re: Women are turning to cannabis for help with medical issues

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I know in AZ and LA we've had medicsl access for years and I've yet to see any resistance to a physician prescribing it, oftentimes as a first or second option.

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The bourbon industry here lobbies pretty hard against THC and several prominent state politicians are in their pockets. Damon Thayer wouldn't even let it come to a floor vote for several years because of it. We'll likely be one of the last states to fully legalize as a result (unless the feds do it).

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What I immediately learned was that cannabis has become a lifeline for countless women who feel unseen by conventional medicine

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I'll take fat people for $1000, Alex.

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Don't fool yourself, the vast majority are self medicating their self generated anxiety, and nothing more.

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If it's in perimenopause/menopause, it's only self generated in the sense that hormonal fluctuations (particularly decreases in estrogen) can and do cause anxiety.

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Yet there was ZERO data in the entire article.

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Then that's a failure of the article. Not that data doesn't exist.

Science Direct: Cannabidiol therapy for symptom relief in Endometriosis

Science Direct: Medical cannabis in the management of Anxiety disorders

Because of the lack of legalization in the US, studies here are going to be limited (especially for perimenopause/menopause which have long been swept under the rug for these kind of studies).

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endometriosis

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All of this. I was twice mis-diagnosed (by a PCP) with irritable bowel syndrome and medicated with prescriptions for a condition I didn’t have.

Endo is common. But it can’t be diagnosed by anything but surgery, which seems extreme for pain and other symptoms not everyone understands.

I eventually began losing so much blood my OB resorted to a laparoscopy. He apologized after he found it, because pre-surgery he had even hedged with “maybe you need to see a GI.”

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Don't fool yourself, the vast majority are self medicating their self generated anxiety, and nothing more.

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Tell that to my wife who has 4 screws and a fusion in her back due to scoliosis.

This is the main reason it’s not fully legal. It takes too much power and money away from big pharma.

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The bourbon industry here lobbies pretty hard against THC and several prominent state politicians are in their pockets. Damon Thayer wouldn't even let it come to a floor vote for several years because of it. We'll likely be one of the last states to fully legalize as a result (unless the feds do it).

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Yup..that shite head turtle basically snuck in closing the hemp loop hole which looks like it's seeking to nuke the hemp delta 9 seltzer market which is taking a big chunk from big liquor.

I have a buddy who owns a higher end liquor/food store in a nice part of town. he used to have 3 coolers for craft beer and they are all now filled with delta 9 seltzers. People have realized you can unwind, relax and not deal w ith hangovers, high blood pressure, weight gain and liver problems associated with alcohol and Washington simply cannot have any of that!

If you dont believe that a trained chef and community doula isn't an expert on THC usage and dosage, you are just being unreasonable.

Does it increase libido, if so men will get it fast tracked.

Fair point.