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Cannabis

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

1. It sure has helped me to avoid going down the opiate road altogether.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:00 PM

Aug 2016

I have chronic pain from an ancient skiing injury to my neck. Ever since I started availing myself of medical cannabis 4 years ago, I've been like a new person.

I had been using a lot of naproxen with zero results and just didn't want to start with any opiates EVER. They are notoriously useless for neuropathic pain.

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Could Medical Cannabis Break the Painkiller Epidemic? [View all] n2doc Aug 2016 OP

It sure has helped me to avoid going down the opiate road altogether. kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #1

K & R SunSeeker Aug 2016 #2

That's the hope, anyway Warpy Aug 2016 #3

High CBD, low THC cannabis might work for you womanofthehills Aug 2016 #15

Would be great if we could do some STUDIES to find out or just let people find out for AllyCat Aug 2016 #4

Side effects....only positive.....I prefer edibles...don't like coughing. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2016 #11

It absolutely can! Chakaconcarne Aug 2016 #5

Big Pharma will never allow it - not on a massive scale. forest444 Aug 2016 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #9

How many testimonies do they need sorefeet Aug 2016 #7

I've been on vicodin going on 8 years.......... mrmpa Aug 2016 #8

Prescription opioid overdoses killed more than 165,000 Americans between 1999 SammyWinstonJack Aug 2016 #10

First we have to break free of our superstitions. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2016 #12

Not if Big Pharma has anything to say about it. Raster Aug 2016 #13

marijuana saved medicare $165 million womanofthehills Aug 2016 #14