I usually avoid this subject like the plague...but...
I am totally against 'drugs'...that said, when you need them, you need them. If you take pain killers, whether prescription or not, they are still drugs. We all need antibiotics now & again and yes, they are drugs...so, I don't seem to have a problem with 'medication' but recreational drugs. Why? Because they get abused, used by young people who cannot handle them and tend to overdo it at the worst times in their lives and many, too many, get hooked...even if they say that Marijuana is not addictive, technically, it is. They start young and it becomes a habit. It lowers their motivation. Not a statistic, a fact.
It also changes mood (yup, that is why they do it). And yes, it can have some nasty side effects whether it be sleepiness when driving or working, paranoia or severe munchies. There are many more. It is often, for kids, a form or evasion (again, why they do it).
As a teacher I have seen what it can do to kids, especially the most fragile...and I hate it.
That said, most of us on this site are not teenagers nor impressionable young adults starting out in life but experienced people who are suffering.
Sleeplessness, constipation for a few, bowel troubles for many, appetite, pain, anxiety...the list goes on and SuperPharma often does not have a reasonable answer to our problems.
I prefer non-addictive and people are telling me that this stuff works for pain. If you can find relief from pain, anxiety, insomnia or whatever it is that conventional medicine has been unable to help you with then please do.
Yup, I just said that. I haven't tried it yet, mostly because I am chicken and when I did tried it at 16 (about a century ago!) I had the worst side effects possible..so I have stayed away...but my pain level is horrific on a regular basis. I cannot sleep some nights from the pain and I get no relief.
I live off of NSAIDs, my liver hates me and I will eventually have to go off of them...so this may just do the trick. I might just be one of those people who shouldn't take it. I may not be able to but I am becoming open-minded about it.
Pain is pain and if you cannot function normally because of it then anything that can give you some relief is worth a try.
Good luck to all of you who finally do try it...and please report back on your results.
Sharon