing it sounds like a phoney excuse
>
> >> to me.
>
> >>
>
> >> G.
>
> >
>
> > Medical studies have proven marijuana's effectiveness at combating
>
> > nausea from chemotherapy, along with pain reduction. So while you
>
> > may think it "sounds phony", actual medical professionals disagree.
>
> > Fortunately, facts exist whether you "believe in" them or not.
>
> and unfortunately, those facts are being exploited by just plain stoners.

The "stoners" psychiatric/neurological conditions might benefit from
marijuana. Mental disorders are not all illegitimate. I used it for
several years, then didn't need it anymore. Sure, I've used it
recreationally since then, many, many times, but I feel that I really
was effectively self-medicating. It played out.

Now, I think that it's come time for alcohol to become a thing of the past,
at least mostly, and for a while, completely. It took a lot of beer to get
me through the book, which was seriously painful. I finished the final revision 3 days ago, and haven't touched a drink since.

It's funny, but when I was nearing 16, I had no desire to get a driver
license because I knew that I liked to drink WAY too much to have any
business driving a car, and I didn't get a license until I was 22. I
figured, "Hey, I've got a skateboard."
Now, I'm 53, and am pretty much giving up drinking because I'm thinking
that I'm too old to have any business drinking beer the way I have been,
especially the past year, and the funny part is that I'm spending more
time skateboarding now, though not for transportation.

--Bryan

On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:01:47 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Friday, July 11, 2014 4:26:41 PM UTC-5, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "Michelle" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > On Friday, July 11, 2014 9:20:17 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >> > Found it yesterday. I'm surprised it's already almost four years old -
>>
>> >> > it was clearly not a cheap underground publication!
>>
>> >> > "Aunt Sandy's Medical Marijuana Cookbook: Comfort Food for Mind and
>>
>> >> > Body"
>>
>> >> Many years ago, I used to smoke marijuana (but I never inhaled heheh).
>>
>> >> I also cooked it in food for a different effect. It's been about 35
>>
>> >> years now since I quit using it but I do remember the effects and how
>>
>> >> it makes you feel.
>>
>> >> Honestly...I see absolutely NO medical reason to use marijuana.
>>
>> >> Seriously. It gets you high and will give you the muchies later on.
>>
>> >> It might increase your appetite and make you happy but that's about
>>
>> >> it.
>>
>> >> People that claim that it's for pain medication? I don't see that.
>>
>> >> Not at all. To me, if you want to deaden your pain, alcohol would
>>
>> >> work better and it's legal.
>>
>> >> I've used pot in the past, I don't have any problem with it being
>>
>> >> legal. It should be. Just as alcohol is legal, so should pot be.
>>
>> >> But this medical reason for legalizing it sounds like a phoney excuse
>>
>> >> to me.
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> G.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Medical studies have proven marijuana's effectiveness at combating
>>
>> > nausea from chemotherapy, along with pain reduction. So while you
>>
>> > may think it "sounds phony", actual medical professionals disagree.
>>
>> > Fortunately, facts exist whether you "believe in" them or not.
>>
>> and unfortunately, those facts are being exploited by just plain stoners.
>
>The "stoners" psychiatric/neurological conditions might benefit from
>marijuana. Mental disorders are not all illegitimate. ...

I disagree, I was using it to self-medicate for my Bipolar Disorder,
and it was quite effective. But I had to quit, and Seroquel actually
works much better for me, as there are no side effects, for me.

I can see where cannabis may be effective for PTSD too, and other
anxiety problems. And the Cannabidiol-rich cannabis oil seems very
effective for certain seizure disorders. There are actual studies
being done recently that show anti-cancer properties as well as
growing neural tissue:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiat...etystress/1934

http://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiat...etystress/1934

http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2011...s-1003374.html



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