Spiky Bugger
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I’m in CA. It’s all legal here. I could get the medical certification, but the cost of that, plus the cost to file those documents with the state will exceed the “savings” on the OUTRAGEOUS taxes. How outrageous, you ask? I think it’s right about an additional 28% on top of the 10% sales tax. But they don’t get rid of all 28% with the certification.
I’d agree with taxes if this were for a party, but topical stuff to rub into my arthitic knees is NOT a good party treat.
I use cannabis, occasionally, to extend the time between doses of opioids. My doctors are aware. My opioids are prescribed for the recommended SIX hours between doses. That doesn’t work. Never has. It goes like this:
6:00 am—take pill
6:45 am—my head can feel it, pain relief BEGINS slowly at this point
7:15 am—usually, this is where pain relief works
8:45 am—pain relief begins to wane
9:00 am—I’m hurting again, and pissed that there isn’t better relief available…and then…knowing that in the hospital, it’s FOUR hours…I wait until
10:00am—when I take the next pill and again wait another 1.25 hours for pain relief.
This means that in an 8-hour-period, from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm, I spend about 3.5 hours with no pain relief. Now there ARE days that I’m not hurting very much and the opioids actually work for longer periods, so I wait longer between doses. AND, because I’m elderly and occasionally subject to “paradoxical reactions,” opioids can work like drinking a few double espressos, so I don’t take them after about 7:30-8:00pm, so I can sleep.
But when I DO use the cannabis, usually tincture drops under the tongue around 8:00 am if I remember, the pain does not return at 9:00 am and that 10:00 am “fix” gets skipped, which is a good thing.
If the STUPID federal government would figure out that cannabis IS a medication, not only could actual research begin, but it would save a lot of people a lot of money and help them with less toxic pain relief.
PLUS, this order includes both pomegranate and lemonade flavor gummies! Way tastier than opiods.
(I don’t know if anyone actually CARES, but this is one cannabis user’s experience.)
I’d agree with taxes if this were for a party, but topical stuff to rub into my arthitic knees is NOT a good party treat.
I use cannabis, occasionally, to extend the time between doses of opioids. My doctors are aware. My opioids are prescribed for the recommended SIX hours between doses. That doesn’t work. Never has. It goes like this:
6:00 am—take pill
6:45 am—my head can feel it, pain relief BEGINS slowly at this point
7:15 am—usually, this is where pain relief works
8:45 am—pain relief begins to wane
9:00 am—I’m hurting again, and pissed that there isn’t better relief available…and then…knowing that in the hospital, it’s FOUR hours…I wait until
10:00am—when I take the next pill and again wait another 1.25 hours for pain relief.
This means that in an 8-hour-period, from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm, I spend about 3.5 hours with no pain relief. Now there ARE days that I’m not hurting very much and the opioids actually work for longer periods, so I wait longer between doses. AND, because I’m elderly and occasionally subject to “paradoxical reactions,” opioids can work like drinking a few double espressos, so I don’t take them after about 7:30-8:00pm, so I can sleep.
But when I DO use the cannabis, usually tincture drops under the tongue around 8:00 am if I remember, the pain does not return at 9:00 am and that 10:00 am “fix” gets skipped, which is a good thing.
If the STUPID federal government would figure out that cannabis IS a medication, not only could actual research begin, but it would save a lot of people a lot of money and help them with less toxic pain relief.
PLUS, this order includes both pomegranate and lemonade flavor gummies! Way tastier than opiods.
(I don’t know if anyone actually CARES, but this is one cannabis user’s experience.)
