Cannabis ?

[anneasquith]

if cannabis became legal and available in specialist shops. would you buy/use it ?

[SpikeyBush]

only smoked it in my youth when I had long hair. Not even smoked ciggies in over 20 years but legalisation would regulate the strength and quality of cannabis, both of which varied considerably when I was buying it from dodgy geezers on street corners in council estates. However excessive taxation would be a temptation I fear would be given in to by any government, driving a flourishing black market as we have with counterfeit cigarettes.

[DaisyNonna]

Methyl, since when?

[Cloverjo]

I wonder if there is a way to get the pain relief essence of cannabis into tablet form. Perhaps governments and pharma companies are too scared of the associations with cannabis to research it further. I don't like the idea of my mum smoking it to get pain relief - she wouldnt anyway - but it might be good if she could get a pill.

[wolf63]

NO

I have pre-existing mental health problems. Cannabis would be a baaad idea.

For medicinal use YES.

I don't know if legalizing it for recreational use would be a good idea. Maybe people should be free to decide for themselves.

[DaisyNonna]

I was told that cannabis would relax the muscles which went into spasm and caused excruciating pain

[anneasquith]

daisy I believe that is true.

[sandyRoe]

I might buy it but I'd never inhale

[anneasquith]

well you would need a ' cookie ' sandy :)

[237SJ]

Cloverjo - there is a company that is trying to do that. It is a British company but I can`t remember who it was (it featured on a TV programme that I watched in the US)

[237SJ]

Here it is - shame it doesn`t look like it`s going to happen http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/07/uk-health-cannabis-gw-pharma-idUKKCN0HW29C20141007

[Sir Alec]

I used to make chocolate truffles with cannabis resin. They helped tremendously with pain and insomnia. When I had to move in with my parents to look after them, I lived too far away from the person I bought it from, so haven't been able to use it for years. The pain is now far worse than it used to be, and if the chance arose, I would definitely use it again.

http://afkinsider.com/47879/10-diseases-medical-marijuana-helps-treat/2/

[janbee]

Never. I don't need it. My life is pretty good so I don't need anything to "get me through ". Maybe if my life were empty and meaningless, I might be that stupid.

[mushroom25]

//I might buy it but I'd never inhale //

a certain mr Clinton said that, only to be ridiculed by the opposition in a spoof election broadcast:-

"would you vote for a man that didn't know how to toke a joint?"

[Old_Geezer]

Think I'm getting a bit old for that. Dislike smoking anyway so almost certainly not. But if you are making a hash curry I might accept the invite ;-).

[mccfluff]

possibly, i haven't smoked or used cannabis for a while now but i fancy the odd J now & then