If you need another story to help you understand how important medical marijuana is to people who suffer from chronic pain, perhaps my story will help. I suffer from a neuropathic chronic pain condition known as Trigeminal Neuralgia. The trigeminal nerve is located within the brain and transmits sensation from the brain to the face. [...]
I am a breast cancer survivor. I am incredibly thankful to all of the doctors, surgeons, nurses and family and friends that got me through this ordeal. It wasn’t easy. I am also grateful to have found medical marijuana while I was experiencing chemotherapy. Chemo is unlike anything else. If you’ve never had cancer or [...]
This is the story of how medical marijuana saved my life in more than one way. First, a bit about me. I’m a 32-year-old husband and father of two. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where I was just an average low-income family boy. I first tried marijuana as a young teenager around 13. [...]
I’ve struggled with multiple sclerosis for over 20 years. In this time, I have been on over 30 prescription medications, each one with unsettling side effects. There were times when the side effects seemed worse than the actual MS. I was often left in a drugged-up state, depressed and void of all other emotions. I [...]
Today I am elated to be able to share the news that I am going to Amsterdam next month to check out a variety of things for my “other” job. I was afforded a last minute opportunity to be able to go to “Marijuana's Mecca” by my boss, who wants me to attend a big [...]
My introduction to drinking and drugs is a story readily placed in the “dime-a-dozen” category. I was 16 years old, with a childhood friend that shared my love for music, experimentation, and rebellion. I felt my first real high in late 2002, smoking a crude bong out of soda bottles with a friend who pinched [...]
Recently I was introduced to the world of meditation. I, like many of you, thought that meditation was some sort of hippy garbage derived from the far off land of India and was generally not useful in any context other than having people sit and stare at absolute nothingness. I could not have been more [...]
Shortly after making the decision to use medical marijuana to treat my probable diagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis, I decided to keep my cards close to my chest. In order to avoid causing problems with neighbors, or law enforcement, I opted to keep my decision to use medical marijuana a private decision. I am not [...]
The very first product I tried was Blue Dream. Untreated without meds, my blood pressure has gone as high as 220 over 199. I smoked the Blue Dream bud and within 9 minutes the blood pressure was down to 155 over 97. I then consumed a small amount more and then the blood pressure was [...]
I have suffered from chronic back pain ever since I had an accident about 5 years ago. Doctors have prescribed me multiple painkillers and chiropractors have been futile in their attempts to treat me. I took every painkiller under the sun, trying to find something that eased my pain just a little bit. Some worked [...]
