I acquired I.B.D. (inflammatory bowl disease) from taking an acne medication as a teen. It progressively got worse over the years. It started with mid-night 'knife in the gut' type pains, then became routine stomach pains in the mornings. Eventually I lost my ability to eat without consuming cannabis first. Diarrhea was a given if I hadnt vaped in 36 hours. I eventually went to an intestine specialist, and made the mistake of mentioning my belief that this medication had caused these problems. As soon as the word 'Acutane' came out of my mouth, his expression changed, and he started asking me about other symptoms unrelated to bowels, coincidentally he was asking me if I had other symptoms known to be caused by past use of Acutane (dry eyes,peeling skin, swollen painful joints,etc)
He played dumb regarding the acutane lawsuits, and treated me like scum from that moment on. Wouldnt even look at me. Before I mentioned Acutane he was cracking jokes, laughing, smiling. I scheduled a colonoscopy, which the same specialist preformed. He would not say a word to me, and had an disgruntled demeanor. He wouldnt even acknowledge the person who's butt he is shoving a camera in. The procedure seemed a little too routine to me. It was "hurry up and get this done so we can say we did it" No notes, no stop and looks, just in and out. He seemed to be simply going through the motions, not looking for any evidence of what could be causing my stomach pains and constant diarrhea.
Now, I've always been the conspiracy theorist type and despised western medicine,but this was the breaking point. Whether anyone reading this wants to believe that doctors follow orders from corporate sponsors,etc, I can tell you without a doubt that I had all the signs of Krohns disease and this doctor would not offer me a bit of help. I saw this specialist after my general physician told me I was too young to be sick, and told me any problem I have at my age is my own fault. (bad diet,lifestyle,etc)
You may regard the following as a lie, or a miracle, coincidence or something else,but here's what I did. I started consuming ridiculous amounts of edibles. Almost everything I ate was pot-infused. I continued to vape large amounts of cannabis during these few weeks also, more than average which says a lot. I had so much cannabinoids being fed into my body that unstoppable, amazing original songs were playing in my head 24/7. And my bowel movements smelt amazing!
Since then I have stopped cannabis use for as long as 35 days. Guess what? No stomach pains, no diarrhea, and I have the appetite of a horse. I also managed to lose 60lbs with no exercise.
Take what you want from my post. I know Cannabis is for the healing of nations, the one thing the increasingly synthetic world will permit the remnant of nature-embracers to have, to get through life as society drifts farther and farther into a black hole.
Cannabis prohibition is cultural, spiritual, physical, & mental oppression.
I suffer from chrons which is kinda similar just some different symptoms added in, and I also live in a non medical state so I know it can get pretty tough and some days are crappy ![:\](/i/s/hmm.gif "Hmm :\")
Also might be trying rso next year so fingers crossed.
