By all means, try the cannabis! It may change your life for the better! It sure helps me!

Let me tell you about myself. I'm 60, for a start. I've used cannabis for over 40 years. When I was 3, a kid tried to murder me with a hammer. I have dents in my skull from it and was left with migraine headaches.

At 19, I discovered cannabis. :jointsmile: The headaches were either eliminated or greatly reduced (depending on the strain). I've used it ever since, except for a 3 year period when I tried to tough it out. It got bad enough that my teacher was telling me to see a doctor. Got my head scanned- nothing- no tumors or anurisms (It's too early to check spelling!). I just have migraines from a head trauma!

I work as a teacher's aide in Special Education. I am still married to the same dude after 40 years. My two adult sons do not use cannabis or tobacco and between the two of them, they drink maybe a 6 pack of beer a year! I am well respected at school, got evaluated recently (some "4"s and mostly "5"s out of 5), and NO ONE has a clue that I use cannabis heavily every day. I don't go to work stoned, of course. But my brain IS my job and it still works just fine, thank you!

And hon, you might want to take a peek at the link in my sig, where it says "medical studies". Cannabis has a far longer medical history than aspirin, and it is SAFER than aspirin! (Not to mention oxy!)

"with 3 kids it scares to think about bringing something like that into the house to even try"

You've been scammed by the government! There is NOTHING to fear about cannabis (aside from the cops)! The lies they have told you about cannabis are beginning to crumble. Cannabis is not a "gateway drug", nor does it lower your IQ, make you grow breasts, make you sterile, give you lung cancer, turn you into a couch potato or a raving lunatic.

What it does do is, make pain bearable, stop or slow certain cancers, helps kids with ADHD concentrate, protect nerves from damage, and a whole lot more!

I would suggest that you get a vaporizer (run a search). They cut down on the odor, use less cannabis for the same level of pain relief, and is WAY easier on the lungs! I have a little Vapor Brothers and it was worth every penny!

Another place you might want to check out is treatingyourself.com- a nice little Canadian MMJ site. They are about 99% medical users. Cannabisnews.com is also a great site to keep up with the news on medical cannabis.

How old are your kids? Parenting with cannabis can be tricky in non-MMJ states (the reply page doesn't give your state, and I've forgotten which you are in). My kids were raised with it around- we just treated it like the hubby's tobacco. No shame, no hiding it- Momma just smoked a different "brand". Fortunately, my kids are brilliant, and understood by school age that it just was not talked about (about on the same level as that the hubby walks around in the house in his underpants sometimes). It never was a problem. And since we are good neighbors and don't deal, we have never had a problem with the law.

I'll be gone (work, ya know) for about 6 hours, but I'll check back in on this thread. If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. It is criminal that you have to be in such pain when a simple, safe, highly effective, herbal remedy is available!
- Granny:hippy: