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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever tried pot? [View all]

ms liberty

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25. It is very effective for migraines and chronic insomnia
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 10:17 AM
Mar 2021

I used it for years for those issues. I had to quit due to affordability and access issues. Then a few years later I went into early menopause due to chemotherapy for breast cancer. Horrible hot flashes and brain fog, as well as all the other menopausal symptoms. A friend visited and shared some with me, and while we were hanging out after I realized my hot flashes had stopped and I was a normal temperature again. And my brain was firing on all cylinders, although I was a bit silly. I was surprised but really thrilled, because I had tried medications and they either didn't help or I had reactions. Since the oncologists had told me I could conceivably have these symptoms for the rest of my life, I began using it. I still have terrible hot flashes. It still works, and now I have a routine that keeps enough of it in my system so that I can not have all these debilitating symptoms.
I saw a comment from someone very recently who called cannabis use a need to "deny reality." Obviously that person has never smoked or used cannabis, because that's not what it does. And someone above intimated that Biden wanted "sober people " but that's another bullshit trope...I could smoke/ingest cannabis all night tonite without a hangover in the morning, and go to work without any issue or chance of still being high. That is a key advantage cannabis has over alcohol. I don't like alcohol or the effects on me.

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Have you ever tried pot? [View all] Duppers Mar 2021 OP
Every which way. no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #1
Uh, potato? Duppers Mar 2021 #3
Makes a great pipe in a pinch. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #11
While I chose "yes"... PJMcK Mar 2021 #2
It's the only thing I've found that keeps my migraines at bay. n/t femmedem Mar 2021 #4
That's a common cure, I've heard. Duppers Mar 2021 #5
Me, too. femmedem Mar 2021 #27
Excellent! Duppers Mar 2021 #32
I'm guessing he wants sober minded people working for him. Omnipresent Mar 2021 #6
So they can't drink, either. marble falls Mar 2021 #19
He doesn't want them stoned or intoxicated Omnipresent Mar 2021 #24
A person is much less likely to have any sort of "hangover" or residual effect from cannabis. Treefrog Mar 2021 #40
as does every employer; elleng Mar 2021 #38
Massive quantities, daily. 5X Mar 2021 #7
😁 Duppers Mar 2021 #16
Nope. Never. No desire to whatsoever. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2021 #8
Mushrooms. My favorite hallucinogenic. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #12
datura is a weed that grows around here but it can be dangerous I don't recommend it, Kali Mar 2021 #43
It is a legal substance where I live. GumboYaYa Mar 2021 #9
That the truth! Duppers Mar 2021 #15
Many years ago, and I was like Bill Clinton about it. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #10
not directly. by choice. smells awful. boss + man i was traveling w/ in addition to others. pansypoo53219 Mar 2021 #13
Three times in my 30's, and on each occasion, I puked. Croney Mar 2021 #14
For 49 years now, padfun Mar 2021 #17
That's bs. bluedigger Mar 2021 #18
Admitting it helps. My wife joined CIA in the late 60's, when she was asked if she ... marble falls Mar 2021 #22
tried it , dont care for it. AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #20
Many Federal jobs require drug tests Submariner Mar 2021 #21
I understand that they must not be current users. Duppers Mar 2021 #26
Yes, I've tried it Leith Mar 2021 #23
It is very effective for migraines and chronic insomnia ms liberty Mar 2021 #25
Marijuana is a wonder drug in so many ways! Duppers Mar 2021 #30
Yea, that is the problem with my state ms liberty Mar 2021 #33
Honestly, I find it very difficult to believe most who deny trying it--over a certain age... hlthe2b Mar 2021 #28
My DH refuses to try it. Duppers Mar 2021 #31
Lol. My fast driving causes my hubby ms liberty Mar 2021 #34
I'll have a couple hits after breakfast and go out and walk about three miles pretty much brewens Mar 2021 #29
Nope, never done it ironflange Mar 2021 #35
never smoked, but recently tried some vegan gummies. not bad. (expensive) IcyPeas Mar 2021 #36
Nope, never Mr. Scorpio Mar 2021 #37
The first and only frogmarch Mar 2021 #39
smoking it as I reply to this thread JuJuChen Mar 2021 #41
Yes, I was pretty much a daily pot smoker the first 2 years after college. beaglelover Mar 2021 #42
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