i agree everyone has his/her own personal preference on how to control neuro pain or to what levels they can tolerate it. i have my own opinion on weed which i would like to keep to myself as I cannot talk from experience as i have not tried it nor intend to. From experience what works for me is conditioning myself to a higher tolerance level to neuro pain. i would dare say i'm used to it while during sleep time i don't feel it at all. When i'm working or totally focused on doing something i hardly notice it so yes it does not bother me. i feel it the most when i'bored so yes its all mental for me. As i said i don't like taking any form of meds and would try all options not to. Excluding caverjet.
Can medical marijuana be used openly in California? And, can it be transported across the US/Canada border?
I'm going to be spending most of the summer in Los Angeles, and am wondering if I can take my supplies down with me. (I will be driving) I'm renting a house with a lovely outdoor patio, and don't want to risk the neighbours calling the police. And of course, will need to get across the border!
Any thoughts or advice on this?
Hi Loraine. This site basically says "no". Sorry. www.merryjane.com/health/canadian-cannabis-patients-cross-US-border "...Though her last trip to Michigan ended in discomfort, Rieveley stated that she would never risk getting banned from the United States for bringing her medicine along. "
Can medical marijuana be used openly in California? And, can it be transported across the US/Canada border?
I'm going to be spending most of the summer in Los Angeles, and am wondering if I can take my supplies down with me. (I will be driving) I'm renting a house with a lovely outdoor patio, and don't want to risk the neighbours calling the police. And of course, will need to get across the border!
Any thoughts or advice on this?
Q: Can people consume marijuana in public?
A: No. Marijuana use is allowed only on private property, not in parks or on sidewalks or anywhere where smoking is banned. People using marijuana in a public place can be subject to a $100 infraction. The fine increases to $250 in no-smoking areas. Also, mere possession is banned in schools or youth centers.
But pot users can consume in private clubs or at events that are licensed for on-site marijuana consumption and are not visible by people under 21 or from any public place.
Can medical marijuana be used openly in California? And, can it be transported across the US/Canada border?
I'm going to be spending most of the summer in Los Angeles, and am wondering if I can take my supplies down with me. (I will be driving) I'm renting a house with a lovely outdoor patio, and don't want to risk the neighbours calling the police. And of course, will need to get across the border!
Any thoughts or advice on this?
Hi Loraine. This site basically says "no". Sorry. www.merryjane.com/health/canadian-cannabis-patients-cross-US-border "...Though her last trip to Michigan ended in discomfort, Rieveley stated that she would never risk getting banned from the United States for bringing her medicine along. "
Arghhh ... not cool. Understandable, though. Thanks, Vintage, for this really helpful link. Good to know, but still ...
I hear you delboy . As much as it sucks having SCI I too would much rather be a normal function member of society than some crazy drug addict. In the end both are in a crappy situation. Which is worse? Who knows.
Associating marijuana as a gateway drug to other drugs only applies to people who already have addictive traits. People who are suffering from neuro pain can also become addicted to prescription drugs and many damage their liver in the process.
Marijuana is a drug that is natural and organic; if it is grown properly. Marijuana has been around for a great many years and has been found to reduce pain without any serious side effects. Until you suffer the debilitating neuro pain and physically feel the relief offered from marijuana, while not damaging your organs, can you truly understand why a person suffering becomes a proponent of legalization. Governments are realizing that legalization will ultimately lower the end cost, allow for competition and raise the quality.
Smoking marijuana is just one way of ingesting the benefits. Just like prescription drugs, it takes some trial and error to determine the strain and dosage to determine what works for you so that you can work and live without any detriments.
Oh I agree! My response to delboy's comment was just about people who have gotten addicted to the hard drugs.
Looking at your legislation seems good for the user. Here first offenders caught smoking weed get a fine and a suspended sentence. Second offence is 6 months jail. People caught selling it may get a 5 to 10 year jail sentence. if Malta is bad i'm shocked to see that in the US trafficking large quantities of weed under the "drug kingpin activity act may get you the death sentence. The United States Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Louisiana has however struck down this capital punishment for crimes that do not result in the death of a victim.
