Bad back blamed for cannabis crop

[Crunchy]

would work very well i believe, if you prove cannabis is beneficial in the absence of all other available treatments.

[Budman2012]

Very True Crunchy,

Wherin lies a massive problem ... as far as I see it the patients testimony is secondary to their medical 'providers' at all times ... It's not enough to "know" It's the best treatment for yourself ... The Doctors "know" better somehow , how exactly you feel. This has always irked me and kept me personally from pursuing medical help even in cases where it is arguably necessary.

 

That's why there are so many many types of Pharmaceuticals ... you could spend your entire lifetime trying all the different toxic concoctions available , and until they've exhausted them all then it seems to be considered unsatisfactory for anyone to self-medicate and/or give up on the System.

i.e. It's alost impossible for 'an absence of available treatments' to exist.

 

To be honest , If I'd studied all those years to be a medical 'practitioner' and all of a sudden things changed and everyone could get their medicine from a simple plant based extract by themselves ... that could be a worry. But to forsake people in need .. for the want of profit is just not cricket is it.

 

While I myself feel that the Medical System has not been terribly kind .. or even adequate to me and many ...

I also wouldn't be sitting here today if it weren't for the Medical System we do have.

So ... arguably , It's not all bad heheh

But the way things are these days , It certainly often seems that money is the primary objective for everyone involved.

 

Any medicinal claims I may make about Cannabis for myself are seemingly negated by the fact that I don't adhere to "prescribed" methods of Drug therapy and others things so there is a wide belief that unless you accept 'What The Doctor Tells You' and take their drugs , have their surgeries ...you don't deserve to be taken seriously. Especially in regards to Self Medicating. I'm sure others can relate.

 

I'm not sure I actually intended to go anywhere with this reply , just typing a few thoughts really.

 

It's also true , as was pointed out ... People are going to play the "medicinal" card regardless nowadays ...

But as seems to be the case from this story ... People should be given the benefit of the doubt in these matters unless it can obviously be "proved" otherwize.

 

Like Cybergenesis pointed out ... I also believe It's a better "coping" effect that is garnered from Cannabis use rather than a Direct Painkiller (tho current research is seeming to suggest a direct therapeutical effect for certain types of pain). I have absolutely no doubt of the beneficial effects , as many others here well know for themselves. Self-medicating should be taken into account more than it is. I'm sure many doctors know and see this , just as coppers know and see that oppressing and destroying peoples lives , young and Old , for merely Consuming/Possessing/Growing moderate amounts of Cannabis is as futile an act as it is depraved. But people get so ingrained in the mechanics of "The Systems" that greater expansion considering "the facts" never really seems to get anywhere , if that makes sense.

 

I'm not sure how this could possibly ever be changed except thru honesty and greater vigilance from Consumers/Patients.

 

Stay Well , Stay Safe Peoples

Cheerz,

 

Budman