Would you give your child medical marijuana?

Rationale of going to school for 7 years?? I'm with you there... i don't trust doctors. That's why there's always 2nd opinions... no one knows wtf is giong on it seems. " Here, take this med to help your migraine headaches." "So this stops my headaches, but it increases my BP, chance of nausea, strokes.... " However, on recreational side of drugs, you are indeed a professional. I believe doctors to be professionals, but $ and hard headedness (word?) get in the way of the truth. There are some open doctors out there i'm sure.

I'll be honest - I'd probably give it to the kid after trying the doctors methods first...and the kid would have to be a teenager at least before even considering it an option

W Dragon said:

because for the most part here in the uk the pharms are regulated and heavily tested before they get to us and as for trusting doctors they spend the better part of a decade doing nothing but learning about our health problems and the best way to sort them out i know not all prescription drugs are good and that some have very bad side effects i can vouch for this personally, but given the choice would i let you decide whats best for me or a trained professional that spends a decade learning from other great knowledgeable professionals before they can even leave the classroom? it's not a hard decision in my book until you have their qualifications and have dedicated years of your life learning and studying your simply a noob with an idea, i know that doesn't sound nice but you gotta look at the big picture do you know as much as they do and can identify the problems that are occurring both above and below the surface??? i highly doubt it, i'm not trying to sound horrible here but it is the witch doctor approach even if it works for a small time doesn't mean it's a long term fix and could have possible mental health consequences down the line. there's a reason were not all high paid doctors and it isn't just the time involved you have to have a massive understanding about the human body and what happens wehn adding substances to it

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I have massive understanding of the human body, and have spent years researching, since afterall, I AM a human...... this is why I dont trust doctors, and rarely go to one.... but to appease you, I DO NOT have a degree, though I am working on that one

in the end, it's all a personal decision.... as for this person, I'd rather go with thousands of years of learning rather than 100yrs of experimenting

just to further what I'm talking about......

However, once a drug has been approved for sale for one purpose, physicians are free to prescribe it for any other purpose that in their professional judgment is both safe and effective, and are not limited to official, FDA-approved indications. This off-label prescribing is most commonly done with older, generic medications that have found new uses but have not had the formal (and often costly) applications and studies required by the FDA to formally approve the drug for these new indications. However, there is usually extensive medical literature to support the off-label use.

Off-label use of medications is very common. Up to one-fifth of all drugs are prescribed off label and amongst psychiatric drugs, off-label use rises to 31 %.[5] New drugs are often not tested for safety and efficacy specifically in children. Therefore, it is believed that 50-75% of all medications prescribed by pediatricians in the U.S. are for off-label indications.[6]
A study published in 2006 found that off-label use was the most common in cardiac medications and anticonvulsants. This study also found that 73% of off-label use had little or no scientific support

seems like dr.s know alot of nothing, and prescribe blindly as they see fit; though I will agree that the UK is a bit better with their pharm. controls.

gogrow said:

why is nobody concerned with what effect pharms could have on our children??? why do most people blindly trust doctors???

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Exactly what I think. I hate taking medication per scribed to me with a huge ass list of side effects.
I remember being perscribed some kind of meds and i read the side effects and it said "may cause stomach and intestinal bleeding."

Oh yeah, i'm really going to take something that might make my stomach bleed.


I don't really know if I would give my kid (if they were under 10) medical mj, but if they were say, 13 or 14, I probably would.
I started smoking around 14, and I never had any bad side effects from smoking at a young age.

gogrow said:

why is nobody concerned with what effect pharms could have on our children??? why do most people blindly trust doctors???

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We had to do a assignment for college last year for buissness ethics class. My group did pharmaceutical companies as our example of IRRESPONSIBLE business practitioners. These companies make pills for single ailments and if that ailment isnt completely the only thing wrong, than the med just makes the disease worse. My exgirlfriends son has extreme behavioral disorders and the doctor gave him the same med as people get for high blood preasure when their older. Well two weaks later he was fainting because of lack of blood preasure. HMMMMM....I wonder why.

I seen a asthma inhaler that said the main side effect was shortness of breath......

gogrow said:

on that rationale, I've done massive quantities of all types of drugs, and been researching many of them for 15yrs..... does that make me a professional?

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Of course.

gogrow said:

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I have massive understanding of the human body, and have spent years researching, since afterall, I AM a human...... this is why I dont trust doctors, and rarely go to one.... but to appease you, I DO NOT have a degree, though I am working on that one

in the end, it's all a personal decision.... as for this person, I'd rather go with thousands of years of learning rather than 100yrs of experimenting

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hey gogrow i really don't understand how the pharm companies work over in the states, over here we don't hear about doctors getting paid for giving out certain meds etc i'm not sure but i think it's illegal here as most of the uk gets their prescriptions for free. for the most part i have a good selection of doctors and specialists and with the exception of what seems like laziness to read notes they all seem to do a decent enough job hell they saved my life twice so far, i think if safety is that bad when dealing with prescriptions where you are i can see why this might be an option as i said not something i would do but i'm not in your shoes my friend and my childs welfare would come above all else so whatever your decision i really do hope for the best for you and your little 1. on another note i hope it all works out for you regarding the degree and then when it does you can tell me in your professional opinion lolol that's meant in a nice way just in case it doesn't come across on the screen

W Dragon said:

hey gogrow i really don't understand how the pharm companies work over in the states, over here we don't hear about doctors getting paid for giving out certain meds etc i'm not sure but i think it's illegal here as most of the uk gets their prescriptions for free. for the most part i have a good selection of doctors and specialists and with the exception of what seems like laziness to read notes they all seem to do a decent enough job hell they saved my life twice so far, i think if safety is that bad when dealing with prescriptions where you are i can see why this might be an option as i said not something i would do but i'm not in your shoes my friend and my childs welfare would come above all else so whatever your decision i really do hope for the best for you and your little 1. on another note i hope it all works out for you regarding the degree and then when it does you can tell me in your professional opinion lolol that's meant in a nice way just in case it doesn't come across on the screen

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appreciated bro, but i'm fairly certain that when my opinion is "professional", it still wont change much..... that's why i'm going into this field, because I believe we have lost sight of health and medicine in the name of capitalism and greed....

i say its against our cause right now to even talk about giving weed to kids. i personally am against it too, but its not gonna help our legalization efforts either and probably should be revisited after the mile stone of decriminalization has been achieved

i'm totally with it... i use marijuana for my OCD

Big P said:

i say its against our cause right now to even talk about giving weed to kids. i personally am against it too, but its not gonna help our legalization efforts either and probably should be revisited after the mile stone of decriminalization has been achieved

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nobody's actually talking of doing here, its just a discussion of medical ethics

True that,


In that case my opinion is its not good cuz somtimes i feel like smoking weed starting when i was 13 messed me up a bit. Got some anxiety disorders an i think weed made them way way worse during that stage of brain development and maturing it can cause problems that effect the rest of your life like some kids will start doing shitty inschool cuz i was always high and never studied, not blaming the weed just saying it definatly did not help at all

Big P said:

True that,


In that case my opinion is its not good cuz somtimes i feel like smoking weed starting when i was 13 messed me up a bit. Got some anxiety disorders an i think weed made them way way worse during that stage of brain development and maturing

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ah.... I dont talk much about that, cuz most smokers dont want to hear it, but I do feel that way too. I started smoking pot everyday at age 10, and I'm pretty positive that at least a few of my problems may stem from that. But I'm healthy as a horse if that matters

i would suggest ingesting and not smoking for the lung purposes, plus also i think that would make them want to grow up and smoke because honestly i didnt starting smoking cigs until i started smoking pot, but in small doses, i dont think it would hurt i mean
seriously 2 ritalins? or half a bownie? LOL ritalin is addicting, and children can get addicted to it. ive seen it happen and its depressing

but then also i think weed on a developing brain could cause some serious injury maybe some forgetfulness, psychosis, and possibly some schizophrenia