Smoking Your Medicine – Not The Only Option

It seems with everything today;  time, progress and human ingenuity improve the products we demand. The traditional and most popular method of ingestion for medical marijuana patients is smoking. Opponents of medical marijuana have cited smoking as harmful and therefore discount the medicinal value based on that fact alone, even though a recent clinical study revealed smoked cannabis to be effective in treating chronic neuropathic pain and sleep improvement. Today, medical marijuana patients can now choose from a variety of ingestion methods.

Using a vaporizer to ingest cannabis is becoming more popular among many patients. Many physicians recommend vaporizers to cannabis patients to avoid the harmful effects of smoking. Vaporizers heat the dried flowers without combusting the plant material to create a vapor that can be easily inhaled. There are many models with various options and prices available to suit every budget. Many patients prefer vaporization and report enhanced effects for both duration and pain relief.

Everyone knows about marijuana brownies but the edibles of today are simply amazing. Traditional baked goods such as  brownies, cookies and cakes are readily available at your local dispensary where you’re also likely to find delicious candy bars, sodas, smoothies and ice cream. Not in the mood for sweets? Not a problem, how about a pizza or cook up your own dish using  cannabutter or cannaoliveoil.

If edibles aren’t for you, THC pills / capsules are now found on dispensary shelves. Some patients find THC tinctures administered sublingually under the tongue or mixed with a soothing tea to be their method of choice. THC infused lotions and creams can be used topically to provide relief to joints and muscles.

Just as the cannabis plant has evolved to be the most studied plant on the planet,  so to have the various ingestion methods. Vaporizes will continue to improve with more options and lower prices as competition heats up in the marketplace. Edibles and other ingestion options will also improve as new extraction techniques and recipes are introduced to patients via old fashion human ingenuity. I think back when I first began smoking… ingenuity was using an orange or apple to make a pipe!

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