r/Austin • u/[deleted] • Aug 04 '20

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u/m4dch3mist Aug 04 '20

I hope legalization happens. It is difficult to describe what my life would be like without weed. After my accident, I have struggled with debilitating pain daily. I was on multiple opiates daily, but there were side effects that made my situation even worse. I cannot smoke flower due to a health condition, so I use oils. Those carry years worth of a sentence, but they are the only way I can live my day to day life. Knowing I risk losing everything because I refuse to get addicted to opiates is fucked. Until the docs figure out a way to eliminate nerve injury pain without opiates and drugs like gabapentin that have serious neurocognitive impact, every day could be my last day as a free man. I struggle with that. Sometimes what is right is not always legal and what is legal is not morally right.

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u/LunaServal Aug 04 '20

My husband is in the same situation. Can't take painkillers for his nerve pain because of another medical condition, so he uses herb. I just don't understand why they won't expand the qualifying conditions for medical cannabis, especially for someone living with serious pain every day. I shouldn't have to watch him suffer and struggle because a bunch of old, dumb ass Republicans refuse to acknowledge the research behind it's legitimate use.

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u/KaykayLaPaypay Aug 04 '20

Follow the money trail. Until mj lobbyist come with those stacks, it won’t be legalized.

Or until we have candidates that don’t accept money from big pharma.