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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 28, 2020 | Replies (258)Comment receiving replies
And don't you worry about the ads that will come to fight legalization. They will scoop up every youth who has gotten a ticket and been in accident. To me this is proof that you should not use until you are 21.
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Justin...Mayo is just lining up with their reasons why we should not use Marijuana. My reason for moving the age to 21, would be to make sure they are adult enough to understand that this is a powerful plant and can help but it can be abused. The teens will not get addicted to Marijuana unless they are mental WANTING that. And it would not be real. I know this all means MONEY. Pharmacy drug companies, & doctors will be giving up their frosting on the cake that they receive now when one of their patients uses their drug. I have SEVEN 7 drugs for my heart. REALLY? I called and asked my doctor to please go over the listing of drugs and let me quit even a few. She will probably agree this time as she is leaving present location and moving to another. My doctor in Oregon always gave me samples first to see if the drug upset my stomach or that it had a reverse action on me. I was blessed. Now I take the script to the pharmacy and pick up 30 days supply and use two and throw the rest out. There is a whole lot of politics involved in our pharmacy use and prescribed
drugs. YES to Marijuana. And be careful on the ballot, they use YES to get the NO.
research will continue to be stymied as long as they keep its current schedule designation......as bad as heroin...no medical use. That means any government studies have trouble being approved and any legitimate study struggles to get product that meets criteria.
I do believe Mayo was against approval of medical marijuana but seems to be coming around.
There is a lot of money involved with a lot of people and we who suffer are at the bottom of the list as far as a reason to legalize.
Lets hope we do get more proof of benefit and peoples minds start to open and the children and adults can reduce their suffering.
Maybe reducing the suffering of others will become a TOP PRORITY instead of an after thought
Allen... Keep in mind the money doctor and hospitals will loose their pocket change for pushing those LEGAL drugs. I worry how they. NoT US will damage the freedom to use pot. They can and will bl
grow pot. I saw a documentary some time back with clinics and doctors with green houses, growing.
I am sure, dementia will become a thing of the past. Once Mariuana is legal, ask families of dementia patients if they WD be willing to try it.
I totally agree, Allison. I live in CO so MJ is legal. But all I use is CBD oil on my sore joints prn. I certainly don’t abuse it. And is all about the moneymakers and narrow minded attitudes. As we get older we need some quality of life and not to be sidelined by people who know nothing about chronic pain. I’m in Rehab after lung cancer surgery, but my main complaint is a very sore shoulder, no doubt from therapy and they are aware of that. MaryLou
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@oregongirl, You actually bring up an interesting point about use of medical marijuana and age. Here is an interesting link from Mayo Clinic with a little bit more information, https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/medical-marijuana/art-20137855. Even Mayo Clinic states that more research is needed. However, it does mention that marijuana can become an addiction for a small percentage of people and that risk is higher for individuals under the age of 25. It also depends on whether an individual has an addictive personality.