We have a thing called National Insurance which is deducted from our earnings and obviously there is taxation. I have family in the US and a few American friends, I have also been there and had to pay a stupid amount of money for healthcare insurance. Our system is much fairer. I have just had full Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and aftercare, it cost me nothing. Yes, I have paid taxes, but that is a tiny amount compared to what it would have cost directly.
Too bad they'd tax it so highly. Cannabis isnt govt regulated and left up to individual States here. With a medical card you can buy $70 ounces in my home state. It might not be as good as what we all grow, but it's reaching people at the least.If you burn organic matter it will produce tar and all sorts of other toxins, most of which are carcinogenic, this is a fact. Be it cannabis or tobacco. I have smoked cannabis for over 30 years and got smoking related cancer.
Marijuana and Lung Health
The American Lung Association is concerned about the health impacts of marijuana use, especially on lung health. We caution the public against smoking marijuana because of the risk of damage to the lungs.www.lung.org
The medical marijuana industry was a con to get the US medical industry a foot hold in another industry. I am one of the dozens of people in the world that doesn't live in america. In the UK we don't have private healthcare trying to sell us products and services for the good of our health, we have a National Health Service that is free for all.
I am not in favour of legalised cannabis at all. It isn't legal in the UK. If they legalised it here they would tax the shit out of it and regulate it's supply. I would rather see the Dutch model where it is simply not criminal to posses, grow or use.
So it's not free?
I am sorry to hear about your cancer and I hope you are doing better and feeling well.If you burn organic matter it will produce tar and all sorts of other toxins, most of which are carcinogenic, this is a fact. Be it cannabis or tobacco. I have smoked cannabis for over 30 years and got smoking related cancer.
Marijuana and Lung Health
The American Lung Association is concerned about the health impacts of marijuana use, especially on lung health. We caution the public against smoking marijuana because of the risk of damage to the lungs.
The medical marijuana industry was a con to get the US medical industry a foot hold in another industry. I am one of the dozens of people in the world that doesn't live in america. In the UK we don't have private healthcare trying to sell us products and services for the good of our health, we have a National Health Service that is free for all.
I am not in favour of legalised cannabis at all. It isn't legal in the UK. If they legalised it here they would tax the shit out of it and regulate it's supply. I would rather see the Dutch model where it is simply not criminal to posses, grow or use.
1. Harlequin and Canna-Tsu strains both work well for me. 2:1 CBD to THC ratio roughly seems most effective.
Stop being a pedant. It is free at the point of use, regardless of the whether you have paid direct taxes or not. I haven't paid National Insurance or Income Tax in years, mainly due to illness. My treatment would have cost hundreds of thousands under the American system.
You know anything that's burnt is carcinogenic. Even toast, bacon, potato chips, etc. Anytime there's char basically. I switched to vaping years ago and my lungs thank me. I've been smoking out of a pipe again lately sometimes and I've got to stop doing that again. Vaping tastes better anyways. It just has a slightly different effect. I finally quit smoking cigs like a year and a half ago. Cancer is in my family too so that sucks.
Yeah, I am now a full time vaper. I'll never smoke again, it could literally kill me. I bought a dry herb vape a while back, trouble is it really fucks me up.
They did studies in France that shows that smokers only made up a fraction of the hospitalized c19 patients. 80% or so were non smokers.
Carpal Tunnel huh. I've dealt with that too. What solved my problem without surgery was to teach myself how to sleep with my wrists straight. My hands use to go completely numb feeling.I find that it does have the medicinal ability to take the focus off of irritated nerves. It does take away pain for me that way. Especially when processed through my digestive tract, instead of just inhaling into bloodstream, although doing both works best. I make my topical creams so potent that i'm sure you could probably fail a test too, even though they say it can't break the skin barriers that way... it all works good for me.
I'm blazing some atonic CBD strain right now, that I just cut fresh from the plant last night. Still wet in the center\stem too after quick dry.. Its so spicy & terpy its numbing my mouth like cloves or something, and my bad tooth that has been bothering me lately. My carpel tunnel syndrome just subsided right now as I get baked too.. Oh shoot, I forgot my back hurts too. Thanks cannabis.
Something about smoking plant matter that is still practically alive, and would even show energy bolts discharging from the bud with Kirlian photography as I roast it.. yum. I love fresh weeds
Is that actually possible? When I was young there was this thing where they claimed cigs were "low tar", it was proven to be bollocks and all they actually did was but a row of tiny holes around the filter so it drew less well and tasted weaker.
My wrists and neck are fucked from computer use. My profession is actually a systems analyst. At college I would spend days on end coding in old Unix terminals, in a shitty chair at desk that was too low.
Just try to keep your wrists straight as much as possible. It helps.
Ya. I like to sleep all curled up too with my wrists curled. That's what I had to train myself not to do.
I empathize with this.