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[Thelemech]

In Europe there are Schizophrenics that are taking high doses of CBD oil to treat their illness.
Here in Canada we are already using CBD oil for several ailments and I know for a fact that it helps with
anxiety and pain.
I have said it before - Marijuana is a medicine and like most medicines it can be misused and or abused.
It is not for kids and should be kept away from teenagers IMHO. It should not however be denied to someone who is sick in some way if the the plant can help them get better.
I do not smoke to get stoned - I smoke to get real relief from intense pain that I suffer from. I am also on Morphine but still need the Marijuana almost daily. I do not know what I would do without it to be honest.
 

[Zzzptm]

Part of what should be done with it is to take the various chemicals in the smoke/plant and take a good look at each one, individually. Modern pharma isolates compounds and delivers them with measured potencies to attain targeted effects. This would allow us to have the benefits of the pharmacoepia in marijuana without exposing ourselves to all the *other* stuff that's in there. When we can get to a point where we can say 20mg of CBD for this, 10mg for that, we'll have what we want instead of having to rely on guesswork and shotgunning a lot of other chemicals to get what we want.

[Thelemech]

***When we can get to a point where we can say 20mg of CBD for this, 10mg for that, we'll have what we want instead of having to rely on guesswork and shotgunning a lot of other chemicals to get what we want.***


I agree totally. Very insightful.

[Zzzptm]

Well, I finished that book - and I believe that any legalization effort should also go hand-in-hand with a public education push about the potential hazards of the drug, particularly among people with a family history of mental issues.

Started on the Indian novel, "Devdas". It reads very quickly and has some powerful character development. I can see why it's such a beloved classic in South Asia.

[Charger]

The year 1972 of the Finnish weekly Donald Duck magazine Aku Ankka.

[Thelemech]

The Book Of Lies - Aleister Crowley

[Zzzptm]

"Stamped From the Beginning", a fascinating history of the origins and progression of racist and antiracist thought in Western European/American culture. I'm up to the mid-late 1700s, and it's a riveting read.

Just got to a part where Thomas Jefferson's father instructed his son about the importance of self-sufficiency, even though the father owned 68 slaves at the time. If, however, you view the slaves as possessions and not humans that are doing all the real work, the logic works. From an environment like that, and with other experiences, Jefferson's ideas on both ending slavery and complete segregation arose.

As a survey of historical sources, this book is very deep and the author's style makes for lively reading.

[Typhon]

From my new jeans.

[Thelemech]

Reading some Conan The Cimmerian short stories by the the great Robert E. Howard, the original creator of the beloved barbarian.

[Vyn]

That's pretty cool. I read some Howard years ago, can't recall the details but I remember being stoked.

I'm currently flipping through:

[Thelemech]

^^^ yeah Howard was pretty damn good at the sword and sorcery writing that he helped revolutionize.  It is a shame that he committed suicide, but it is said that he just could not get over his mother's death. Such a shame from many standpoints. I truly wonder at what he could have accomplished as he matured as a writer. His later stories are some of his best and he truly was growing in talent with each new Conan story.

[Zzzptm]

If you like Howard, give some consideration to Clark Ashton Smith. CAS was a contemporary and friend of Howard, along with HP Lovecraft, and wrote some great story cycles. I'm working through the Zothique cycle, all of which is online, free for reading.

[Typhon]

^^^ yeah Howard was pretty damn good at the sword and sorcery writing that he helped revolutionize.  It is a shame that he committed suicide, ...

Did he fall on his sword?

Sorry about that.    A little black comedy.

[Zzzptm]

Ouch. Macabre, to be sure.

At any rate, I did look up REH's bio and found a title, "Pigeons From Hell", supposed to be one of the best horror stories... I think I'll give it a read. If we all join in, maybe we have a book club meeting?

https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20170655/html.php

[Vyn]

I'll give it a read!

Last year I read Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House followed about a month later by Matheson's Hell House.

Will be interesting to see how Howard approached the "spooky old house" theme, especially since he put his out 20 years before Jackson's.