Comments on: New, Low-THC Marijuana Should Relieve Pain Without the High http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33607 Mike Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:23:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33607 No need to submit previous comment. Duh! I am referring of course to PRN medical marijuana, legal here. It is prescribed for my 40 years of PTSD, not for pain mgmnt. So the concern is how to balance treatment of different conditions. I'll just get back the docs b/c the issue is probably one of potency. Duh, the answer occurred to me! No need to submit previous comment. Duh! I am referring of course to PRN medical marijuana, legal here. It is prescribed for my 40 years of PTSD, not for pain mgmnt. So the concern is how to balance treatment of different conditions. I’ll just get back the docs b/c the issue is probably one of potency. Duh, the answer occurred to me!

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33606 Mike Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:07:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33606 I am in pain mngmnt 2.5 years following injury to spinal cord and tear of two rotator cuffs, plus degenerative disc disease. PT taught me how to exercise and "self-correct" my posture and how to perform daily activities. I had to retire early, remain active, but have noticed that use if THC (say, half a dozen times in 4 months or so), has made me MORE aware of my pain on three of those occasions. The pain is chronic and affects everything from my hamstrings up. I wonder if the explanation is b/c it was late in the day and I was already fatigued OR perhaps b/c THC increases one's awareness of just about everything, then... Can't explain. Any ideas? I am in pain mngmnt 2.5 years following injury to spinal cord and tear of two rotator cuffs, plus degenerative disc disease. PT taught me how to exercise and “self-correct” my posture and how to perform daily activities. I had to retire early, remain active, but have noticed that use if THC (say, half a dozen times in 4 months or so), has made me MORE aware of my pain on three of those occasions. The pain is chronic and affects everything from my hamstrings up. I wonder if the explanation is b/c it was late in the day and I was already fatigued OR perhaps b/c THC increases one’s awareness of just about everything, then… Can’t explain. Any ideas?

]]> By: Maris B. Mohr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33604 Maris B. Mohr Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:18:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33604 Bob, Here, here! I've got MS, FMS, and degenerative scoliosis. The only thing that helps the severe, combined pain is my once-a-day inhalation. Not being a smoker I don't like smoking herb either, so I got myself an herb vaporizer and get total relief. People with the monsanto company instigated paranoia of marijuana way back in the 1940s or 50s (something like that) to prevent hemp from being developed which would have been a danger to the growing synthetics industries. They had a strong enough lobby to cause the federal gov't to outlaw marijuana and include it in the list of dangerous, addictive drugs. Now really . . . just like prohibition in the 1920s, when something is de-legalized it becomes the property of criminals and gangsters. They were the only ones who could/would dare to provide the supply to meet the demand. The same with "drugs", i.e. marijuana. Bob,
Here, here! I’ve got MS, FMS, and degenerative scoliosis. The only thing that helps the severe, combined pain is my once-a-day inhalation. Not being a smoker I don’t like smoking herb either, so I got myself an herb vaporizer and get total relief.

People with the monsanto company instigated paranoia of marijuana way back in the 1940s or 50s (something like that) to prevent hemp from being developed which would have been a danger to the growing synthetics industries. They had a strong enough lobby to cause the federal gov’t to outlaw marijuana and include it in the list of dangerous, addictive drugs.

Now really . . . just like prohibition in the 1920s, when something is de-legalized it becomes the property of criminals and gangsters. They were the only ones who could/would dare to provide the supply to meet the demand. The same with “drugs”, i.e. marijuana.

]]> By: daveh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33603 daveh Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:08:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33603 Well.....FDA Drug approval requires that the company prove that the combination is superior to each entity alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabiximols Well…..FDA Drug approval requires that the company prove that the combination is superior to each entity alone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabiximols

]]> By: Brian Too http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33602 Brian Too Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:58:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33602 In breaking news, interest in medical marijuana plummets! In breaking news, interest in medical marijuana plummets!

]]> By: Rob Evans, B.Sc., M.Sc. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33601 Rob Evans, B.Sc., M.Sc. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:03:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33601 Dear Discover Magazine ( 80 Beats ): May be what those in alcohol treatment are looking for.. The Alcoholic is very authoritive on the addictive side and there are medical people who are investigating the "High" you get and how to do away with it. More work to do yet. About 10 % of the general population have alcohol related problems and need to be helped without given some-sort of a "derogitory level" just to make matters worse. Announce you are having a problem with alcoholic and even the COMPASSIONATE people disapear through the floorboards. For those on the "Far Right" who love giving people "LABELS". I have yet to see why putting on labels makes the problem go away. Instant solutions sometimes make the problem worse. We try so hard to help "THEM" and they do not care Dear Discover Magazine ( 80 Beats ):

May be what those in alcohol treatment are looking for.. The Alcoholic is very authoritive on the addictive side and there are medical people who are investigating the “High” you get and how to do away with it.

More work to do yet. About 10 % of the general population have alcohol related problems and need to be helped without given some-sort of a “derogitory level” just to make matters worse. Announce you are having a problem with alcoholic and even the COMPASSIONATE people disapear through the floorboards. For those on the “Far Right” who love giving people “LABELS”. I have yet to see why putting on labels makes the problem go away. Instant solutions sometimes make the problem worse. We try so hard to help “THEM” and they do not care

]]> By: Jim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33600 Jim Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:22:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33600 All the time and effort put into eliminating the "negative" side of Marijuana, but any other legal drug has way more potentially fatal side effects. Congrats, society. All the time and effort put into eliminating the “negative” side of Marijuana, but any other legal drug has way more potentially fatal side effects. Congrats, society.

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33598 Chris Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:00:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33598 THC-Free pot? For the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, why?? It's almost as sad as non-alcoholic beer. I think the "high" is an added bonus. If I have to sit around puking after my chemo, why on earth would I want to do it with total clarity of thought rather than cop a buzz and forget about the bottom of the toilet bowl for a while? Thanks, guys. No... really :( THC-Free pot?

For the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, why??

It’s almost as sad as non-alcoholic beer.

I think the “high” is an added bonus.

If I have to sit around puking after my chemo, why on earth would I want to do it with total clarity of thought rather than cop a buzz and forget about the bottom of the toilet bowl for a while?

Thanks, guys. No… really :(

]]> By: Sparkicus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33597 Sparkicus Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:56:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33597 Simultaneously: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9383640/Cannabis-could-be-used-to-treat-obesity-related-diseases.html PS, @Hypnotic Dreams: Cannabis can be vaporized or ingested and need not be smoked. You should do some reading on this, I think. Simultaneously:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9383640/Cannabis-could-be-used-to-treat-obesity-related-diseases.html

PS, @Hypnotic Dreams: Cannabis can be vaporized or ingested and need not be smoked. You should do some reading on this, I think.

]]> By: Bruwer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/06/new-low-thc-marijuana-should-relieve-pain-without-the-high/#comment-33596 Bruwer Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:09:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38246#comment-33596 Obviously these people have not done their literature research before commencing work. This is old stuff. There already such versions being used. Obviously these people have not done their literature research before commencing work.
This is old stuff.
There already such versions being used.

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