What is medical marijuana

budthief

New Member
A bit about me : (I will use weed/cannabis/marijuana in the story but all mean same)
I am new to forum but not exaclty new to consuming marijuana, you can find my post where I started growing them this year. I live in Amsterdam I immigrated here back in 2006 and until 2015 I never smoked cannabis I smoked my first cannabis on King's day (google it for more info) that too a pre-rolled joint with I guess 40-60 ratio of tobacco and some low quality weed.

Then I have a neighbor who is constant smoker and he is not particular about type of weed, he just go to nearest shop and buy the one he is smoking from ages. I got introduced to him because of my dog, we both have dogs (although he is living in my neighborhood since 6 years now) . I adopted dog also last year, I used to visit him often but I never smoked with him, I only enjoyed my beers.

I did my own research and actually found weed as relaxing substance and I started to smoke and later by some more encouragement from him, I started to roll my own and get rid of those pre-rolled sh**. This tsunami didn't end here I found its whole different world and I read a lot online, I know a lot now about strains and which is better, this guy has no clue and I suggest him now what to smoke etc.

But now comes the real part I used to smoke on weekends but later whenever I got chance I roll one even on weekdays, to the point that I even smoke and went to work/drive/shopping I mean I forgot how I used to be without smoking. Until I decided enough is enough so I quit just like that, all my plants still growing (not yet flowering but they will soon). Its been a week I didn't smoke and seriously I don't feel urge too.

But there is a side effect not physical but mental in the sense that I don't enjoy my weekends anymore I don't think about it much but I feel that I am still under influence (like I never got out from it) but I don't enjoy my time I feel something is missing, as far as I can say I don't see any changes in me if I don't smoke so thats positive or could be that something strong is going to hit me soon.

Anyway, coming back to my question I read that there is something called as medical marijuana and I checked I can also get seeds online. I could not find much info on it except for the general article about what marijuana can do to help you get out of some pain/psycho problems/epileptic attacks and what not but the thing is I have none of this condtion, but I want to know can I be able to enjoy my weekends again with medical marijuana the same way I used to do earlier, without getting "lost/addictive" or lets say less focussed ?

The reason I don't want to go back to same rotuine of smoking "non-medical marijuana" like before is I don't want to be lost all the time, I want to control myself and still enjoy my time whenever I want.

I know you will say its all up to me, but thing is its not, now I know I am not smoking so I am not even trying/thinking but once I start then I will keep smoking. Is medical marijuana (if it exists) is way to solve this and what exactly it is, what feeling it gives, is it something with less THC or weak strain ?

Are there alternatives like CBD oil what is this ?

Oh btw I forgot to add when I was smoking I used to mix hash (few chunks) together with weed and very less tobacco. Considering tobacco quantity my neighbor puts in his joint he is addicted to nicotine than marijuana, when I saw once when he was rolling, I stop sharing smoke with him, eww tobacco is NO-NO for me, I only put it to keep the joint burning.

So, guys with your honest experience let me know what is medical marijuana and what strain I should look for and is it less addictive but give me same relaxation on weekend ?
 
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Walterwhiter

Well-Known Member
Idk about addicting but anyone can become "dependent" on any number of things. Disclaimer idk shot but cbd is the cannabanoid that has shown medical progress and taken alone has no intoxicating or "tripy" fellings.
 

budthief

New Member
Idk about addicting but anyone can become "dependent" on any number of things. Disclaimer idk shot but cbd is the cannabanoid that has shown medical progress and taken alone has no intoxicating or "tripy" fellings.
Thanks for replying but I am wondering if you have some info about medical marijuana and how different it is with non-medical one ? Did you tried both could you please share me the difference ?
 

mauricem00

Well-Known Member
medical marijuana is a description of how it is used. any strain that someone uses to get relief from health problems could be called medical marijuana. some strains have been breed that are higher in CBDs and lower in THC but just about every strain has be used for medical purposes. I did not smoke it for 38 years but when my health conditions reached a point where I needed prescription drugs including opiate based pain meds I got an MMJ card and started using cannabis instead of prescription drugs. a medical dose may be lower than a recreational dose. usually between 1-5 grams a day. different strains work best for different conditions and many strains help with several symptoms. cannabis is less addictive and has fewer side effects than many prescription drugs
 

beachball

Well-Known Member
I suggest navigating to the Norml Web site and search the following.
Introduction to the Endocannabinoid System
 
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