Author Topic: Successful Use of Medicinal Marijuana (Read 799 times)

MRPLUTO · « **on:** December 26, 2002, 09:35:16 AM »

Doing volunteer work for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) here in Washington, DC I've met quite a few people over the years who have used marijuana medicinally. Until the other day, I had used it only recreationally, but on December 23rd...

...I had double hernia surgery. As I left the hospital, a nurse gave me some crackers and two percocets. The crackers weren't really enough for my empty stomach, and by the time I got home I threw up...not a fun thing to do with 4 inches of stitches across one's belly!

I smoked a bit of my formerly "recreational" weed, and immediately felt better and went to sleep. Four hours later, I got up to use the bathroom and immediately felt very ill again. Right away I smoked two small bong hits and within one minute felt fine. So fine, in fact, that I was able to eat something, take another percocet, and sleep well.

The goverment marijuana pill, "marinol", would have been worthless in this case: I couldn't get anything to stay down, and even if I could, the pill would have taken much too long to have had any effect. Smoking just a bit of marijuana provided effective and immediate relief.

The truth about marijuana: The government is lying.

MRPLUTO

Eagler · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:49:08 AM »

maybe you can be their poster child

hope you feel better soon

Raubvogel · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:51:16 AM »

You mean it didn't make you want to shoot heroin? Come on now, we all know marijuana leads to harder drugs! I bet you went right out and smoked some crack and carjacked someone.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #3 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:58:11 AM »

you didn't get a hernia from holding in bong hits did ya ?

MRPLUTO · « **Reply #4 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:02:00 AM »

I can't LOL, without causing pain, but you're all very funny.

The marijuana did make me want to drink...some water. If I ever feel like smoking crack, I think I'll just fly the Me-163 Komet instead. On a nap-of-the-Earth (NOE) mission.

My dad had a hernia operation, so I think these hernias are genetic in origin.

MRPLUTO

poopster · « **Reply #5 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:02:04 AM »

My lady did 4 months of chemo 5 years ago. I does work, it takes the "edge" off. The anti nausia pills made her sick. Her chemo doctor recommended it if we could find it privately. Oh that's difficult

We're both children of the sixties so we were'nt exactly strangers to the "killer weed"

Wlfgng · « **Reply #6 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:31:49 AM »

(looking for the link to the 50's era movies on the dangers of weed).. damned if I can remember the title....

capt. apathy · « **Reply #7 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:34:35 AM »

reefer madness

hardcase · « **Reply #8 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:42:26 AM »

I am doing chemo for 6 cycles of 6 week each with 3 weeks between cycles. I will be doing this chemo for a total of 54 weeks. MJ makes this tolerable. It combats my continuous nausea and stimulates my appetite to the point that I have not lost a pound during this treatment. Percocets and MJ are getting me thru this. I would be lost without MJ.

HC

Wlfgng · « **Reply #9 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:44:34 AM »

that's the one Capt.. lol
what a classic

Tuomio · « **Reply #10 on:** December 26, 2002, 12:35:52 PM »

We need more research on medical marijuana. Untill then its only excuse for you to get high and it really doesent help you at all. Its infact so harmful for you, that we have to put you in jail for 10 years..

MJ stimulating apetite, *pfft* yeah right!

Eagler · « **Reply #11 on:** December 26, 2002, 01:23:06 PM »

I hear it greatly improves your short term memory also

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2002, 02:31:58 PM »

I was going to post a reply, but I forgot what this thread was about...
-SW

bigUC · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2002, 02:35:14 PM »

U should try some morphine - even better

paintmaw · « **Reply #14 on:** December 26, 2002, 03:18:28 PM »

think of all the dealers that would be out of work if the made it legal , and the police would have more time to eat dounuts and chase real criminals