Just wondering what you think about these statements. Personally, I think they're bunk. "Medical marijuana patients don't get high." "Medical cannabis and marijuana are two different things......medical cannabis has very little THC and many compounds useful in healing."
I suppose there wouldn't be so much controversy around medical marijuana if it didn't have the same recreational effects than regular marijuana...
Many people who use MMJ are not interested in the "high". They just want to be able to eat without throwing up or to stop hurting. But pot is pot, they just may choose to take fewer hits then the recreational user.
If medical marijuana had very low amounts of thc it would not be very effective. It's a common belief that delta9-thc isn't the only beneficial substance in weed, but it's definitely one of the most beneficial. Plus have you ever had any weed that comes from medical dispensiaries? That shit is gooooooood.
There are about 24 different main compounds that are present in marijuana that have the most beneficial effects.. Delta-9 is the most present often.. .1-25% of the total makeup of the marijuana.. but its boiling point is that of only 157C... which means with a lighter.. more often than not you are destroying more of the delta-9 than you are taking in
I guess that's what I get for posting something I thought to be true without actually looking into it. thanks for the correction. My point still stands though, all the weed I've seen from dispensiaries was potent as fuck, and it definitely got me plenty high.
I would imagine that dispensaries that get their products tested.. Probably have a more "medical" selection of marijuana... and im sure some people do get marijuana and vape it at low levels so that they get the cannabinoids or other chemicals that key in to their particular needs.. the medicinal side of marijuana.. I would also imagine for the patient that may have a server disability that they rely on marijuana to relieve them that they are ingesting marijuana constantly and are not really "getting high" but rather medicating... its like the person who needs to take oxycotin.. they are not thinking "oh man im gonna get high" they are thinking "oh this is gonna relieve my pain"
It seems to follow though, that regardless of the user's intention when ingesting the drug, the result is generally similar. Whether you use marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes, it's still going to get you high, and the same goes for opiates. So it would seem that the statement "Medical marijuana patients don't get high." is entirely untrue.
the perception of what is happening can be different between that of a recreational smoker and that of a medicinal user... there are med users out there who believe marijuana should not be recreational and take the drug seriously.. i doubt they observe what is going on as "being high".. ok another example.. those who are prescribe large amounts of xanax to deal with extremely severe anxieties or depression are not getting high.. they are being "stabilized" so that they can function.. another person may take say the same amount and feel "high"
I just have trouble believing that anyone who smokes weed doesn't feel the same or similar effects that I feel when I smoke weed. In fact I would say that if medicinal patients didn't get high then they wouldn't be receiving many of the benefits. I think the two are one in the same, at least in relation to a lot of medicinal uses. I understand the fact that medicinal patients don't call what they use marijuana for "getting high." They do, however, get high, just like everyone does when they smoke weed. I believe the same goes for xanax or opiates. The user receives the medical benefits, which are one in the same with the recreational benefits which recreational users seek. Medical users simply seek these benefits for a legitimate medical reason and not specifically to get high. Whether or not they intend to get high by taking drugs doesn't change the fact that these drugs do undoubtedly get you high. I feel like the only argument you're putting forth here is that medical users don't call their medical use of whatever drug "getting high" and I agree with that completely, there's no reason for them to call it that. Medical users use their drug to medicate. However, unless there's some unusual reaction which their body has with the drug that prevents the psychoactive properties of the drug from being effective, and only accepts the medicinal properties of the drug, that they still receive these psychoactive effects, whether they desire them or not. I'm failing to see how the fact that medical patients don't call what they do with marijuana "getting high" changes the fact that the pharmacological effects of marijuana include the very same effects which recreational users do refer to as "getting high." I don't mean to undermine the use of medical marijuana by saying that its users only use it to get high because that's not what they use it for, but I don't see any indication that the medical conditions for which people are prescribed marijuana prevent these people from getting high. This is my only point, that the statement "Medical marijuana patients don't get high." is untrue. If the statement were, "Medical marijuana patients don't use marijuana specifically to get high." that would be a much more accurate statement because they use it specifically for the medical benefit they receive, whether or not they do get high at the same time.
I don't see that it fucking matters if part of the pain relief is distraction. Oxycontin is very addictive, and gets you high as fuck. Fentanyl and other perscription opiates are very addictive, and get you MUCH higher than heroin. Weed getting you high isn't suprising, but when you feel really bad and get high you feel closer to normal, the high and pain cancel out.
