G-Dog
New Member
I find myself in an interesting position.
About a month ago, I started having morning pain in my right thumb, it would lock up on me, hang up, make a clicking sound. The pain is like a toothache, only covering a larger area. Very extreme.
My GF had some percoset, and that worked a little bit, but it still hurt. I do not know what happened, but thought it would just go away. After some time I gave in and went to the doctor.
Of course the doctor didn't know what it is, so they call everything arthritis. That's what doctors do, they label everything something off of a list if they cannot identify it with all certainty. Since he called it arthritis, he could not offer anything for the pain that you cannot get over the counter. His words were, "If you have a life long condition we cannot prescribe narcotics, that will just make you a drug addict". He has a great point, if arthritis is what it is. For the first time in my life, I may benefit from MMJ.
Now I have a large and powerful dog that I walk every day, it is possible that he did something to it pulling me by the leash. It may not be arthritis, in fact I doubt that it is. The only place on my body that I have this problem is my right hand, the one I use for walking my dog.
Now here is the real kick. I got a DUI 4 years ago and didn't face up to it until January. I was given probation and told to basically go through Intensive Out Patient (IOP) drug counseling. I was placed for three months with Heroin and Meth addicts 3 times a week, and AA. I know, did the crime, I do the time. However, part of the program is that I cannot do MMJ. The program doesn't believe in MMJ and to be in compliance with probation I have to be in compliance with IOP. There is no way around it. At any time my probation officer or one of the IOP directors can force drug testing on me.
Now I went into IOP thinking it was 3 months (72 hours). Once getting in I am told that the 3 times a week bit was for 3 months, but they can have you coming in 1 time a week for a couple of years if they deem necessary. I graduated IOP last week, hurray. But I have to still go to the weekly meetings. My counselor says that since I have been clean almost 4 years (alcohol) she will try to get me out in about two months. That means the best possible scenario for me is 2 months of pain, and if my condition still exist I can then start to use MMJ. See the probation officer and the courts do not have a problem with MMJ, per se. They just insist that I am in compliance with my counseling, and the counseling prohibits use of MMJ.
I have no record of any marijuana offenses, I am here strictly for alcohol. I would argue the point of MMJ to the counseling agency if I had a MJ record. I am afraid that if I admitted using MJ to the agency I would open a whole new can of worms and possibly prolong my treatment program. Currently I am their poster boy of recovery. 4 years clean.
It's just a mess.
About a month ago, I started having morning pain in my right thumb, it would lock up on me, hang up, make a clicking sound. The pain is like a toothache, only covering a larger area. Very extreme.
My GF had some percoset, and that worked a little bit, but it still hurt. I do not know what happened, but thought it would just go away. After some time I gave in and went to the doctor.
Of course the doctor didn't know what it is, so they call everything arthritis. That's what doctors do, they label everything something off of a list if they cannot identify it with all certainty. Since he called it arthritis, he could not offer anything for the pain that you cannot get over the counter. His words were, "If you have a life long condition we cannot prescribe narcotics, that will just make you a drug addict". He has a great point, if arthritis is what it is. For the first time in my life, I may benefit from MMJ.
Now I have a large and powerful dog that I walk every day, it is possible that he did something to it pulling me by the leash. It may not be arthritis, in fact I doubt that it is. The only place on my body that I have this problem is my right hand, the one I use for walking my dog.
Now here is the real kick. I got a DUI 4 years ago and didn't face up to it until January. I was given probation and told to basically go through Intensive Out Patient (IOP) drug counseling. I was placed for three months with Heroin and Meth addicts 3 times a week, and AA. I know, did the crime, I do the time. However, part of the program is that I cannot do MMJ. The program doesn't believe in MMJ and to be in compliance with probation I have to be in compliance with IOP. There is no way around it. At any time my probation officer or one of the IOP directors can force drug testing on me.
Now I went into IOP thinking it was 3 months (72 hours). Once getting in I am told that the 3 times a week bit was for 3 months, but they can have you coming in 1 time a week for a couple of years if they deem necessary. I graduated IOP last week, hurray. But I have to still go to the weekly meetings. My counselor says that since I have been clean almost 4 years (alcohol) she will try to get me out in about two months. That means the best possible scenario for me is 2 months of pain, and if my condition still exist I can then start to use MMJ. See the probation officer and the courts do not have a problem with MMJ, per se. They just insist that I am in compliance with my counseling, and the counseling prohibits use of MMJ.
I have no record of any marijuana offenses, I am here strictly for alcohol. I would argue the point of MMJ to the counseling agency if I had a MJ record. I am afraid that if I admitted using MJ to the agency I would open a whole new can of worms and possibly prolong my treatment program. Currently I am their poster boy of recovery. 4 years clean.
It's just a mess.
