Buzz Kill
Posted on | January 27, 2012 | No Comments
Hey, would you like to enjoy some marijuana without without having to experience that annoying, pesky buzz? Well, in some parts of the world you may now spark up some mouth spray instead of firing up the spliff…
From CBS St. Lou…
Seven countries including the UK, Spain and Germany have approved Sativex to treat patients with multiple sclerosis. Makers GW Pharmaceuticals hopes the drug will be used as a prescribed replacement to medical marijuana in the United States.
Patients take the drug by spraying it into their mouths like a breath spray with a dosage meter. This way, GW Pharmaceuticals says people can derive maximum benefit from the drug without feeling a “high.”
OK, joking aside, I’ve heard about this stuff for quite a while and knew it was coming.
As many of you know, I have M.S. I hear about these things.
Medical hippie lettuce isn’t legal around here but, it’s a readily available commodity. Several years ago, I had the ganja discussion with my Doc; he said that although he couldn’t legally prescribe it, it might be worth trying it to see if it relieved symptoms. My honest assessment is this; it didn’t “relieve” specific symptoms but, I did get high. Problem is, the high would often make me nervous. But, I could see how the buzz might help some people temporarily get their minds off the symptoms if not actually “relieving” them. And, if some find relief in any way, I’m all for it.
The tricky part of all this is, there is no way to scientifically measure symptom relief. You have to take the patient’s word for it (which, isn’t a valid medical concept on our Federal level).
Anyway, if Sativex helps some folks…that’s great. However, the side effects include dizziness and fatigue. Fatigue is the number 1 symptom of most M.S. patients and dizziness can’t be a good thing for a person that already is dealing with any level of leg instability and so forth.
I know this; a bunch of people I know that live out West are going to be on a real bummer if this stuff replaces the medical weed.
on the run…
Posted on | January 20, 2012 | No Comments
The Imperial Forces are relentless. Dogging our every move through the mountains, the high desert and across the plains. Seemingly always closing in…two steps behind us a constant dark shadow.
Somehow, by mistake or twist of fate, we found that they were unable to track us on old Route 66 in North Texas. Some type of anomaly or oversight I’m sure.
We have awakened refreshed and full of vigor…ready to travel on…fighting for freedom and the values we all hold so dear…
Shots From Yesterday
Posted on | January 18, 2012 | No Comments
