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Nah, I have chronic pain. Muscle stuff (back, hips). And arthritis.

They're insantly worse the moment I consume.

I know it's hard for those who enjoy cannabis to understand this. But for me it's a highly unpleasant drug. Maybe the most unpleasant of the various recreational substances I've taken over the year. For me it's pain and paranoia.

In the milieux I was in in my 20s it was constantly around, and wow, was I ever happier once I just stopped trying it.

When it became legal here I tried it again. Nope, still sucks.



I don't know if this will help you but:

Cannabis tends to amplify whatever you are thinking about. If you are mentally focused on the pain that will almost certainly be counter productive.

For paranoia, a trick that works for me is to mentally/consciously call out the paranoia and acknowledge that it is exaggerated/not real and instead caused by the cannabis. As soon as I do that it disappears.


K, yeah... but why?

There's little pleasure in the substance. No value to me.

Sorry, cannabis lovers, but you need to stop proselytizing.

I get you like it. But it also kind of sucks.

100% legal here I could walk down the road and buy it... and I couldn't be bothered.


I used to be a frequent user, and began to have the same issue where it would make my pain feel worse. I took a long break and recently tried again and actually noticed quite a bit of relief from pain. I think there are a lot of factors at play here including how it is consumed, strain, mental state, etc.


Everyone is different, and no drug is for everyone. Caffeine gives me migraines




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