Live Stoner Chat A waste of time

[Widow Maker]

Hi all. For the last 3 years I have been breeding plants I would call Medical. I wanted meds for my issues. Figured if I needed them others would too. I bred for Pain, anxiety, PTSD, and on one strain sleep as well. I can not smoke during day because it makes me stupid and must talk to a lot of people everyday. So my intent was to get rid of or lessen the high and accomplish the other traits I wanted. So I have these 3 strains dialed in pretty good now. In a normal day I will take 4 Norco's. I have been smoking it during the day on weekends and I can still do everything, mind is fairly clear and no pain. I also am free of my anxiety. I get a little high, I would say like drinking 3-4 beers. But pain and anxiety is gone. Well my medical user friends that only do it for pain, they say,do not like it. Don't get them mucked up. So Medical MJ users do you want relief or to be loaded? I really thought I could do something with this. Find it disappointing that I might be able to make something others could benefit from and it get such a poor reception. So you people out there wanting pain relief are you wanting to be stoned or do you want to be functional and feel better? Sorry this is sort of a rant.

 

[swampman]

Well Mop on this is Screw.them.AndSmoke.for Urself
Helping others isnt always the best option with this in Certain Places
I believe most still.Chase the High and being superficial.shit faced stoned those people is what makes smokingstill Illegal i believe.

Keep ur dreams alive bro and smoke that which makes u happy

If they appreciate ur hard work them keep them in the loop

 

[evol]

I always prefer to be high and pain free. Imo that would be like eating cake without the icing...still good but could be better. Have you considered smoking more often to increase your tolerance to the high so you can function better?
I'm sure a some people don't want the high but I'm just giving my

 

[Renaissance Redneck]

Keep following your dreams, man! :thumbs:
This year it was I believe OR or WA that prescribed med mj for a very sick young boy, and the meds grown sound real similar to what you've been breeding. Maximizing the benefits while minimizing the high (I think he was 9 or 10?).
If you can deal with the frustration, know that you are doing a good thing, and doing it your way. :tiphat:
Reps to ya!

 

[Widow Maker]

Well thanks guys. This is not the first time I have found this to be the case. Just frustrating to me. Say ya I am a medical user and come to find out is they just are chasing a high. Well I have enough for me for awhile so I will put the rest back for when I need more. Maybe I am ahead of my time. I just know only one Norco a day and no happy pills on the weekends when I have been trying it out and I can still function. And yes I do enjot the high but the stuff I like to smoke for a high has none of the benefits I smoke for. In fact most can make me anxious. I do love having the giggles. Well Brothers and Sister Happy Trails.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

For starters props to you for growing for noble reasons :tiphat: You should never feel ashamed or like you wasted your time on something you enjoy doing; especially if that enjoyment brings prosperity and health benefits to others. There's an immense amount of time, knowledge, sweat, money, and personality that goes into growing cannabis, or anything for that matter.

That being said; sometimes we need to remind ourselves that our growing passions are not always the passions of smokers. I didn't even know the difference between CBD and THC until I started growing myself; so I could see the difference in smoke during different times of harvest. When I first starting smoking all those many years ago; I didn't associate smoking MJ with pain relief; I smoked it to get ripped, like the rest of my prepubescent friends at the time haha! Man, we smoked the crappiest herb you've ever seen. I don't even think it was weed half the time. We used to call it "the brownie mix," because you'd have compressed wafers or chips of brownish looking hardened, dried leaf material that sometimes smelled like gasoline at worst or if you were lucky, it smelled like fresh hay that's just been pissed on by a sheep. Seriously. You may not know that smell unless you grew up on a farm, but I digress.

Over time I came to know "kind buds", good cannabis; stuff grown more local instead of smuggled in someones gas tank. This is where a guy learns to appreciate the difference between crap quality and good quality. It wasn't until I met a grower that I learned the difference between "good quality" and "excellent quality." Getting a first hand look into just how much hard work and energy goes into growing quality herbs, seeing what the full potential of a plant can be if it's nurtured and loved and taken care of. Another milestone in the appreciation of cannabis. You couldn't have told me that in my teens. You could have; but some things take time to sink in. And even with that; unless you have access to these inner workings and knowledge; you could grow up to be a grown man (or woman) and still think it's all about "just getting ripped." So remember; not everyone has the exposure or perspective as everyone else; we all walk a different timeline and see things differently and objectively. If your friends don't like your meds; it doesn't mean they are ass hats or guys selfishly "wanting to just get ripped," it means they are people that have different perspectives and life experiences than you. This is my personal motto (feel free to disagree but I've found it to be true 100% of the time,): "I can't force people to change their minds or attitudes, but I can change my own."

I'm not a medical cannabis user. At least; I don't think I am. I'm getting older. I have aches and pains. I have anxiety. I hurt for no reasons sometimes. I think it's called "being alive." : Smoking helps alleviate a ton of symptoms that aggravate me; but on the other hand; I also just enjoy getting stoned sometimes. My Mrs. has fibromyalgia; so there's another side of the coin right there. Her reasons, though shared similarly with mine, are medically different. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think you should be disheartened by the opinions of your friends. At least they are being honest with you and not just telling you what you want to hear. And know that not everyone has the same mindset or opinions of what such a miraculous plant can be used for; and that diversity is a beautiful thing :hug:

 

[swampman]

Gigggggiddididdididtty

 

[Nam80232]

Keep up the good fight!

 

[krug]

What`s wrong with enjoying medicine? If it works for an individuals ailment then great(grow/buy for health reasons)! I`ve read on this forum(from the the `Boss` :hug:...meant in a plutonic way!),that anyone who indulges, uplifts` their life enjoyment, is probably in some way medicating...I tend to agree! This community is about community(and most assholes don`t hang around long) ..........I`m glad I`m here! Oh, and i`m glad you lot are aswell! :smokebuds: