[ConservingFreedom]

I believe patients should have as many treatment options at their disposal when dealing with chronic pain and terminal illness and have treatment protocols driven by medical science and not political/social/ moral/economic influences.

Hippie!

[T-Bone Texan]

There is an invention called a vaporizer, which lets a person ingest cannabis without smoking it. The one that my "friend" owns has a dial that allows the user to set the temp. The different component ingredients of the cannabis are "vaporized" at different temps.

This allows my neighbor with MS to treat her debilitating pain without getting "stoned".

There are analgesic components in pot that are completely separate from the components that get a person stoned. These components vaporize at under 300 degrees; the psychoactive components come out at OVER 300 degress.

It is a lot more complex than that, but I am heartened that there is now study in this area. To see my neihbor suffer makes me sad. It takes her a good 5 minutes just to get into her car ever day.