http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=547427
The Centers for Disease Control reports overdosing on prescription painkillers is an epidemic in the United States, especially for men.
Government researchers say more people suffer deadly overdoses from prescription painkillers compared to heroin and cocaine combined.
Nearly 15,000 people died from prescription overdoses in 2008.
The CDC says there needs to be changes in the way the drugs are prescribed in order to cut back on misuse.
Not one person has died from a pot overdose, neither recreational pot or medically prescribed pot.
Who is against medical pot and why?
Showing posts with label Medical cannabis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medical cannabis. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Adult Medicine
A number of years back I was in an accident. The lowest disc in my spine shattered and the shards floated into the spinal canal and began to carve up the spinal root sac.
I had a number of surgeries and treatments and years of rehab.
I also had loads of pills. I had morphine, Vicodin, Felxerall, Valium, Oxycontin and Lyrica just to name the main drugs I was taking.
And they didn't work. Or rather, they did work for pain in the sense that if I took enough, eventually I would pass out and not feel the pain. But there was no in-between; either I took enough to get unconscious or I was devastatingly high but still in pain.
I have been prescribed medical cannabis.
And it works. I am functional, I can work, I can interact and it more effectively deals with the pain and nerve involvement than any pill I've taken.
These doctors have given me back a life.
What I don't understand is who is against this treatment? Why is it even an issue? How can anyone imagine that Medical Marijuana is worse than the pills they gave me?
It's nice to be treated like an adult and get the most effective treatments with the fewest side-effects. Why can't everyone have this? Why do you need to be in the right location, the right State or Country? Why do you need to go through years of disgusting and noneffective treatments before they finally give you something cheap and simple that works?
And every single person I see at the dispensary says the same exact thing. Every time a doctor, nurse or staffer walks by they are greeted by a row or people all of whom stop them and thank them and are grateful for getting their lives back. Cancers, MS, Accidents and more... across the board.
It's a flower, a plant. Please stop being stupid.
It's time we stopped putting religion and politics above the well being of real people.
I had a number of surgeries and treatments and years of rehab.
I also had loads of pills. I had morphine, Vicodin, Felxerall, Valium, Oxycontin and Lyrica just to name the main drugs I was taking.
And they didn't work. Or rather, they did work for pain in the sense that if I took enough, eventually I would pass out and not feel the pain. But there was no in-between; either I took enough to get unconscious or I was devastatingly high but still in pain.
I have been prescribed medical cannabis.
And it works. I am functional, I can work, I can interact and it more effectively deals with the pain and nerve involvement than any pill I've taken.
These doctors have given me back a life.
What I don't understand is who is against this treatment? Why is it even an issue? How can anyone imagine that Medical Marijuana is worse than the pills they gave me?
It's nice to be treated like an adult and get the most effective treatments with the fewest side-effects. Why can't everyone have this? Why do you need to be in the right location, the right State or Country? Why do you need to go through years of disgusting and noneffective treatments before they finally give you something cheap and simple that works?
And every single person I see at the dispensary says the same exact thing. Every time a doctor, nurse or staffer walks by they are greeted by a row or people all of whom stop them and thank them and are grateful for getting their lives back. Cancers, MS, Accidents and more... across the board.
It's a flower, a plant. Please stop being stupid.
It's time we stopped putting religion and politics above the well being of real people.
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