By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 25, 2009
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- LA City Council does not explicitly ban medical marijuana sales
- Denver Post’s alarmist worries about a “marijuana minefield”
- Oklahoma’s Will Foster is free on parole again
- New Jersey lawmaker’s personal experiences lead to support of medical marijuana
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- Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, University of Washington Medical Student and member of the AMA’s medical student section on the AMA’s new policy on medical marijuana
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I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
Thanks, Sunil! I often like to say I got my B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.* at the University of Hard Knox, School of Trial and Error.
(*Bullshit, more shit, and piled higher and deeper.)
About memory:
It would be good to point out that the position of the AMA in 1937 in the Congressional Record was also that there were at least two valid and one irreplaceable medical utility of Cannabis: “for psychological, psychoanalytical, and psychotherapeutic research, though only to a very limited extent.” Specifically, Woodward says, “the ability of Cannabis or Indian hemp to revive old memories, and psychoanalysis depends on revivification of hidden memories.”
This is an interesting memory-cannabis connection that is worth exploring further.
Dear Radical Russ, thank you for sharing your story. It is very powerful and moving. I think we have the same ACT score. (-:
The incident that triggered my PTSD. I was one of the first responders and responded within a few seconds of nearly getting shot myself.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/ndssun01.htm
Excellent stash!
I do have a comment about my own PTSD. My time with my shrink, Patsy, was in the beginning, intense. About the only thing I could get out of my mouth for the first few sessions was… No drugs. I didn’t want to take any pills for it, but I did self-medicate with cannabis.
As I spent 3 1-hour sessions per week with her and was finally able to form and speak in complete sentences (took a few weeks) I started going over and over what my brain didn’t block out, (I still have some things blocked out) I started getting better. Within 2 months of this I was ready to go back to work. Patsy was amazed at how quickly I was recovering, but being cautious, she would not allow me to go back to the grind for another month.
I went back to work 3 months after the incident that triggered it… still a bit shakey, but knowing what my stressors were.
I continued with the therapy for another year and a half.
I’m starting to ramble, but, I have had a few relapses (minor) since, but I believe that my own self-medication plus the therapy got me back on my feet in good time.
I, too, am thankful for marijuana. It helped me get through the worst couple of months of my life. Marijuana kills the migraine pain, the pain of degenerative disk disease, and the aches and pains of being 53 years old with old gunshot injuries and the overall body pains of getting nearly blown up during my military career. And it ends the pain within seconds of taking a toke.
Yes, I am thankful for marijuana, and thankful that I was created (evolved) with cannabinoid receptors that make this herb… just what the doctor ordered.
Best Stash yet!
Really got me going on this beautiful Thanksgiving morning, and today I give thanks for — NORML Daily Audio Stash!
That Oprah shout-out was awesome.
Happy Thanksgiving “R” Russ, everyone at NORML and all you Stashers.