A step in the right direction.

Jeff Sessions

are the big groups that have been fighting pot legalization for years.

https://www.republicreport.org/2012/marijuana-lobby-illegal/

you can be sure they are heavy donors.

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a nice couch-lock Indica, high in CBDs, than any opioid on the planet. No one has ever died from an over-dose on pot.

maybe we have new numbers from the other states who now have legal MJ...

coffee table reading

Even heroin/fetanyl using only Kratom.

Never heard of it.

And there are many different strains that help with different ailments. Opiod Withdrawal, anxiety, deppresion and pain relief are among it's most popular uses

I learn something new here daily

Workers there traditionally chewed the leaves (which I can't imagine, as the stuff is incredibly bitter) to ease the pains of heavy manual labor.

It's weird stuff. Hits both your opiate receptors and your caffeine receptors at once.

He was on some opioids but was cut off when they found alcohol in his system.
He bought some kratom but is afraid to take it. He's giving it to me. I'll report
later on it's effects.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitragyna_speciosa

Thanks

Kratom is kind of like taking mushrooms; just about when you feel yourself start to get high, you're going to throw up. And have a chaser ready, because the "tea" is going to be one of the most bitter things you've ever tasted.

I find it can be helpful with my anxiety issues. It's really not scary at all, and I hope your friend will give it a shot. Many people with chronic pain find it a godsend. This is a good place to find more in depth information. https://www.reddit.com/r/kratom/

I have fibromyalgia and haven't had to take ANY medication since I discovered Kratom. In 2016, the DEA was looking to make Kratom illegal. Then, in 2017, they laid off. I'm not sure where things stand right now. One of the 20/20 type shows had a segment about how much it's helped with the Opioid crisis for those who know about it and can get it. Of course there are pros and cons - IMHO, the cons being that it cuts into the pharmaceutical company profits....

Very similar to the way opioids are ... it essentially IS a type of opioid (one of the active alkaloids in the plant is) though from what I understand withdrawals are milder because it's not a strong stimulator of the receptors.

To them, these are sub-human druggies, and they deserve to die. (Nevermind that the opioid problem is hitting THEM hard. They don't see the cognitive dissonance, and they'll eat their own in a heartbeat.)

They are also unable to recognize blatant handouts to the prison and pharmaceutical industries.

(I'm a HUGE supporter of mmj and the benefits of cannabis over big-pharma; thanks!!)

Public health clinics. Good clean help to assuage your feelings, likewise registers you for the need for help.

I'm tired of having peoples lives ruined forever for a period of life when they went ape . . .

No incarceration. These folks need help, not destruction. Besides, let's reduce the black market on drugs.

Thanks for the info/data on the states that have legalized medical mj. Speaks volumes.

that I would see legalization for Medical Purposes at least before I "catch the train"....I never did enjoy smoking it that much but I sure did enjoy digesting it....and I believe it would help with my Golden Years Chronic Pain....If not for grand kids I would move!

I was looking for Plan at the end

Of course it was legal weed that did it.

MJ has been used for pain relief for centuries longer than synthetic opioids, with no truly deleterious side effects from moderate use, especially before the new, more potent strains.

and not one had deleterious side effects. Some get the munchies, some sleep and some carry on as usual.
Most do not drive after using weed.

However it is completely useless in my experience for acute/severe pain ... if you need a root canal and have an infected tooth, or a real bad injury, or inflamed appendix, that kind of thing ... you need the REAL dope. MMJ won't cut it.

Also there's not really much difference between synthetic and non-synthetic when it comes to opioids. I mean each drug is slightly different but it's a fairly meaningless distinction being 'synthetic' or not ... the most popular class of them are called semi-synthetic which includes hydro and oxycodone and hydro and oxymorphone, as well as the treatment drug Buprenorphine.

In truth unless you're using morphine or codeine, or drinking poppy tea ... if you're using an opioid, it is to SOME degree 'synthetic' ... the difference in the two terms comes down to whether the particular drug actually requires beginning the process with morphine/codeine (the opiates in the plant itself) ... or whether was created with no actual 'plant product'.

Heroin is considered non-synthetic because it's made direct from morphine via a very simple chemical reaction to create diacetylmorphine, the chemical name for Heroin.

Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic because while it starts with plant product (codeine I think, or maybe thebaine, another alkaloid of the poppy), it requires a lengthy and complex reaction process.

kidney stone laser surgery. He much preferred it to the opiates they prescribed him; less groggy, more effective, non-constipating!

I actually kind of miss it, recreationally, but only as nostalgia. About 25-30 years ago, it became so strong that it wasn't enjoyable for me - I noticed that every time, I was wondering "When is this going to be over?" and realized it was just a habit.

I would absolutely find a way if my choice was that or oxy et al, though. I watched two of my friends struggle with it, were fortunate to recognize the problem and do something about it before it was too late and ruined their lives.

Sadly, about 2 years later, one of them was absolutely ravaged by undiagnosed cancer and died, probably addicted....but at that point, who cares?

" The ability to use marijuana legally in Colorado has reportedly resulted in a positive side-effect: a decrease in the number of fatal opioid overdoses in the state.

According to a new study by the American Journal of Public Health, the number of overdose deaths have fallen by more than 6 percent since the state legalized recreational pot in 2014."


http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/17/opioid-crisis-deaths-legal-marijuana/

Clearly this works

is making money. Some folks don't care about people - just money.

Why Sessions backed by big pharma, liquor industries, gun industry (arm cops to kill stoners) etc. want to get rid of pot.