Are you primarily at recreational or medical user?

[randybishop]

I would think that most vaporizer users would be medical, but I could be wrong.

P.S. Can a MOD fix the subject line? Suppose to be "primarily a..."

 

[CarolKing]

I use cannabis for pain and have my certificate for medical here in WA. I would use cannabis anyway but probably not so often if I didn't have ongoing pain that I deal with daily.

There's no place to cast my vote for both. I didn't vote yet.

 

[Amoreena]

Medical and recreational use are not mutually exclusive, IME, and I can't choose a primary purpose, either. Cannabis has been my "attitude adjuster" (medical/psychological) for nearly fifty years but a lot of fun, too!

 

[HomeFree]

Both.

I think most anyone who uses cannabis is using it for some sort of medicinal reason, whether they realize it or not.

Cannabis is medicine. It can also be pleasant or sometimes a nightmare.

 

[woolspinner]

I suppose recreational, although I am actually my own guinea pig using it to supplement treatment for depression. I do get migraines roughly every 4-6 weeks and, until last night, have not had any since I started daily smoking.

I cannot imagine how bad yesterday's migraine might have been had I not already gotten fairly high. Could feel slight pressure, light pain on my right side behind eyes, in molars and at base of neck, but was not debilitating. I think it was a doozy, but since I was already medicated, it did not hurt really. A little discomfort, but not too much.

Will not know how effective the supplement is for depression until I dial back on the anti-depressant. But I know it is making me mellower because my dog never wants to sleep next to me and ever since I started daily use, particularly at bed (oh, yeah, have sleeping problems,too - getting to and staying asleep), he now wants to be on the bed and will even cuddle up next to me.

 

[Jeppy]

Medical nowadays.

 

[DDave]

Both.

If I had a choice, would be recreation. I'd much rather have a vape session than a 50 year old glass of Scotch.

 

[CuckFumbustion]

Both.

If I had a choice, would be recreation. I'd much rather have a vape session than a 50 year old glass of Scotch.

Both and possibly for religious reasons. Agree with all the points about cannabis as a self medicating alternative to depression, chronic pain and certain types of digestive pain.

Never understood why people people used cannabis and alcohol together. Seemed like they counteract each other like the Freak brothers quote. Alcohol seems like a single note to me.
While Cannabis is a very complex plant with a range of (untapped) medical benefits. Even more so, FC taught me that vaping at different temps release certain compounds with certain effects.
Then there is the whole range of strains out there. Without being hyperbolic, It is as closest thing we have to a wonder drug on the planet.

Imagine a world where we all grew our own plants and submitted our own strands to the medical community? Feel the same way about hemp and industry.

Everybody could contribute to 'alternative' medicine. I have pondered this point often.

 

[Amoreena]

... Never understood why people people used cannabis and alcohol together. ...

I used them together to get more fucked up when I was younger. Lucky for me, that's no longer the goal.

After a cirrhosis diagnosis in the late '80s, I quit drinking intermittently until completely lost the desire to feel drunk in the mid-'90s. That was a life-saving break. The concept of cannabis' complexity was foreign until getting my license in 2010 (after a lung lobe was removed due to cancer) and gaining access to a variety of strains.

 

[CuckFumbustion]

I've had to re-evaluate what I have been using especially with some of the more recent studies. Started using a vaporizer when NYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo allowed it for some medical patients.
Quit alcohol over one bad incident over 15 years ago and never looked back. Last year, I quit wheat and gluten and lost over 50 pounds in one summer without changing a single habit.

Even 20 years ago, I knew some newer science would come along and cause some sort of a sea change. So glad I kept listening to others for advice and kept my eyes open for any new revelations to come. So glad one of the avenues comes from a plant that has already been bred to thrive over most of the continent, indoors and out.

 

[His_Highness]

@woolspinner - Glad I saw your post. Adds some more hope to some recent events...My wife gets terrible migraines and the last two episodes we're cut short by finishing up some halfway used Solo stems. When we've tried fresh stems she gets too 'head high' and ends the sessions sooner and gets a buzz but no relief. Finishing up the stems where a good bit of the head high has been vaped out caused a complete stoppage of one event and dulled the crap out of the second. I've been reserving judgement on the placebo affect. Seeing your post gave me a lift that there may be something to this.

I'm purely a recreational kinda guy but I believe my recreational pursuits are providing the medicinal advantages without me seeking them or noticing them. The only way I could prove this would be to stop long enough to see what happens. Guess I'll never know

 

[woolspinner]

@woolspinner - Glad I saw your post. Adds some more hope to some recent events...My wife gets terrible migraines and the last two episodes we're cut short by finishing up some halfway used Solo stems. When we've tried fresh stems she gets too 'head high' and ends the sessions sooner and gets a buzz but no relief. Finishing up the stems where a good bit of the head high has been vaped out caused a complete stoppage of one event and dulled the crap out of the second. I've been reserving judgement on the placebo affect. Seeing your post gave me a lift that there may be something to this.

I'm purely a recreational kinda guy but I believe my recreational pursuits are providing the medicinal advantages without me seeking them or noticing them. The only way I could prove this would be to stop long enough to see what happens. Guess I'll never know

Yeah, I only recently calculated and realized it had been months since my last migraine. But I only get them once every 4-6 weeks apart. An acquaintance gets horrible migraines with a myriad of symptoms and they still break through even though she smokes (not vapes) daily. However, I do not know if she is strategic in picking strains and dosing. And her BP got dangerously low, which I think can be a side effect from cannabis, yes? I wonder if she cut out the smoke if that would help?

 

[bella]

Recreational. I enjoy being stoned .

 

[His_Highness]

@woolspinner - I don't know about BP being low due to MJ...I'm a daily user and I'm always on the high side of the acceptable blood pressure range most of the time.

My wife tried to vape a migraine away with a new stem on more than one occasion but the mental-head-high kicked in so she stopped vaping and although her migraine didn't get worse ... it didn't get better either. It wasn't until recently that we experimented with some ABV stems that still had some goodness in them. She said the high was more like a strong muscle relaxant. The first experiment and the migraine stopped. The second experiment and the pain went dull but she said she could still feel a kind of pressure where the pain used to be. I get about 16 draws per Solo stem before its spent and I've taken to saving them off around hit number 10 to 12 so we have something waiting and ready. The next time she gets a migraine we'll break out the bubbler again and she can finish them off at level 7 and we'll see if it works again. As I said earlier - fingers crossed.

 

[TeeJay1952]

Rec but been doing it 46 years so if there are medicinal effects I guess I have enjoyed them without employing them. I have aches and pains but how bad would they be if I (shudder) went on the wagon. No way of knowing that I can think of.