Post by electricguy on May 2, 2017 20:14:42 GMT -8
I have tried some edibles since my accident and subsequent paraplegia. I did very much enjoy, not having my muscles tighten up all the time. Unfortunately, even though I may be able to find, a doctor in my, state that would prescribe it, my insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid, I do not believe would cover the cost. Another unfortunate thing is that our war on drugs, mostly marijuana, has driven the price up to a point where the people who could benefit the most cannot afford it.
My personal opinion is that it is so our greedy politicians, will they themselves, benefit from the taxes imposed on it and the licensing to grow it, dispense it and prescribe it. Just my personal opinion, it should've been legalized 30 years ago. This country and the world would have been better off for it.
Post by kilg0retr0ut on May 3, 2017 4:23:20 GMT -8
The cost has come down in this area. Many growers here, only so much demand. The average cost of decent bud in 2000 was $240 a oz., today you can pick one up for $75. I'm afraid once it is legalized it will go back up, but from some reading I've done predicts the price will continue to come down. Once the gov. gets involved I think they'll tax the snot out of it. We'll see.
The cost has come down in this area. Many growers here, only so much demand. The average cost of decent bud in 2000 was $240 a oz., today you can pick one up for $75. I'm afraid once it is legalized it will go back up, but from some reading I've done predicts the price will continue to come down. Once the gov. gets involved I think they'll tax the snot out of it. We'll see.
Back when I used to use marijuana, on a daily basis pretty much, in the 80s, you could pick up a good oz., for about $35 or $40 and $60 for primo high-quality marijuana.
I think the government has purposely, driven the price up, for the purposes of taxation. And some of them will have, an inside track, to be involved themselves, in the industry.
Back when I used to use marijuana, on a daily basis pretty much, in the 80s, you could pick up a good oz., for about $35 or $40 and $60 for primo high-quality marijuana.
I think the government has purposely, driven the price up, for the purposes of taxation. And some of them will have, an inside track, to be involved themselves, in the industry.
As to the govt. driving up the price... not exactly. What states have done where it is legal is keep a careful eye on the street price of illegal marijuana. If they set it too high people will go where the price is better. So we have an imperfect form of competition. They do set it a bit higher than street price on the theory that most people want to avoid legal difficulties, plus the stores are convenient.
Still, price including tax has to be not much higher than street. The people who actually lose relative profit in the scheme are the legal growers, yet obviously the larger outfits anticipate good margins. As with most industries, the little guys will either scale up or have trouble.
Politicians who hold a stake in the industry will get prosecute sooner or later.
Post by electricguy on May 3, 2017 10:53:13 GMT -8
tetra , The government has been, through its policies and slowly increasing the price, over the last 30 years. If they would've legalized it, instead of incarcerating people, making an increase tax burden to take care those inmates. They have also through their policies, strengthen the drug cartels, by helping to drive up the price, of what they have deemed illegal. If it were legal it would almost immediately, lessen the strength of the drug cartels. Marijuana, has been used for centuries, to make rope, clothing, not to mention medicinal purposes. Our politicians, as turned a simple issue, into a complex problem. None of them will be prosecuted because they will build loopholes in the laws to protect themselves. The situation will exist, until marijuana is legalized on a national level, not the state-by-state method they are using now.
lots of different cultivars with different effects. CBD and TCH content matter for pain relief. I have found pot to be helpful with nerve pain. May just be the distraction affect? I don't know and I don't care. I have not checked in in quite a while and was glad to get email today urging me to do so. Thanks. Good luck to all.
This girl's story and a glimpse of this video was on my local news a few hours ago. The girl is autistic and harms herself by hitting her head with her hands. But three minutes of CBD oil calms her down, sometimes for the rest of the day. The Mother was also in the news story tonight. Her parents seem very loving and caring. They want Texas to legalize the marijuana that their daughter needs. This video says the girl is 17, but I think the story I watched tonight said that she is (now) 20.