I’ve used CBD oil for pain relief and while it doesn’t cure it, it lowers it to a 2/10 if that makes sense.
I then went onto the gummies which are expensive but if you shop around, you can find a BOGOF deal somewhere. I found the gummies weren’t as good but that’s a personal preference.
Admission time - I don’t like getting stoned, it just doesn’t agree with me so while I have tried cannabis (like most if we are honest), I can see the benefits of the CBD part. Legalise it, tax it and take the criminality out of it imo and I say that while sitting doing a shift in an alcohol rehab centre right now!
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I know someone who is frustrated that cannabis is so hard to get legally for medical use
It is the only thing that works on his chronic pain beyond strong opiates with far worse side effects.
It is the only thing that works on his chronic pain beyond strong opiates with far worse side effects.
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Yeah, I agree with you. I take prescription strength cocodamol every morning for my arthritic knee as I can walk anything up to 24k steps a day at work - it’s the only thing that seems to work but I would prefer to take something more natural as taking higher doses of cocodamol will not be doing me any good in the long term!
I know someone who has stage three cancer and while she takes every medication going, she supplements it with a very high strength CBD which seems to help with her pain. Even if it’s a placebo for both of us, it works so it should be made cheaper and easier to get.
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Good to know of somebody on here that uses it ... Kiwififer, is there a brand that you'd recommend? As you say, I've tried cannabis - way back in my 20s, I didn't like it, so when I went to Amsterdam as a tourist in my 40s, I told my friends that I'd be the sober one, who wouldn't take anything at all. My best friend had had really intense religious teenager times, and had never tried it, but she was terrified of falling into a canal in AmsterdamKiwififer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:01 pm I’ve used CBD oil for pain relief and while it doesn’t cure it, it lowers it to a 2/10 if that makes sense.
I then went onto the gummies which are expensive but if you shop around, you can find a BOGOF deal somewhere. I found the gummies weren’t as good but that’s a personal preference.
Admission time - I don’t like getting stoned, it just doesn’t agree with me so while I have tried cannabis (like most if we are honest), I can see the benefits of the CBD part. Legalise it, tax it and take the criminality out of it imo and I say that while sitting doing a shift in an alcohol rehab centre right now!

Be that as it may, I'm not interested in getting high, but I *am* interested in the relief of pain, and of deep aches. If oil and/or gummies will do that, and I can obtain them legally, then a brand recommendation would be great, if you or anyone else could.
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Cannabis has two active chemicals, THC that gets you high and CBD that seems to give the most medical benefits.
Modern 'bush' has been bred to have the high THC while loosing a lot of the CBD, the problem is if you truly want to use cannabis as medicine rather then a drug this stuff is low value.
As far as I'm aware in this country there are only a couple of places licensed to grow cannabis for fibre, only one of which can process the oil for medical use....... But they can't use the 'hemp' that they grow to make the oil
Importing that oil is an expensive and long winded procedure.
I don't know if there is anyone with permission to grow and research high CBD strains...... If there are, they're probably in an "Secret Undisclosed Location" (although I don't think theres many people over fifteen who don't know what that plant looks like)
I know of quite a few people who've tried it and found it works for many different conditions. Some chronic, some terminal.
Why is there not more research into a medicine that can be effective and is relatively cheap (after all it grows on bushes)
Modern 'bush' has been bred to have the high THC while loosing a lot of the CBD, the problem is if you truly want to use cannabis as medicine rather then a drug this stuff is low value.
As far as I'm aware in this country there are only a couple of places licensed to grow cannabis for fibre, only one of which can process the oil for medical use....... But they can't use the 'hemp' that they grow to make the oil

I don't know if there is anyone with permission to grow and research high CBD strains...... If there are, they're probably in an "Secret Undisclosed Location" (although I don't think theres many people over fifteen who don't know what that plant looks like)
I know of quite a few people who've tried it and found it works for many different conditions. Some chronic, some terminal.
Why is there not more research into a medicine that can be effective and is relatively cheap (after all it grows on bushes)
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With my big tinfoil hat on I'm guessing big pharmaceutical companies know that people can grow it themselves And they wont make any money....ForgeCorvus wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:16 pm
Why is there not more research into a medicine that can be effective and is relatively cheap (after all it grows on bushes)
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:15 pmWith my big tinfoil hat on I'm guessing big pharmaceutical companies know that people can grow it themselves And they wont make any money....ForgeCorvus wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:16 pm
Why is there not more research into a medicine that can be effective and is relatively cheap (after all it grows on bushes)


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pseudonym wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:21 pmYorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:15 pmWith my big tinfoil hat on I'm guessing big pharmaceutical companies know that people can grow it themselves And they wont make any money....ForgeCorvus wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:16 pm
Why is there not more research into a medicine that can be effective and is relatively cheap (after all it grows on bushes)Big pharmaceutical companies? Never
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I know a few people who erm use it ones a amputee following a nasty accident it suppresses the phantom limb pain
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It is now available legally via private prescription if your GP/Consultant supports your plans. You have to do your own research for a local private clinic. You will be paying for consultations as well as the medication so not an especially cheap option but a lot better than it was a few years ago when it was nearer £1000 a month than £200.
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It wasn’t that hard for me to get it, honestly. There’s this clinic called Releaf, and they made the whole process super easy. They helped me get the cannabis I needed for pain relief without all the hassle. If your friend is struggling, they should definitely check it out.
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