Medical cannabis has been legal in the state for 6 years. Until medical marijuana was legalized, I was living an entirely different life. I was hooked on drugs and I wasn’t going anywhere. I was in and out of rehab and nothing I did seemed to help with the chronic pain that I felt every day. The chronic pain was severe and debilitating. Nothing seemed to help and my doctor was giving me more and more pills instead of trying to find the source for the pain. When medical marijuana was legalized, I found a doctor that could prescribe the course of treatment and I paid all of the necessary fees so I could go to the legal dispensary to buy products. At that time, medical marijuana was only being prescribed for Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and seizures, muscle spasms, cancer, and severe and chronic pain. Severe and chronic pain was a topic that was a great area and physicians could use their discretion to prescribe medical marijuana according to what they felt would help the patient. My doctor told me all of the facts about medical marijuana. The lady really wanted me to know what to expect, because I had never used marijuana at all in the past. She was concerned that it might not be a great route. She explained that I might be feeling side effects like increased appetite and heart rate, dizziness, and possible fainting. She told me not to use any of the medical marijuana products while I was driving and she also advised me to take it easy in the beginning.
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