alternative pain management

You don't need a pill, you can swallow the liquid, either directly, in a capsule, or in an absorbent material like food.

However with oral administration the pharmacokinetics will be altered, the bio-availability may be reduced, it will take longer to reach peak effect and the peak effect will be less and will last longer.
 
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Mynight said:
Energize on contraceptives :D.

Why does the delivery mechanism matter as long as it has the desired effect?
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Lol.

Well the most desirable delivery mechanism is generally oral because it produces long lasting effects rather than a quick peak and drop off.

That's why cigarette smokers need a fag every five minutes, it's generally not a good way to administer medication.
 
Arrgh right interesting.

Would that be due to tablets taking time to digest thus releasing their goodness over a period of time compared to the single hit and subsequent immediate decline of an inhalation method.

Apologies for lay men's terms.
 
Do they have reliable ways to tell if a driver has been smoking the Weed ?

I don't fancy driving about with untold Weed heads behind the wheel. :p


This is a great idea though as Weed helps MS sufferers & the like, Much better than the other remedys out there like Opiates etc
S'pose now we'll get a bazillion sufferers of MS though. :D


Polite note. I am Not making light of MS just the fact that all the Weed heads will develop MS come Jan 2015. :)
 
They do an impairment test afaik there's no recognised way to test at the roadside yet.

If suspected they arrest and I assume blood tests will be done at station.
 
Blood tests won't be any good though as Weed stays in your system for something like 4 weeks. Take Heroin & it's only in your system for a couple of days but Weeds in your system for weeks.
 
4T5 said:
Blood tests won't be any good though as Weed stays in your system for something like 4 weeks. Take Heroin & it's only in your system for a couple of days but Weeds in your system for weeks.
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There's a lot of studies on this and there's quite a few variables. But here's one of them:

Frequent Users:

Blood Tests
- THC around 4-8 Hours
- 9-carboxy-THC 2+ weeks

Urine Tests
- 9-carboxy-THC 10-21 days


Infrequent Users (lack of build up):

Blood Tests
- THC around 3 to 4 hours
- 9-carboxy-THC 2-3 days

Urine Tests
- 9-carboxy-THC 3-7 days

However, we're talking about THC being removed in the instance, so not sure what would be detected.
 
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4T5 said:
Blood tests won't be any good though as Weed stays in your system for something like 4 weeks. Take Heroin & it's only in your system for a couple of days but Weeds in your system for weeks.
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Blood tests will show plasma levels of the drug, plasma levels determine how intoxicated someone is, if there is a reference level to compare it to, then it can scientifically be used for a conviction for driving under the influence.
 
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Mynight said:
Arrgh right interesting.

Would that be due to tablets taking time to digest thus releasing their goodness over a period of time compared to the single hit and subsequent immediate decline of an inhalation method.

Apologies for lay men's terms.
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Absorption is one factor yes, it takes a couple of hours generally for a substance to be completely absorbed from the GI tract, pass through the livers circulation and enter the main bodies circulation.

But there are other factors such as fat solubility, for example if valium is injected, which is similar to smoking, then it lasts about 20mins, if it is taken orally or rectally it lasts for about 8 hours, this is because after injection the valium in the blood rapidly enters fatty tissues and is no longer in circulation which obviously it needs to be to reach the brain.
 
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Milkybk said:
Drug laws in modern society have failed in their current archaic form. Marijuana is genuinely not as bad as the stigma many people choose to brand it with. It can help people suffering pain or living with horrific illnesses, it's proven. In a modern day society I find it ridiculous that we can turn our backs on something with so much potential just because of laws made so long ago when things were far less understood.

People will jump on the "drugs are the devil" bandwagon though. If that helps them feel big about themselves for their own inherent shortcomings then I say have at it. However, at some point when they see the help certain things can provide a loved one they may shelf their pathetic, arrogant and old fashioned ideals they were spoon fed years ago and actually form their own opinion based on facts instead of doctored ****.
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Hear hear!

He shoots.....he scooooooress.

My dad had a failed operation on his back when he was a kid as his foster parent threw him against a wall as a baby. The only thing which gets him through day to day life is self medicating with weed. Painkillers just mess his stomach up, opiates are well...opiates which definitely screw ya stomach up and have the obvious physically addictive properties.

Weed is the reason my dad is alive today.

:)
 
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EddScott said:
Anything that can help with chronic pain can only be a good thing. However, expectation and reality can be miles apart.

My wife had cancer that had spread to her hips. Her hips were pretty much destroyed so spent the last year or so of her life with the feeling of permanently broken hips. She was drinking the concentrated version of oramorph like pop.

A friend of her parents approached them and offered hemp oil. Claiming relief from pain and also claiming as fact that it would reduce her tumors. I knew I could approach the doctor and ask for her opinion and she said on a pain management level it could help but not in such a severe case as ours (we even discussed methadone). She also said depending on strain it was possible it could make symptoms worse - she had seen as much in her career and had no axe to grind at all with alternative medicine.

Not saying it's not a good idea but it's not the wonder drug some people perceive it to be. She also went on to say if drug companies could just grow a field full of weed and sell it on to worldwide health services would they really pump millions into other medicines? There is a reason it's not mainstream and it's not a big conspiracy theory.
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So did she actually try it? (your wife, I mean), and was there any relief?.
 
Energize said:
Blood tests will show plasma levels of the drug, plasma levels determine how intoxicated someone is, if there is a reference level to compare it to, then it can scientifically be used for a conviction for driving under the influence.
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how long would it take from arrest to test though
 
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