Re: Re: Marijuana for pain relief

July 14, 2008

There has never been a case or lung cancer from marijunana without

something else being involved (like cigarettes) there are no carcinogens

in marijuana. Smoking it does get it inot the system faster, but eating

it is fine too. We use a vaporizer which filters out the smoke and

allows just the THC to pass. This also help me as it is also an

antiinflmmatory.

marla

Harnett wrote:

>

> Hi everyone

>

> I would strongly advise against smoking it for pain relief too, as it can

> cause lung cancer. My brother died of lung cancer for this very reason 3

> years ago. But, while he was ill he found marijuana far more effective

> than

> morphine for his pain (he said that was because of it's relaxing effect).

>

> Before my hip replacement 18 months ago, I was on MS-Contin (slow-release

> morphine) for my pain and it worked well for me. If you take it for more

> than a couple of weeks you need to taper off it slowly though, to avoid

> nasty withdrawal side effects.

>

> There's NOTHING worse than chronic pain day after day, so you may need

> to be

> assertive with doctors to ensure you get the appropriate level of pain

> relief.

>

> in NZ

>

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