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Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by dekhn on Friday April 20, 2018 @10:37AM (#16885096)
I use medical marijuana to treat anxiety and back pain. It's effective. I also have a PhD in biophysics with a specialty in drug design so if you want to talk about the pharmaceutical value of thc and cbd we can do that.

My state, CA, has legalized recreational, but I am keeping my prescription (obtained legally from a doctor).

Note also the FDA just approved a cbd med.

Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by merinowool on Friday April 20, 2018 @05:28PM (#16888561)
What do you think of CBD only oils versus THC:CBD in terms of treatment of pain?
Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by dekhn on Friday April 20, 2018 @05:31PM (#16888582)
I've never tried pure cbd at all. I use 99.9 percent thc.
Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by DenisM on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:12AM (#16885406)
When does pot increase or decrease anxiety? A bit of a puzzle here.
Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by dekhn on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:22AM (#16885493)
Interesting question. For me, it reduces anxiety when I have a challenging deadline and I have OCD thoughts that prevent me from making progress. It did increase my anxiety in some ways- I always had to worry that somebody would find out and it would have consequences. That anxiety is now gone because it's legalized.
Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by chc on Friday April 20, 2018 @12:35PM (#16886246)
It actually can do both. It depends on the specifics of the person and the strain. In particular, I think Indica strains are supposed to be less likely to create or exacerbate anxiety.
Re:Meadow is the Amazon of weed by namlem on Friday April 20, 2018 @06:00PM (#16888766)
Honestly, the science is still incomplete. We do know that there is quite a bit of genetic variation that comes into play with regards to how THC affects the user though.