Thank you for the post and especially for siting your references! I really wanted some studies to send my brother.
My eldest brother just found out today that I use cannabis medicinally. First two things he asked... "does it work or do you just like it?" and "have you smoked yourself retarded yet?"
He doesn't believe me that it doesn't degrade your brain, claims he knew people who were fine until they started "smoking their life away"...
I told him that I'm not going to discuss it if he has a preconceived notion that isn't based on any real information or research... Because its probably the only thing that will keep me from losing more of my GI tract.
But after he said something that really touched me, he said he knows that I go through hell with my disease, and that whatever it was that helped... If I needed it, he would be out there trying to get it for me if I needed him to.
He has been the most understanding out of my family yet. It really made me realize how much it hurts to get so little support for the one thing that really has given me my life back.
Now I'm getting emotional. Thank you again, all the information and news on this site mean a lot to me. This community has become very near and dear to me.
My eldest brother just found out today that I use cannabis medicinally. First two things he asked... "does it work or do you just like it?" and "have you smoked yourself retarded yet?"
He doesn't believe me that it doesn't degrade your brain, claims he knew people who were fine until they started "smoking their life away"...
I told him that I'm not going to discuss it if he has a preconceived notion that isn't based on any real information or research... Because its probably the only thing that will keep me from losing more of my GI tract.
But after he said something that really touched me, he said he knows that I go through hell with my disease, and that whatever it was that helped... If I needed it, he would be out there trying to get it for me if I needed him to.
He has been the most understanding out of my family yet. It really made me realize how much it hurts to get so little support for the one thing that really has given me my life back.
Now I'm getting emotional. Thank you again, all the information and news on this site mean a lot to me. This community has become very near and dear to me.
