Good luck getting medical Marijuana in MN. I am a patient at United Pain Clinic, and I have a PCP and a neuro. NO ONE wants to send me to a clinic or pharmacist for medical Marijuana. No one wants the liability. It is also prohibitively expensive. I am 15 years on opiates, which they want me to stop, but they have no alternate solutions for breakthrough pain. I do it all, from biofeedback, group therapy, psych, psychologist, PT, acupuncture, dry needling, bitox, nerve ablation, steroid injections, nerve blocks, essential oils, you name it and I do it. There is no THC in Minnesota's medical Marijuana, but the Feds just doubled down and now want to classify hemp as a schedule I drug. My oxy is a schedule 2. Don't get your hopes up on MM. I wish I had a more positive experience to relay, but I only have my truth. I wish you all the best.Laurie Demit Rusin

Hi Laurie, thanks for your input. My doctor would refer me somewhere but it doesn't sound like Minnesota is an option right now. I am visiting Phoenix in February and they have marijuana clinics which have been around for a while. I am going to set up an appointment there. If that doesn't work out I may just spend a week in Colorado and test it "legally" there. Whatever happens I will let you know. I also have been on opiates for quite a while but the effectiveness is not very good anymore. Doctor wants me to lower intake also but there is NO other option. The Mpls company Medtronic makes two different spinal cord implants, one is a TENS type and one is a morphine pump. My Neurologist says they are "last resort".

I too went to Colorado to try medical Marijuana. I didn't realize that it put everything in violation of my pain contract, and I was lucky to be "allowed" to remain at the pain clinic. Make sure all your medical providers sign on for your experiment, or they may drop you as a patient. I feel sometimes like the medical profession is doing all it can to set up roadblocks to properly treat our chronic pain, as if we choose pain so that we can feed our habit of opiates. I am truly glad for you that your doctor is on board with you. I wish I could find similar support.Laurie Demit Rusin