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Does medical marijuana work for chronic pain?
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Thank you for your thoughtful reply, @artscaping !
There are MANY online cannabis calculators out there. I tried a pile of them, & they all seem to give the same (good consistency!) results...
Google "cannabis potency calculator" (no quotes) - you'll see what I mean.
MSCB (My-So-Called-Back) & I have been "having words with each other", since around the turn of the millennium. Seems like we teach each-other something new about each-other on a daily basis!
Believe me when I say that vaping isn't my first choice...
Before I bought my vaporizer, I tried to homebrew (decarb/infuse) some cannabis, with at-best "mehh" results. The problems seem to all stem from process variances, from batch to batch, with the gear I own. The process is long, it makes a mess of the kitchen... & finally:
- I have no idea if I over/under decarbed, and-so have a less potent oil/tincture than thought.
- Oven decarboxylation stinks to high heaven. I want to remain discreet.
- The results taste just terrible... and smells even worse!! I get around the taste by putting it in 00 capsules & tossing them: 'cause there ain't no way I'm swishing the resulting oils in my mouth!!! 🤢
I've been eyeballing decarboxylation/infusion machines on Amazon, thinking it perhaps a way toward a more standardized process. *It's ok to have a consistent weak brew, because you still have consistent effects for the quantity dosed, right?
Hey, who knows... MSCB may not even be in pain shortly. I'm biting the bullet & going for an L1-2 fusion - I have very high hopes!!!
*(But, it's better to make your oil/tincture as strong as consistently possible... Oh boy, MORE EXPERIMENTATION!!)
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To jonc59: speaking as a certified NYS medical marijuana pt., you are being paranoid. You need to get over that. That was then, and this is now. You should consult with the pharmacist at the medical marijuana dispensaries who might be able to help guide you. The whole program was set up to try to make amends to those people who were treated like criminals in the past. Those people now have first dibs on getting a license to start a marijuana dispensary.
If you’re very sensitive to the psychoactive effects of THC, you might want to consider microdosing. By that I mean trying products that have a tiny amount of THC like 1.0 mg, combined with a very large amount of CBD, like 54 mg. Taking half a gummy with that composition does the trick for me. You have to look for a certain chew made by Hedy in their green apple flavor.
Israel has been experimenting with microdosing,, and finding many people who benefit from just a tiny amount of THC, coupled with a much larger amount of CBD, which counteracts some of the negative effects of THC.