[dasnowman]

From the time I was 15- to mid 20's I smoked a lot.... more then most less then some. Then I started to smoke less and drink more to the point I started only smoking on special occasions B-Days, New Years, camping etc. I have always been really into snowboarding, bmxing, mountain biking etc.

Well it turns out those years of doing extreme sports caught up to me just over a year ago. Out of the blew my NECK really started bothering me. So after doctors finally believing me, they realized yes I was in pain. So for a year I was being feed Oxycotton, Purks, Tramacet... The tramacet seemed to work the best out of all of them, but the side effects started doing more damage then help, started getting, irritability, mood swings,insomnia, gut rot, and not to mention liver damage. Also one of the other side effects was muscle cramping so the more I took it helped with the pain, but it made my muscles super cramped and tense making the problem worse. This is the part that sucks, I went to 2-3 doctors and not one of them would sign my papers for medical marihuana? WTF They had no problem giving these harsh narcotics with even harsher side effects but you think one of them would actually help no way. I really don't understand this??? As this is an approved form of pain relief for the spinal, stomach issue's and pain I have. I still yet to find a doctor to sign off but luckily I got a hold of my CT and X-ray results and this was good enough for the compassion clubs helped me to get a club card.

So my first hit after I got my supply it was amazing how much it helped. It was like my muscles were an over inflated ballon... with in minutes of taking a couple hit's I felt my muscles finally relax I just melted into my couch.

So it turns out all that smoking when I was younger helped with the crashes and spills, letting the muscles relax and repair them selves.

Weird thing now that I'm older, have a wife, 2 year old son and a second kid on the way. I have to sneak off and smoke one... Growing up being a social smoker this is hard to do by myself. I don't know if it was all the issues with the doctors giving me grief trying to get a card or having to sneak off to smoke one. Even though my Natural Path Doctor thinks it's the lesser of two evils, I feel like I'm a criminal??? Even though I have a card, I get weird looks from the neighbors, and I usually go through my 8 hour work day in pain. As I don't want to manage a retail store all Baked and having to deal with customers, looking at me all Baked like WTF... why does this guy smell like pot while working?

Society is so stupid and preprogrammed with the government and propaganda that weed, pot, marihuana(not sure wh we spell it like that in Canada) etc is so bad when it's 99% safer then alcohol. How many people have you heard from die from overdose of marihuana, or smoking causing a crash. Most pot smokers are like man wow I'm going way to fast, unlike alcohol makes you think sure I'm fine to drive, or I'm drunk and invincible so I'll speed take some jumps etc. I'm not saying you should go out and get blasted and drive but it's more like taking an Advil or Tylenol.

Like anything in life I think moderation is best... as if you over do anything it's bad for you.

Any thoughts or comments?