Hey man I've got Crohns disease too, and in fact I just logged on to find out about medical marijuana. I actually just had to take a day off work because I had a bad reaction to some medicine I started about a week ago, that is Prednisone. It felt like my heart beat was very weak, I couldn't sleep at all, my eyes were bloodshot and because it lowers your immune system I got a cold. After reading up on WebMD about some side effects, such as heart failure, I'm sure as hell never going to go back on that stuff! I still feel a little weird right now, I had to go to urgent care last night but I should be fine in a few days.

Anyway, I rarely smoke because I have a commercial drivers license so as part of federal law my work performs random drug tests. However, I'm thinking about learning a little bit more about how to pass those and taking the chance because after taking some medicine that could very well have killed me I think its worth it. I use to smoke all the time when I was younger, so I'm well aware of the side effects, but they are certainly nothing like what I've had to deal with this past week!

I smoked about a month ago and couldn't believe how great I felt, I always have a hard time keeping an appetite, but just a little smoke and I eat easily twice as much as I normally will with no stomach pains. I have been curious as to how it can help long term with Crohns, and I think I'm going to go ahead and try it out.

I live in California, where medical marijuana is sort of legal, (only by state), but when I asked my doctor he kind of laughed it off like I wasn't serious. I might bring it up again with a little bit more of a serious tone and see what he says, but I have a feeling most doctors want to stay away from that contraversory.

About how long have you been smoking? Have you asked your doctor about medical marijuana or is that not legal in your state?