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This is something I'd like more info on. I'm a new Medical Marijuana user after over decade of narcs. I have HIGH resistance to both and was way the point where the increasing doses of narcs and tries to stronger ones... well it was the end of the road. None left stronger, so now what? I can take what I am pretty darn sure is a fatal dose to normal people, just to get eh pain at a level to live. The MJ I also have the tolerance, except increasing doses in NOT dangerous and so far still effective. The narcs have made a mess of my body, mind, and my poor innards... a mess.

I once asked my doctor why I have NO mental effect and high from narcotics, no matter how much and why I am not mentally addicted. Have been warned a few times not to throw all those drugs out and "QUIT." I have a physical addiction my mind fights with. ( I now have the same thing with the medmj) He told me my body needs and uses those meds for the immense pain and that someone taking the stuff and not needing as much will not have the tolerance and will get high. Also new uses with no tolerance will get high. (i never remember this)

Perhaps hos poor English did not translate right... Sounded like a total crock of crap to me!

Here I find the same thing happening with medical MJ. Still relieves the ailments, loses the high or any other effect I can tell.

On all those narcs, I was appearing normal to others on good days, but know myself about the terrible memory loss, inability to concentrate as well, and feeling generally stupid when my education says I'm not. For the amount I was taking, I was closer to normal than newer narc users. Still to good enough.

Medical Marijuana too no time at all to get used to. Months, not years. I feel no high, no mental effect, and the dense fog about seems to be lifting. It's still far from who I was, but a big improvement over the mental nightmares and blackouts from the narcs.

However, I would disagree that there is no mental impairment. I think improved concentration is definite, but feel my job performance (If I could work) would be better than if on narcotics, but not without some changes.

I think of all those potheads in Amsterdam, stoned and running tourist traps. They seemed happy and childlike, but could not hold a conversation for more than a sentence.

On the other hand... this is recreational use. Perhaps like the narcs, a medical user will not feel the same. Time will tell for me.

Fellow medical users, if you were running a high dollar business, would you want to hire an employee who would come to work and be a leader and essential player in your company.. not talking ,McDondalds or selling shoes. Let's think company vice president for good ol software or such. I would not wan to hire someone using this, even now. Nor would I wish to hire someone using narcotic pain killers. I also would not wish to hire women with or expecting children. Talking about reduced job performance for someone to be leaving early or coming in late with continual kid issues. I'd take the narc user first, pot user second (medical), and woman with kids or heaven forbid pregnant, or even newly wed, very last.

In a decade of Medical marijuana use, perhaps I'll be better able to compare.

I'm just curious if all the pot bashers have ever even tried the stuff? I slipped my grandma some because she was in bad pain one night. (she ate it unaware) and she commented the next day she never slept better and didn't hurt all night. Thought it was divine intervention of course. :-P

I'll be very interested in further studies as I am sure all employers in medical Mj states will be.

Well given you would need identical twins with one being a pothed and the other not to do the test your suggesting. How do you compare person A to person B - a stupid Person A who dont smoke pot would perform alot slower than person B who does and is intellegent.

Or you could get a pot head - dry them out for 90 days and then run the tests, of course the wont be ideal as once they have run thru a test - running it a second time will impact the results, to bias more positivly anyhow.

So you get back to the identical twins aspect.

I personaly like the test they did on drivers in the UK to see if they performed like drunk people, sadly they found them to be safer as they drove more responsibly and aware.

Will it get legalised, well in a fashion eventualy but look how they legalised booze.

We know prohibition dont work, and we know as its illegal you end up with all kinds of crap being passed of, tainted and posioness, so osme legality/regulation even the pot heads are for as long as they can have a peaceful smoke in return.

Health wise it offers alot, stress - what stress, even helps anxiety, well except those that worry about breaking the law, then it realy dont help them.

But what does this test tell us, it tells us that the body adapts, some easier than others as well I think you will find. Remember when it comes to drugs and the brain, the whole legal profesionaly prescribed ones are akin to a blind person colourmatching. Its very hit and miss, not all brains are alike, common in area's yes, but alike, nope.

If you're going to mock others' grammar, you should probably correct your own run-on sentences/comma splices. I know countless successful daily smokers who also happen to be some of the most intelligent and kind folks out there. It's stereotypical pretexts like those found in your arrogant and ignorant comment that keep our country a backward-thinking one. Cannabis is safer than aspirin and, yet, we feel the need to keep it illegal because pharmaceutical companies can't put a patent it and turn a profit (among other reasons.)

"its too late" should be "it's too late". Maybe you were drunk at the time.

If I were to go by your reasoning, I would have to assume that the vast majority of people who leave comments on the internet smoke marijuana quite regularly.

I don't exactly expect people to compose comments on blogs like they would a term paper.

I overlooked that "something that isn't obvious" should be "something that isn't obvious".

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And Judith, what of those who are unable to achieve a natural high as easily as most people? Deny them enjoyment because their body's chemistry is a bit differently orchestrated? Those with anhedonia?