Cannabis oil

I was prescribed marinol/drobinol and never took it - it's basically synthetic THC without all the other synergistic cannabinoids - and my doctor told me to expect that it would be very sedating and that my balance would be impaired I shouldn't drive. Which explains why I never took it! Hopefully someone with more THC experience will chime in.

Yeah - the instructions I've seen for RSO are for a pound dried and they specify buds and flowers and tips. I don't grow, but that - that seems like a lot. I know someone who does grow and make RSO, and she says that ultimately, once she knew what she was doing, they began incorporating more and more of the whole plant, but her motivation was to try and reduce the levels of THC and increase the other cannabinoids in the blend because the family member using it has a form of cancer where the ratio of THC to other cannabinoids is really crucial - too much THC in that ratio has been linked to tumor growth and metastases. We're in a state where cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational uses and the circumstances under which she would sell RSO are non-existent.

FWIW, I have had good luck with topical (yeah, topical) CBD for nerve pain and minor spasticity inhibition - but what I get is basically the CBD equivalent of RSO (with, yes, gas chromatography results) and then put it in coconut oil and use it as lotion. It's not very long acting (4-8 hours), but it's very effective.

Best wishes getting what you need.

This just occurred to me - I don't know where you are, but Maine has (or had) a collaborative growth model (i.e., folks can designate a grower and then the grower does the cultivation and processing for them, including making RSO on their behalf.) - they were looking for growers to be able to sell "extra" to folks who had cards but weren't their customers. It was up in November. If you're anywhere near Maine, it might be worth checking out what happened with that.

I remember when I use to smoke it in the late 60s all of the 70s up until 1983. I could drive under the influence of cannabis, alcohol was the thing I had trouble being able to drive under the influence of. But that was me, so I wouldn't want to influence anyone on what they do, especially under the influence of the drugs we already take. I might add also that it was that way with pretty much all of my friends and acquaintances.

I gave it all up in 1983 when I quit drinking. I was a weekend warrior drinker, I would drink every weekend until late Sunday night, then do it all over again the next weekend. I quit when me and a deck, two steel garbage cans , and a cement patio had a meeting of my face. That was enough for me. I knew then and there the next day at the E R , when the Dr said ," So , you think you dislocated your jaw huh?". I broke my jaw in six places. I learned my lesson.

As far as CBD goes, it's not psychoactive and doesn't seem to require THC to be effective. But on it's own, pure CBD has a very narrow dose range of effectiveness ( www.projectcbd.org/article/synthetic-vs-whole-plant-cbd ) Also, it can get expensive fast. I know of people for whom it becomes effective at doses of 200 mg day, and getting that level means 40 capsules from a 60 capsule jar, which costs $62. A lot of the CBD with no THC that gets marketed is derived from industrial hemp, which means many of the ratios of the other cannabinoids are way off or entirely absent from the ranges found in typical medical/recreational cannabis.

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When I was in a nursing home, my City had to have my home's lawn and shrubs cut (once only). Good thing I hadn't planted anything illegal! Lol.