Compounds responsible for the aroma of cannabis and many other plants may offer a surprising new way to relieve chronic pain. Researchers found that several cannabis-derived terpenes significantly reduced pain in mouse models of fibromyalgia and post-surgical pain, with one terpene, geraniol, showing especially strong effects. Unlike THC, these compounds are not associated with psychoactive effects, making them a potentially attractive alternative for pain treatment.
I’m not going to argue, really
I take one if I have to drive and I’m in pain.
You don’t need to argue. You just need to accept that every time you do that you put your life, and the lives of the people around you, in danger. And that’s simply a fact.
My friend, in the UK you can literally buy Panadol both with and without codiene over the counter at a pharmacy
They have said multiple times they use the without for the most part, which is just paracetamol (acetaminophen).
The UK and elsewhere don’t have the same problem with opiates as the US does.
It’s not an offense to drive on medications unless it impares you, in effect giving the police reason to stop you from driving if impaired by it and legal means to prosecute you if you cause harm due to the imparement.
That also means I could drive whilst high from my cannabis prescription if there was no imparement.
Its not that its no offense, you simply can’t be prosecuted if no one knows about it. But that doesn’t equal legal. If you get into an accident and anyone finds out that you took opioide, even just medical painkillers, you will be attributed most of the blame in court.
A prescription only provides defense in court, not an immunity to prosecution. It still is in your responsibility to prove that you weren’t impaired by your medication, which is nearly impossible. If your tolerance is high enough that your reaction time doesn’t decrease, then its nearly useless either way.
Yeah look I think there might be a difference between one Panadeine forte and hard core opiates that have people nodding off.
Certainly, it’s a lot better than vaping two caps before driving and nine times out of ten it’s just a paracetamol anyway
But if you have cannabis without the high, you could use that instead and be safer.
I’d love to have the option as a medical marijuana user. Not as punishment for having pain, but for having more options.
Yeah look, I don’t it’s a bad thing at all, I know this would benefit many people
Your parent comment resonated with me, I get that knee jerk reaction about punishing pain. But yeah I can begrudgingly admit that I would use this if it was available for driving and such.
Fortunately I don’t have really bad pain and the opiates I take if I need to are very mild.
There’s a bit of cynicism in my comment, I’m in Australia so any excuse my governments can find to destroy enjoyment gained as an extra, they’ll do it.
At the end of the day anything we can do with cannabis extracts that help people in any way id support, including this