If it was legal to get marijuana via the U.S. Mail, would you?

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This is in reference to an idea SifuPhil suggested. If it was possible to get medical marijuana, legally. via the U.S. Postal system. Assuming, of course, there was a need; well, would you get some?
Keeping in mind, we're known as the "Damn right, YES" generation before the "Just say 'No" to drugs" generation.
 

I've never used an illegal drug...and I have no time for those who do..from weed to the most rotten stuff ever.. it makes no difference to me it's all the same afaic ( btw just as an aside I hear today that some marijuana users are using dope called ''wet'... it's marijuana mixed with Embalming fluid...what on God's earth would make someone take that into their bodies???


however this is not a for or against drugs per se...so I apologise for taking it slightly off topic...


At risk of being thought a hypocrite... if medical marijuana was the only thing that would relieve my pain in whatever form it was...yes of course I would buy it... despite my feelings about the social use of the drug.. No question about it


My brother suffers from progressive MS and he uses it to help his pain...
 
If I had a medical need I would hope to be able to purchase it just like any other prescription drug.

I've never understood why we have separate dispensaries for medical marijuana, it seems to me that you should be able to go to RiteAid or Walgreen's and fill your prescription. IMO handling it separately tends to take away from the credibility that it truly does have medical value and is not just a wink, wink prescription from Dr. Feelgood.
 

One of the more exasperating things I have learned about the medical juggernaut here in the U.S. is their aversion to prescribing proper pain medication.

Although I'm a great fan of "putting up with" my pain (neuropathy in my foot), sometimes it's just a bit too distracting. My doc will only prescribe the lowest-strength "painkiller" for me at this point (Gabapentin, 100mg x3 daily). She said that insurance laws forbid her from prescribing anything more powerful until I go through a course of exams and tests, carried out after 2-3 months at each level of painkiller.

This means that basically I'll have to wait at least a year or two to get something like Lyrica that actually works.

So yes, as my way of roundabout answering the question, I would jump at the opportunity to get MM. At least I'm already much more knowledgeable about the strains of medical marijuana and their effects than I am about the over-congested world of Rx drugs, and that there are far fewer side-effects. Supposedly, PA is going to pass a MM law next year, but I know from the experience of other states that it still won't be so easy to get a "recommendation" from one of the few docs that are allowed the privilege. (MM cannot be "prescribed" at this point - just another messed-up artifact from the old Reefer Madness days).
 
Philly, I've used a short term course of Nortriptyline on a couple different occasions for 'rogue' nerve activity. Worked great.

But, to address the thread theme- uh, I don't know...maybe. I haven't used MJ in over 40 years.

If I had a medical condition or side effects from a medical treatment that put me in pain. yea I'd consider buying some.
 
I would try it for pain if nothing else worked,so far I have no pain other than a creaky knee that acts up every once in awhile. I have so much trouble sleeping I'm not so sure it wouldn't be better to try it just before bedtime rather than the Ambien I take now. I know my problem is caused by needless worry, maybe it would relax me enough to sleep better. Both are drugs and addictive so I guess it doesn't much matter.
 
I have no need for illegal drugs, in fact when I left the hospital in May after my heart attack, they gave me a script for Oxycontin and I threw it away. That's just me.
 
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I wouldn't hesitate to use MM if I felt it would be helpful. I don't know about getting it in the mail because the stores are such a fun shopping experience; I would probably opt to shop.

Having inbibed a ton of the stuff in my misspent youth, if I were given a choice between pot and pharma, I would definitely choose pot.

My neighbor got weaned off Hillbilly Heroin and has been using MM for some time. The difference in her is like night and day. I wouldn't let her drive a car I was riding in not that long ago and I have no problem now. She used to do stupid things pretty regularly and now she acts like a normal person. She still does stupid things (like most of us) but now they're more dumb than stupid and with fewer devastating side effects. She doesn't slur words now or look like she's about to fall over.

