Print up (or give the doctor the URL) the sections of my post on pain, spinal injuries and anything else that catches your eye. Go in "armed to the teeth" with information! Many doctors are rather uneducated when it comes to cannabis. A Canadian newspaper had an article recently where it stated that most of the knowledge that doctors had about cannabis, came from their PATIENTS! We have to educate our doctors!

Now about the workman's comp. If you go to a cannabis specialist, all that happens is that you are given a piece of paper- nothing is said to the insurance companies or the government. (Your "regular" doctors, I don't know what they might do.) You cannabis recommendation is between you and the doc! Short of a court order, "ain't nobody's business but your own"! If you don't say anything, how will they know?

By the way, there's a fair chance your oldest, and possibly the middle kid have already tried cannabis!

"Almost two-thirds of all American young people try illicit drugs before they finish high school. One out of sixteen seniors smokes marijuana daily and 20 percent have done so for at least a month sometime in their lives. "
Drug Abuse

You might even find that they know a lot more about it than you do! I have caught a 6th grader talking about his personal marijuana patch! From what I heard, he was doing quite well- his plants were taller than he was! LOL (No, I didn't bust him! I just pretended not to hear. )

Sit the kids down and talk to them about cannabis as a medicine. Look, you are taking a dangerous, addictive drug, oxycontin. It will addict you and it can kill you! You want to reduce (or, hopefully, replace) that very dangerous drug with a safe herbal remedy. It's a no-brainer- even if you are a kid! Because you are in California, there isn't even a legal problem- on a state level, it's no different than using milk thistle for liver problems!

Granny:hippy:
Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on . looking for answers hello, i am desperated looking for some advice from fellow new members, i got hurt on the job when i was 37 now 43, injuried my back, last 3 vertabraes and right shoulder, i have had 6 surgeries so far. I had a fusion done to my last 3 vertabres, Laminectomy, hardware removal, spinal stim. implant, and finally morphine pump implant. Of course all these procedures have help me very little to none, i have constant chronic pains in my lower and mid back, pains in my legs, major depression, nausea, Rating: 5