I have an ailment that is similar in symptom profile to MS. The thing that works the best is marijuana. If I lived in a place where I could smoke it legally I would be able to work a job. Instead I must use very strong opiates (methadone) whose side effects make it very difficult to work any job at all. The relief I get from marijuana is only slightly less than from methadone but the side effects are all but nil. Sure I get high on marijuana but it is nothing compared to how high I get on the methadone, so high in fact, that I cannot drive or be relied upon for anything. <br>
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that is the business of the patient, not the government or persons with an opposing
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">"getting high" is
what causes the relief of symptoms in most cases... </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2010/7/12 Post Futurist <<a href="mailto:p0stfuturist@yahoo.com" target="_blank">p0stfuturist@yahoo.com</a>></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What do you hear, say, concerning the percentage of
certified marijuana patients who actually use marijuana for medical
treatments rather than to get high?<br>
I've been told it is 2 percent.</p>
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