Here in NM, the biggest pot dispensary network is owned by ex-Gov. Gary Johnson (yes, he ran for president) and some of his cronies, including a former sheriff. Money makes for stranger bedfellows than politics ever did.
 
I probably tried MJ six or eight times in Vietnam and it's just not my cup of tea but I've got no problems whatsoever with those that want to use it recreationally and I certainly don't have a problem with those that use it for medical reasons.

So would I get it delivered via USPS if it were legal to do so ?.......yes, if my physician determined that I had a medical need for it.
 
IKE said:
...I've got no problems whatsoever with those that want to use it recreationally and I certainly don't have a problem with those that use it for medical reasons. So would I get it delivered via USPS if it were legal to do so ?.......yes, if my physician determined that I had a medical need for it.
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Same here but only if my current organic natural regimen stopped being enough. It takes time and conscious effort but well worth it for me personally. So far, so good.

But I would defend anyone's right to medical marijuana who benefits from pain or seizure relief (in fact, I highly recommend it for seizures). And I don't care if anyone wants to do recreational marijuana. I just don't like the smell though. But I don't like incense either...or fabreeze. I just like the "smell" of fresh air.
 
Yep.

I was talking with a friend yesterday, discussing the contrast between the federal government's attitude about it and the state's. She said that even though the federal government still holds that MJ has no medicinal properties whatsoever, they requested a patent on the medical properties of MJ and it was issued to them. So, when enough states give MM the nod, the feds are poised to collect the moment they pretend to embrace the people's will.
 
SifuPhil said:
One of the more exasperating things I have learned about the medical juggernaut here in the U.S. is their aversion to prescribing proper pain medication.

Although I'm a great fan of "putting up with" my pain (neuropathy in my foot), sometimes it's just a bit too distracting. My doc will only prescribe the lowest-strength "painkiller" for me at this point (Gabapentin, 100mg x3 daily). She said that insurance laws forbid her from prescribing anything more powerful until I go through a course of exams and tests, carried out after 2-3 months at each level of painkiller.

This means that basically I'll have to wait at least a year or two to get something like Lyrica that actually works.

So yes, as my way of roundabout answering the question, I would jump at the opportunity to get MM. At least I'm already much more knowledgeable about the strains of medical marijuana and their effects than I am about the over-congested world of Rx drugs, and that there are far fewer side-effects. Supposedly, PA is going to pass a MM law next year, but I know from the experience of other states that it still won't be so easy to get a "recommendation" from one of the few docs that are allowed the privilege. (MM cannot be "prescribed" at this point - just another messed-up artifact from the old Reefer Madness days).
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Don't you just LOVE the way the gummint's "war on drugs" seems to be more of a war on people in pain? I don't see where the so called war on drugs has made any headway against illegal drug use at all, but it sure is making it harder for people who are truly in pain to get the relief they need. Makes me furious.
 
Butterfly said:
Don't you just LOVE the way the gummint's "war on drugs" seems to be more of a war on people in pain? I don't see where the so called war on drugs has made any headway against illegal drug use at all, but it sure is making it harder for people who are truly in pain to get the relief they need. Makes me furious.
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Years ago Robert Mitchum said the result of the gummit's marijuana laws was to keep the price up. I suspect that may be equally true for all drugs. In the meantime, we've paid the salaries of hordes of incompetent beauracrats (the people Dostoevsky referred to as 'functionaries'), which I suppose is good for the economy.
 
Ha debbie in seattle - I like your post.
No I wouldn't use any mail though - I have my own personal supplier and I like to keep it that way, thank you very much!
 
There are two reasons to use it. #1- medicinal effects. Hey, if it got rid of my pain, I'd be doing it now. #2 is for its fun aspects. I'd probably use it like fine cognac. The reason so much crime is associated with it is because of those monstrously long prison terms. We've learned that you can't stop people from using drugs, if they want to use them. Is there some way to legislate the using of drugs? No. Is there a solution to that problem? No. We don't like the option, which produces the least amount of carnage.
 

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